Kyoto Prize
Kyoto Prize: every winner
Every recorded recipient in one list, oldest first. Created by the Inamori Foundation in 1984 and first awarded in 1985 in three categories: advanced technology, basic sciences, and arts and philosophy. Three prizes are presented each November in Kyoto, Japan. Carries a prize of roughly $650,000 per category.
87 recipients, 1985-2026
| Year | Category | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Advanced Technology | Rudolf Emil Kalman |
| 1985 | Basic Sciences | Claude Elwood Shannon |
| 1986 | Advanced Technology | Nicole Marthe Le Douarin |
| 1986 | Basic Sciences | George Evelyn Hutchinson |
| 1987 | Advanced Technology | Morris Cohen |
| 1987 | Basic Sciences | Jan Hendrik Oort |
| 1988 | Advanced Technology | John McCarthy |
| 1989 | Advanced Technology | Amos E. Joel, Jr. |
| 1989 | Basic Sciences | Israel Gelfand |
| 1990 | Advanced Technology | Sydney Brenner |
| 1990 | Basic Sciences | Jane Goodall |
| 1991 | Advanced Technology | Michael Szwarc |
| 1991 | Basic Sciences | Edward Norton Lorenz |
| 1992 | Advanced Technology | Maurice Wilkes |
| 1992 | Basic Sciences | Yasutomi Nishizuka |
| 1993 | Advanced Technology | Jack S. Kilby |
| 1993 | Basic Sciences | W. D. Hamilton |
| 1994 | Advanced Technology | Paul C. Lauterbur |
| 1994 | Basic Sciences | André Weil |
| 1995 | Advanced Technology | George William Gray |
| 1995 | Basic Sciences | Chūshirō Hayashi |
| 1996 | Advanced Technology | Donald Knuth |
| 1996 | Basic Sciences | Mario R. Capecchi |
| 1997 | Advanced Technology | Federico Faggin |
| 1997 | Advanced Technology | Marcian Edward Hoff, Jr. |
| 1997 | Advanced Technology | Masatoshi Shima |
| 1997 | Advanced Technology | Stanley Mazor |
| 1997 | Basic Sciences | Daniel H. Janzen |
| 1998 | Advanced Technology | Kurt Wüthrich |
| 1998 | Basic Sciences | Kiyoshi Itō |
| 1999 | Advanced Technology | W. David Kingery |
| 1999 | Basic Sciences | Walter Munk |
| 2000 | Advanced Technology | Tony Hoare |
| 2000 | Basic Sciences | Walter Jakob Gehring |
| 2001 | Advanced Technology | Izuo Hayashi |
| 2001 | Advanced Technology | Morton B. Panish |
| 2001 | Advanced Technology | Zhores I. Alferov |
| 2001 | Basic Sciences | John Maynard Smith |
| 2002 | Advanced Technology | Leroy Hood |
| 2002 | Basic Sciences | Mikhail Gromov |
| 2003 | Advanced Technology | George McClelland Whitesides |
| 2003 | Basic Sciences | Eugene Parker |
| 2004 | Advanced Technology | Alan Kay |
| 2004 | Basic Sciences | Alfred G. Knudson |
| 2005 | Advanced Technology | George H. Heilmeier |
| 2005 | Basic Sciences | Simon Asher Levin |
| 2006 | Advanced Technology | Leonard Arthur Herzenberg |
| 2006 | Basic Sciences | Hirotsugu Akaike |
| 2007 | Advanced Technology | Hiroo Inokuchi |
| 2007 | Basic Sciences | Hiroo Kanamori |
| 2008 | Advanced Technology | Richard M. Karp |
| 2008 | Basic Sciences | Tony Pawson |
| 2009 | Advanced Technology | Isamu Akasaki |
| 2009 | Basic Sciences | Barbara Rosemary Grant |
| 2009 | Basic Sciences | Peter Raymond Grant |
| 2010 | Advanced Technology | Shinya Yamanaka |
| 2010 | Basic Sciences | László Lovász |
| 2011 | Advanced Technology | John Werner Cahn |
| 2011 | Basic Sciences | Rashid Sunyaev |
| 2012 | Advanced Technology | Ivan Sutherland |
| 2012 | Basic Sciences | Yoshinori Ohsumi |
| 2013 | Advanced Technology | Robert Heath Dennard |
| 2013 | Basic Sciences | Masatoshi Nei |
| 2014 | Advanced Technology | Robert Samuel Langer |
| 2014 | Basic Sciences | Edward Witten |
| 2015 | Advanced Technology | Toyoki Kunitake |
| 2015 | Basic Sciences | Michel Mayor |
| 2016 | Advanced Technology | Takeo Kanade |
| 2016 | Basic Sciences | Tasuku Honjo |
| 2017 | Advanced Technology | Takashi Mimura |
| 2017 | Basic Sciences | Graham Farquhar |
| 2018 | Advanced Technology | Karl Deisseroth |
| 2018 | Basic Sciences | Masaki Kashiwara |
| 2019 | Advanced Technology | Ching W. Tang |
| 2019 | Basic Sciences | James E. Gunn |
| 2021 | Advanced Technology | Andrew Yao |
| 2021 | Basic Sciences | Robert G. Roeder |
| 2022 | Advanced Technology | Carver Mead |
| 2022 | Basic Sciences | Bryan Grenfell |
| 2023 | Advanced Technology | Ryuzo Yanagimachi |
| 2023 | Basic Sciences | Elliott H. Lieb |
| 2024 | Advanced Technology | John Pendry |
| 2024 | Basic Sciences | Paul F. Hoffman |
| 2025 | Advanced Technology | Shun-ichi Amari |
| 2025 | Basic Sciences | Azim Surani |
| 2026 | Advanced Technology | Tsutomu Miyasaka |
| 2026 | Basic Sciences | Farooq Azam |