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List of Kyoto Prize winners
This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation.[1][2]
Basic sciences edit
Source:
| Year | Laureate | Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Claude Elwood Shannon | United States | 1916–2001 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 1986 | George Evelyn Hutchinson | United States | 1903–1991 | Biological sciences | |
| 1987 | Jan Hendrik Oort | Netherlands | 1900–1992 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 1988 | Avram Noam Chomsky | United States | born 1928 | Cognitive science | |
| 1989 | Izrail Moiseevich Gelfand | Soviet Union | 1913–2009 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 1990 | Jane Goodall | United Kingdom | born 1934 | Biological sciences | |
| 1991 | Edward Norton Lorenz | United States | 1917–2008 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 1992 | Yasutomi Nishizuka | Japan | 1932–2004 | Life sciences | |
| 1993 | William Donald Hamilton | United Kingdom | 1936–2000 | Biological sciences | |
| 1994 | André Weil | France | 1906–1998 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 1995 | Chūshirō Hayashi | Japan | 1920–2010 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 1996 | Mario Renato Capecchi | United States | born 1937 | Life sciences | |
| 1997 | Daniel Hunt Janzen | United States | born 1939 | Biological sciences | |
| 1998 | Kiyoshi Itô | Japan | 1915–2008 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 1999 | Walter Heinrich Munk | United States | 1917–2019 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 2000 | Walter Jakob Gehring | Switzerland | 1939–2014 | Life sciences | |
| 2001 | John Maynard Smith | United Kingdom | 1920–2004 | Biological sciences | |
| 2002 | Mikhail Gromov | France | born 1943 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 2003 | Eugene Newman Parker | United States | 1927–2022 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 2004 | Alfred G. Knudson | United States | 1922–2016 | Life sciences | |
| 2005 | Simon Asher Levin | United States | born 1941 | Biological sciences | |
| 2006 | Hirotsugu Akaike | Japan | 1927–2009 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 2007 | Hiroo Kanamori | Japan | born 1936 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 2008 | Anthony James Pawson | Canada / United Kingdom | 1952–2013 | Life sciences | |
| 2009 | Barbara Rosemary Grant | United Kingdom | born 1936 | Biological sciences | |
| Peter Raymond Grant | United Kingdom | born 1936 | |||
| 2010 | László Lovász | Hungary | born 1948 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 2011 | Rashid Alievich Sunyaev | Russia / Germany | born 1943 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 2012 | Yoshinori Ohsumi | Japan | born 1945 | Life sciences | |
| 2013 | Masatoshi Nei | United States | 1931–2023 | Biological sciences | |
| 2014 | Edward Witten | United States | born 1951 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 2015 | Michel Mayor | Switzerland | born 1942 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 2016 | Tasuku Honjo | Japan | born 1942 | Life sciences | |
| 2017 | Graham Farquhar | Australia | born 1947 | Biological sciences | |
| 2018 | Masaki Kashiwara | Japan | born 1947 | Mathematical sciences | |
| 2019 | James Gunn | United States | born 1938 | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| 2020 | No award because of COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Robert G. Roeder | United States | born 1942 | Life sciences | |
| 2022 | Bryan Grenfell | United Kingdom | born 1954 | Biological sciences | |
| 2023 | Elliott H. Lieb | United States | born 1932 | Mathematical sciences | |
Advanced technology edit
Source:
| Year | Laureate | Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Rudolf Emil Kálmán | Hungary / United States | 1930–2016 | Electronics | |
| 1986 | Nicole Marthe Le Douarin | France | born 1930 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 1987 | Morris Cohen | United States | 1911–2005 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 1988 | John McCarthy | United States | 1927–2011 | Information science | |
| 1989 | Amos E. Joel, Jr. | United States | 1918–2008 | Electronics | |
| 1990 | Sydney Brenner | United Kingdom | 1927–2019 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 1991 | Michael Szwarc | United States | 1909–2000 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 1992 | Maurice Vincent Wilkes | United Kingdom | 1913–2010 | Information science | |
| 1993 | Jack St. Clair Kilby | United States | 1923–2005 | Electronics | |
| 1994 | Paul Christian Lauterbur | United States | 1929–2007 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 1995 | George William Gray | United Kingdom | 1926–2013 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 1996 | Donald Ervin Knuth | United States | born 1938 | Information science | |
| 1997 | Stanley Mazor | United States | born 1941 | Electronics | |
| Marcian Edward Hoff Jr. | United States | born 1937 | |||
| Federico Faggin | Italy | born 1941 | |||
| Masatoshi Shima | Japan | born 1943 | |||
| 1998 | Kurt Wüthrich | Switzerland | born 1938 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 1999 | W. David Kingery | United States | 1926–2000 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 2000 | Sir Antony Hoare | United Kingdom | born 1934 | Information science | |
| 2001 | Morton B. Panish | United States | born 1929 | Electronics | |
| Izuo Hayashi | Japan | 1922–2005 | |||
| Zhores Ivanovich Alferov | Russia | 1930–2019 | |||
| 2002 | Leroy Edward Hood | United States | born 1938 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 2003 | George McClelland Whitesides | United States | born 1939 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 2004 | Alan Curtis Kay | United States | born 1940 | Information science | |
| 2005 | George H. Heilmeier | United States | 1936–2014 | Electronics | |
| 2006 | Leonard Herzenberg | United States | 1931–2013 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 2007 | Hiroo Inokuchi | Japan | 1927–2014 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 2008 | Richard M. Karp | United States | born 1935 | Information science | |
| 2009 | Isamu Akasaki | Japan | 1929–2021 | Electronics | |
| 2010 | Shinya Yamanaka | Japan | born 1962 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 2011 | John Werner Cahn | United States | 1928–2016 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 2012 | Ivan Edward Sutherland | United States | born 1938 | Information science | |
| 2013 | Robert H. Dennard | United States | born 1932 | Electronics | |
| 2014 | Robert S. Langer | United States | born 1948 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 2015 | Toyoki Kunitake | Japan | born 1936 | Materials science and engineering | |
| 2016 | Takeo Kanade | Japan | born 1945 | Information science | |
| 2017 | Takashi Mimura | Japan | born 1944 | Electronics | |
| 2018 | Karl Deisseroth | United States | born 1971 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
| 2019 | Ching Wan Tang | Hong Kong | born 1947 | Materials Science and Engineering | |
| 2020 | No award because of COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Andrew Chi-Chih Yao | China / United States | born 1946 | Information science | |
| 2022 | Carver Mead | United States | born 1934 | Electronics | |
| 2023 | Ryuzo Yanagimachi | Japan | born 1928 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |
Arts and philosophy edit
Source:
| Year | Laureate | Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Olivier Messiaen | France | 1908–1992 | Music | |
| 1986 | Isamu Noguchi | United States | 1904–1988 | Arts | |
| 1987 | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | 1926–2016 | Theater, cinema | |
| 1988 | Paul Thieme | West Germany | 1905–2001 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 1989 | John Cage | United States | 1912–1992 | Music | |
| 1990 | Renzo Piano | Italy | born 1937 | Arts | |
| 1991 | Peter Stephen Paul Brook | United Kingdom | 1925–2022 | Theater, cinema | |
| 1992 | Karl Raimund Popper | United Kingdom | 1902–1994 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 1993 | Witold Lutosławski | Poland | 1913–1994 | Music | |
| 1994 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | 1910–1998 | Theater, cinema | |
| 1995 | Roy Lichtenstein | United States | 1923–1997 | Arts | |
| 1996 | Willard Van Orman Quine | United States | 1908–2000 | Thought and ethics | |
| 1997 | Iannis Xenakis | France | 1922–2001 | Music | |
| 1998 | Nam June Paik | United States | 1932–2006 | Arts | |
| 1999 | Maurice Béjart | France | 1927–2007 | Theater, cinema | |
| 2000 | Paul Ricœur | France | 1913–2005 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 2001 | György Ligeti | Austria / Hungary | 1923–2006 | Music | |
| 2002 | Tadao Ando | Japan | born 1941 | Arts | |
| 2003 | Tamao Yoshida | Japan | 1919–2006 | Theater, cinema | |
| 2004 | Jürgen Habermas | Germany | born 1929 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 2005 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Austria | 1929–2016 | Music | |
| 2006 | Issey Miyake | Japan | born 1938 | Arts | |
| 2007 | Pina Bausch | Germany | 1940–2009 | Theater, cinema | |
| 2008 | Charles Margrave Taylor | Canada | born 1931 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 2009 | Pierre Boulez | France | 1925–2016 | Music | |
| 2010 | William Kentridge | South Africa | born 1955 | Arts | |
| 2011 | Tamasaburo Bando V | Japan | born 1950 | Theater, cinema | |
| 2012 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | India | born 1942 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 2013 | Cecil Taylor | United States | 1929–2018 | Music | |
| 2014 | Fukumi Shimura | Japan | born 1924 | Arts | |
| 2015 | John Neumeier | United States | born 1942 | Theater, cinema | |
| 2016 | Martha Craven Nussbaum | United States | born 1947 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 2017 | Richard Taruskin | United States | 1945–2022 | Music history | |
| 2018 | Joan Jonas | United States | born 1936 | Arts | |
| 2019 | Ariane Mnouchkine | France | born 1939 | Arts and Philosophy | |
| 2020 | No award because of COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Bruno Latour | France | born 1947 | Thought and Ethics | |
| 2022 | Zakir Hussain | India | born 1951 | Music | |
| 2023 | Nalini Malani | India | born 1946 | Arts | |
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ . Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ Kyoto Prize Home Page