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List of Kyoto Prize winners 
Summary
This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation.[1][2]
Basic sciences edit
Source: Kyoto Prize
| Year | Laureate | Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 
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Claude Elwood Shannon |  United States
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1916–2001 | Mathematical sciences |
| 1986 | George Evelyn Hutchinson | United States
|
1903–1991 | Biological sciences | |
| 1987 | 
|
Jan Hendrik Oort |  Netherlands
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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
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born 1934 | Biological sciences |
| 1991 | Edward Norton Lorenz | United States
|
1917–2008 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |
| 1992 | 
|
Yasutomi Nishizuka |  Japan
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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
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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
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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: Kyoto Prize
| 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 | ||
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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: Kyoto Prize
| 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
- ^ "Kyoto Prize Laureates by Year". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ Kyoto Prize Home Page