Crafoord Prize
Crafoord Prize: every winner
Every recorded recipient in one list, oldest first. Established in 1980 and first awarded in 1982 to cover sciences outside the original Nobel categories, rotating through astronomy, mathematics, geosciences, biosciences, and polyarthritis research. Presented annually each spring in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Carries a prize of roughly $600,000.
82 recipients, 1982-2026
| Year | Category | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Mathematics | Vladimir Arnold |
| 1982 | Mathematics | Louis Nirenberg |
| 1983 | Geosciences | Edward Norton Lorenz |
| 1983 | Geosciences | Henry Stommel |
| 1984 | Biosciences | Daniel H. Janzen |
| 1985 | Astronomy | Lyman Spitzer |
| 1986 | Geosciences | Claude Allègre |
| 1986 | Geosciences | Gerald J. Wasserburg |
| 1987 | Biosciences | Eugene Odum |
| 1987 | Biosciences | Howard T. Odum |
| 1988 | Mathematics | Pierre Deligne |
| 1988 | Mathematics | Alexander Grothendieck |
| 1989 | Geosciences | James Van Allen |
| 1990 | Biosciences | Paul R. Ehrlich |
| 1990 | Biosciences | E. O. Wilson |
| 1991 | Astronomy | Allan Sandage |
| 1992 | Geosciences | Adolf Seilacher |
| 1993 | Biosciences | W. D. Hamilton |
| 1993 | Biosciences | Seymour Benzer |
| 1994 | Mathematics | Simon Donaldson |
| 1994 | Mathematics | Shing-Tung Yau |
| 1995 | Geosciences | Willi Dansgaard |
| 1995 | Geosciences | Nicholas Shackleton |
| 1996 | Biosciences | Robert May |
| 1997 | Astronomy | Fred Hoyle |
| 1997 | Astronomy | Edwin Ernest Salpeter |
| 1998 | Geosciences | Don L. Anderson |
| 1998 | Geosciences | Adam M. Dziewonski |
| 1999 | Biosciences | Ernst Mayr |
| 1999 | Biosciences | John Maynard Smith |
| 1999 | Biosciences | George Christopher Williams |
| 2000 | Polyarthritis | Marc Feldmann |
| 2000 | Polyarthritis | Ravinder Maini |
| 2001 | Mathematics | Alain Connes |
| 2002 | Geosciences | Dan McKenzie |
| 2003 | Biosciences | Carl Woese |
| 2004 | Polyarthritis | Eugene C. Butcher |
| 2004 | Polyarthritis | Timothy A. Springer |
| 2005 | Astronomy | James E. Gunn |
| 2005 | Astronomy | James Peebles |
| 2005 | Astronomy | Martin Rees |
| 2006 | Geosciences | Wallace Smith Broecker |
| 2007 | Biosciences | Robert Trivers |
| 2008 | Astronomy | Rashid Sunyaev |
| 2008 | Mathematics | Maxim Kontsevich |
| 2008 | Mathematics | Edward Witten |
| 2009 | Polyarthritis | Charles Dinarello |
| 2009 | Polyarthritis | Tadamitsu Kishimoto |
| 2009 | Polyarthritis | Toshio Hirano |
| 2010 | Geosciences | Walter Munk |
| 2011 | Biosciences | Ilkka Hanski |
| 2012 | Astronomy | Reinhard Genzel |
| 2012 | Astronomy | Andrea M. Ghez |
| 2012 | Mathematics | Jean Bourgain |
| 2012 | Mathematics | Terence Tao |
| 2013 | Polyarthritis | Peter K. Gregersen |
| 2013 | Polyarthritis | Lars Klareskog |
| 2013 | Polyarthritis | Robert J. Winchester |
| 2014 | Geosciences | Peter Molnar |
| 2015 | Biosciences | Richard Lewontin |
| 2015 | Biosciences | Tomoko Ohta |
| 2016 | Astronomy | Roy Kerr |
| 2016 | Astronomy | Roger Blandford |
| 2016 | Mathematics | Yakov Eliashberg |
| 2017 | Polyarthritis | Shimon Sakaguchi |
| 2017 | Polyarthritis | Frederick J. Ramsdell |
| 2017 | Polyarthritis | Alexander Rudensky |
| 2018 | Geosciences | Syukuro Manabe |
| 2018 | Geosciences | Susan Solomon |
| 2019 | Biosciences | Sallie W. Chisholm |
| 2020 | Astronomy | Eugene Parker |
| 2020 | Mathematics | Enrico Bombieri |
| 2021 | Polyarthritis | Daniel L. Kastner |
| 2022 | Geosciences | Andrew H. Knoll |
| 2023 | Biosciences | Dolph Schluter |
| 2024 | Astronomy | Douglas Gough |
| 2024 | Astronomy | Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard |
| 2024 | Astronomy | Conny Aerts |
| 2024 | Mathematics | Claire Voisin |
| 2025 | Polyarthritis | Christopher Goodnow |
| 2025 | Polyarthritis | David Nemazee |
| 2026 | Geosciences | Veerabhadran Ramanathan |