year
|
Award winners
|
category
|
nationality
|
1985
|
Rudolf Kálmán |
Electrical engineering |
United States United States
|
1985
|
Claude Elwood Shannon |
mathematics |
United States United States
|
1985
|
Olivier Messiaen |
music |
France France
|
1985
|
Nobel Foundation |
special commemorative award |
Sweden Sweden
|
1986
|
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin |
biotechnology |
France France
|
1986
|
George Evelyn Hutchinson |
biology |
United States United States
|
1986
|
Isamu Noguchi |
art |
United States United States
|
1987
|
Morris Cohen |
Materials science |
United States United States
|
1987
|
Jan Hendrik Oort |
Geophysics and astronomy
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
1987
|
Andrzej Wajda |
Theater and film
|
Poland Poland
|
1988
|
John McCarthy |
Computer science |
United States United States
|
1988
|
Noam Chomsky |
Cognitive science |
United States United States
|
1988
|
Paul Thieme |
Indology |
Germany Germany
|
1989
|
Amos Edward Joel Jr. |
Electrical engineering |
United States United States
|
1989
|
Israel Gelfand |
mathematics |
Russia Russia
|
1989
|
John Cage |
music |
United States United States
|
1990
|
Sydney Brenner |
biotechnology |
United States United States
|
1990
|
Jane Goodall |
biology |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
1990
|
Renzo Piano |
art |
Italy Italy
|
1991
|
Michael Szwarc |
Materials and engineering science
|
United States United States
|
1991
|
Edward N. Lorenz |
Geophysics and astronomy |
United States United States
|
1991
|
Peter Brook |
Theater and film |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
1992
|
Maurice V. Wilkes |
Computer science |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
1992
|
Yasutomi Nishizuka |
Life sciences |
Japan Japan
|
1992
|
Karl Popper |
philosophy |
Austria Austria / United KingdomUnited Kingdom
|
1993
|
Jack Kilby |
Electrical engineering |
United States United States
|
1993
|
William D. Hamilton |
biology |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
1993
|
Witold Lutosławski |
music |
Poland Poland
|
1994
|
Paul Christian Lauterbur |
Biotechnology and medical technology
|
United States United States
|
1994
|
André Weil |
mathematics |
France France
|
1994
|
Akira Kurosawa |
Theater and film |
Japan Japan
|
1995
|
George William Gray |
Materials and engineering science |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
1995
|
Hayashi Chushiro |
Geophysics and astronomy |
Japan Japan
|
1995
|
Roy Lichtenstein |
art |
United States United States
|
1996
|
Donald Ervin Knuth |
Computer science |
United States United States
|
1996
|
Mario Capecchi |
Life sciences |
United States United States
|
1996
|
Willard Van Orman Quine |
philosophy |
United States United States
|
1997
|
Federico Faggin , Marcian Edward Hoff , Stanley Mazor and Masatoshi Shima
|
Electrical engineering |
Italy Italy , United States , United States , Japan United States United States Japan
|
1997
|
Daniel Hunt Janzen |
biology |
United States United States
|
1997
|
Iannis Xenakis |
music |
France France
|
1998
|
Kurt Wüthrich |
Biotechnology and medical technology |
Switzerland Switzerland
|
1998
|
Itō Kiyoshi |
mathematics |
Japan Japan
|
1998
|
Nam June Paik |
art |
United States United States
|
1999
|
W. David Kingery |
Materials and engineering science |
United States United States
|
1999
|
Walter Munk |
Geophysics and astronomy |
United States United States
|
1999
|
Maurice Béjart |
Theater and film |
France France
|
2000
|
Tony Hoare |
Computer science |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
2000
|
Walter Gehring |
Life sciences |
Switzerland Switzerland
|
2000
|
Paul Ricœur |
philosophy |
France France
|
2001
|
Shores Iwanowitsch Alfjorow , Izuo Hayashi and Morton B. Panish
|
Electrical engineering |
Russia Russia , Japan , United States Japan United States
|
2001
|
John Maynard Smith |
biology |
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
2001
|
György Ligeti |
music |
Austria Austria
|
2002
|
Leroy Edward Hood |
Biotechnology and medical technology |
United States United States
|
2002
|
Mikhail Leonidowitsch Gromov |
mathematics |
France France
|
2002
|
Tadao Andō |
art |
Japan Japan
|
2003
|
George Whitesides |
Materials and engineering science |
United States United States
|
2003
|
Eugene N. Parker |
Geophysics and astronomy |
United States United States
|
2003
|
Tamao Yoshida |
Theater and film |
Japan Japan
|
2004
|
Alan Kay |
Computer science |
United States United States
|
2004
|
Alfred G. Knudson |
Life sciences |
United States United States
|
2004
|
Jürgen Habermas |
philosophy |
Germany Germany
|
2005
|
George H. Heilmeier |
Electrical engineering |
United States United States
|
2005
|
Simon A. Levin |
biology |
United States United States
|
2005
|
Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
music |
Austria Austria
|
2006
|
Leonard A. Herzenberg |
Biotechnology and medical technology |
United States United States
|
2006
|
Hirotugu Akaike |
mathematics |
Japan Japan
|
2006
|
Issey Miyake |
art |
Japan Japan
|
2007
|
Hiroo Inokuchi |
Materials and engineering science |
Japan Japan
|
2007
|
Hiroo Kanamori |
Geophysics and astronomy |
Japan Japan
|
2007
|
Pina Bausch |
Theater and film |
Germany Germany
|
2008
|
Richard M. Karp |
Computer science |
United States United States
|
2008
|
Anthony James Pawson |
Life sciences |
Canada Canada
|
2008
|
Charles Taylor |
philosophy |
United States United States
|
2009
|
Isamu Akasaki |
Optoelectronics |
Japan Japan
|
2009
|
Peter Raymond Grant and Barbara Rosemary Grant
|
Evolutionary biology |
United States United States , United States United States
|
2009
|
Pierre Boulez |
music |
France France
|
2010
|
Shin'ya Yamanaka |
Stem cell research |
Japan Japan
|
2010
|
László Lovász |
mathematics |
Hungary Hungary
|
2010
|
William Kentridge |
Visual arts |
South Africa South Africa
|
2011
|
John Werner Cahn |
Materials science |
United States United States
|
2011
|
Raschid Aliyevich Sunjaev |
astrophysics |
Russia Russia
|
2011
|
Bandō Tamasaburō V. |
Theater and Cinema ( Kabuki ) |
Japan Japan
|
2012
|
Ivan Edward Sutherland |
Computer science |
United States United States
|
2012
|
Yoshinori Ōsumi |
Molecular biology |
Japan Japan
|
2012
|
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
Literary criticism |
India India
|
2013
|
Robert Heath Dennard |
electronics |
United States United States
|
2013
|
Masatoshi Nei |
biology |
United States United States
|
2013
|
Cecil Taylor |
Jazz music |
United States United States
|
2014
|
Robert Samuel Langer |
biomedical technology |
United States United States
|
2014
|
Edward Witten |
Theoretical physics |
United States United States
|
2014
|
Fukumi Shimura |
Weaving and dyeing art
|
Japan Japan
|
2015
|
Toyoki Kunitake |
Materials science |
Japan Japan
|
2015
|
Michel Mayor |
astrophysics |
Switzerland Switzerland
|
2015
|
John Neumeier |
Dance / choreography |
United States United States / GermanyGermany
|
2016
|
Takeo Kanade |
Computer science |
Japan Japan
|
2016
|
Tasuku Honjo |
immunology |
Japan Japan
|
2016
|
Martha Craven walnut |
philosophy |
United States United States
|
2017
|
Takashi Mimura |
electronics |
Japan Japan
|
2017
|
Graham Farquhar |
biology |
Australia Australia
|
2017
|
Richard Taruskin |
music |
United States United States
|
2018
|
Karl Deisseroth |
Biotechnology and Medical Technology |
United States United States
|
2018
|
Masaki Kashiwara |
mathematics |
Japan Japan
|
2018
|
Joan Jonas |
Performance Art and New Media |
United States United States
|
2019
|
Ching W. Tang |
Materials science |
China People's Republic People's Republic of China / United StatesUnited States
|
2019
|
James E. Gunn |
astrophysics |
United States United States
|
2019
|
Ariane Mnouchkine |
theatre |
France France
|