List_of_Kyoto_Prize_winners
This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation.[1][2]
Source: Kyoto Prize
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| 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 | |
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Barbara Rosemary Grant | United Kingdom |
born 1936 | Biological sciences |
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Peter Raymond Grant | United Kingdom |
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| 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 |
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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 | |
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Source: Kyoto Prize
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| Year | Laureate | Country | |||
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| 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 | |
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Source: Kyoto Prize
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| Year | Laureate | Country | |||
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| 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 | |
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- "Kyoto Prize Laureates by Year". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.