Award Laureates
The brilliant minds who have shaped science, mathematics, and human knowledge
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Tim Berners-Lee(1955)
United KingdomComputer Science
24
Prestige
Turing Award (2016)Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2013)Draper Prize (2007)National Medal of Technology (2007)Millennium Technology Prize (2004)Fellow of the Royal Society (2001)MacArthur Fellowship (1998)
ORCIDh-index: 50
RL
Robert Langer
United StatesNanotechnology
22
Prestige
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2024)Copley Medal (2022)Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2015)Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2013)National Medal of Technology (2013)Dan David Prize (2012)Millennium Technology Prize (2008)Harvey Prize (2003)
ORCIDh-index: 262
HR
H. Robert Horvitz(1947)
United StatesMedicine
19
Prestige
Physiology or Medicine (2002)Gruber Prize in Genetics (2002)Lasker Basic Medical Research (2000)Gairdner International Award (1999)
ORCIDh-index: 124
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David Baltimore(1938–2025)
United StatesArts
19
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship (1999)Physiology or Medicine (1975)Lasker Basic Medical Research (1974)Gairdner International Award (1974)
ORCIDh-index: 209
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Frank Wilczek(1951)
United StatesPhysics
18
Prestige
Templeton Prize (2022)Physics (2004)Lilienfeld Prize (2003)Dirac Medal (1994)MacArthur Fellowship (1982)
ORCIDh-index: 116
FZ
Feng Zhang
United StatesGenetics
16
Prestige
Gruber Prize in Genetics (2022)King Faisal Prize (2017)Lasker Basic Medical Research (2016)Gairdner International Award (2016)Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science (2016)Heineken Prize (2016)BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Biomedicine) (2016)MacArthur Fellowship (2014)
ORCIDh-index: 101
Esther Duflo(1972)
FranceEconomics
16
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 104
Phillip A. Sharp(1944)
United StatesMedicine
16
Prestige
ORCID
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Eric Lander(1957)
United StatesLife Sciences
15
Prestige
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)Gruber Prize in Genetics (2013)Gairdner International Award (2002)MacArthur Fellowship (1987)MacArthur Fellowship ()
ORCIDh-index: 55
Silvio Micali(1954)
ItalyComputer Science
15
Prestige
h-index: 72
Shafi Goldwasser(1958)
United StatesComputer Science
15
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 63
Robert Solow
United StatesEconomics
15
Prestige
h-index: 80
Marvin Minsky(1927–2016)
United StatesComputer Science
15
Prestige
h-index: 38
Moungi G. Bawendi(1961)
FranceChemistry
13
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 160
Peter Diamond(1940)
United StatesEconomics
13
Prestige
h-index: 62
Paul Krugman(1953)
United StatesEconomics
13
Prestige
h-index: 112
Wolfgang Ketterle(1957)
GermanyPhysics
13
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 106
Susumu Tonegawa(1939)
JapanMedicine
13
Prestige
ORCID
for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity
Paul Samuelson
United StatesEconomics
13
Prestige
h-index: 93
RW
Robert Weinberg(1942)
United StatesLife Sciences
12
Prestige
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)Wolf Prize in Medicine (2004)Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (1997)Gairdner International Award (1992)
ORCIDh-index: 194
Richard R. Schrock(1945)
United StatesChemistry
12
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 120
Salvador Luria
ItalyMedicine
11
Prestige
h-index: 24
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Mildred Dresselhaus(1930–2017)
United StatesNanotechnology
10
Prestige
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2012)Franklin Medal (2012)Enrico Fermi Award (2012)National Medal of Science (1990)
h-index: 167
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Ron Rivest(1947)
United StatesComputer Science
10
Prestige
Mario J. Molina(1943–2020)
MexicoChemistry
10
Prestige
ORCID
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone
Clifford G. Shull
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
for the development of the neutron diffraction technique
Jerome I. Friedman
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics
Henry W. Kendall
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics
Fernando J. Corbató(1926–2019)
United StatesComputer Science
10
Prestige
Claude Shannon(1916–2001)
United States
10
Prestige
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (1985)Marconi Prize (1979)National Medal of Science (1966)IEEE Medal of Honor (1966)
h-index: 38
Franco Modigliani
ItalyEconomics
10
Prestige
for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets
Daniel Quillen(1940–2011)
United StatesMathematics
10
Prestige
Samuel Chao Chung Ting
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Charles H. Townes(1915–2015)
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
h-index: 65
for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle
Jesse Douglas(1897–1965)
United StatesMathematics
10
Prestige
Alan Guth(1947)
United StatesAstronomy
9
Prestige
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (2014)Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2004)
h-index: 38
Susan Solomon(1956)
United StatesEarth Sciences
8
Prestige
Vetlesen Prize (2013)BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Climate Change) (2012)Volvo Environment Prize (2009)Blue Planet Prize (2004)
ORCIDh-index: 112
Peter Shor(1959)
United StatesPhysics
7
Prestige
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Basic Sciences) (2018)MacArthur Fellowship ()
ORCIDh-index: 65
GL
George Lusztig(1946)
United StatesMathematics
6
Prestige
h-index: 68
Dina Katabi(1970)
SyriaArts
6
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 91