| Nobel Prize in Physics |
Science |
Albert A. Michelson |
1907 |
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
USA |
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Science |
Marie Curie |
1911 |
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
France |
| Oscar |
Film |
Janet Gaynor |
1928 |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
USA |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
Literature |
Willa Cather |
1923 |
Columbia University |
USA |
| Grammy Award for Album of the Year |
Music |
Frank Sinatra |
1966 |
The Recording Academy |
USA |
| Tony Award for Best Musical |
Theater |
Avenue Q |
2004 |
American Theatre Wing |
USA |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Drama |
Film |
12 Years a Slave |
2014 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
USA |
| BAFTA Award for Best Film |
Film |
The King's Speech |
2011 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
UK |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series |
Television |
The Handmaid's Tale |
2017 |
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
USA |
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
Film |
Birdman |
2015 |
Screen Actors Guild |
USA |
| Alternative Nobel Prize |
Humanitarian |
John Polanyi |
1986 |
Right Livelihood Award Foundation |
Sweden |
| National Book Award for Fiction |
Literature |
Colson Whitehead |
2016 |
National Book Foundation |
USA |
| Annie Award for Best Animated Feature |
Animation |
Coco |
2018 |
ASIFA-Hollywood |
USA |
| Order of the British Empire |
Honor |
David Bowie |
2000 |
British Monarchy |
UK |
| Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or |
Film |
Parasite |
2019 |
Cannes Film Festival |
South Korea |
| Directors Guild of America Award |
Film |
Guillermo del Toro |
2018 |
Directors Guild of America |
USA |
| Webby Award |
Internet |
Wikipedia |
2021 |
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences |
USA |
| Best Picture Award |
Film |
The Shape of Water |
2018 |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
USA |
| Grammy Award for Record of the Year |
Music |
Billie Eilish |
2020 |
The Recording Academy |
USA |
| Men's Field Hockey Olympic Gold Medal |
Sport |
India |
1964 |
International Olympic Committee |
India |
| Women's Soccer FIFA World Cup |
Sport |
USA |
1999 |
FIFA |
USA |
| Fields Medal |
Mathematics |
Andrew Wiles |
1994 |
International Mathematical Union |
UK |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama |
Film |
Matthew McConaughey |
2014 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
USA |
| SAG Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Motion Picture |
Film |
Viola Davis |
2017 |
Screen Actors Guild |
USA |
| National Medal of Arts |
Honor |
Maya Lin |
2009 |
National Endowment for the Arts |
USA |
| Booker Prize |
Literature |
Hilary Mantel |
2012 |
Booker Prize Foundation |
UK |
| Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography |
Literature |
David McCullough |
1993 |
Columbia University |
USA |
| BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series |
Television |
The Crown |
2017 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
UK |
| Webby Award for Best Online Film & Video |
Internet |
The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare |
2013 |
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences |
USA |
| Obie Award for Best New American Play |
Theater |
Sweat |
2017 |
American Theatre Wing |
USA |
| Dove Award for Song of the Year |
Music |
The Shack |
2018 |
GMA Dove Awards |
USA |
| MoMA's Annual Film Prize |
Film |
In the Mood for Love |
2001 |
Museum of Modern Art |
USA |
| International Booker Prize |
Literature |
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld |
2020 |
Booker Prize Foundation |
Netherlands |
| Amy Awards |
Writing |
John Green |
2015 |
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
USA |
| Classical BRIT Awards for Album of the Year |
Music |
Alfie Boe |
2011 |
Classical BRIT Awards |
UK |
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize |
Literature |
Ali Smith |
2014 |
University of Edinburgh |
UK |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Picture |
Film |
The Social Network |
2011 |
Broadcast Film Critics Association |
USA |
| Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature |
Film |
Moonlight |
2017 |
Film Independent |
USA |
| MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year |
Music |
Beyoncé |
2016 |
MTV |
USA |
| U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom |
Honor |
Ellen DeGeneres |
2016 |
The White House |
USA |
| Women's Prize for Fiction |
Literature |
The Silence of the Girls |
2019 |
Women's Prize Trust |
UK |
| American Music Awards for Artist of the Year |
Music |
Taylor Swift |
2018 |
Dick Clark Productions |
USA |
| Clio Awards for Advertising Campaign |
Advertising |
Nike's Just Do It |
1991 |
Clio Awards |
USA |
| John Bates Clark Medal |
Economics |
Alan Blinder |
1986 |
American Economic Association |
USA |
| Karl Marx Award |
Social Science |
Noam Chomsky |
1999 |
German Academy of Language and Literature |
Germany |
| Royal Academy of Arts Gold Medal |
Art |
David Chipperfield |
2011 |
Royal Academy of Arts |
UK |
| Heisman Trophy |
Sport |
Joe Burrow |
2019 |
NCAA |
USA |
| Billboard Music Award for Top Artist |
Music |
Drake |
2017 |
Billboard |
USA |
| RIBA Stirling Prize |
Architecture |
Maggie's Centres |
2018 |
Royal Institute of British Architects |
UK |
| Cinema Eye Honors for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking |
Film |
Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
2019 |
Cinema Eye Honors |
USA |
| Peabody Award |
Journalism |
The New York Times |
2021 |
Grady College of Journalism |
USA |
| Golden Kite Award |
Literature |
Francesca Sanna |
2017 |
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators |
USA |
| Sundance Film Festival Audience Award |
Film |
Fruitvale Station |
2013 |
Sundance Institute |
USA |
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture |
Film |
Black Panther |
2019 |
NAACP |
USA |
| TechCrunch Crunchie Award |
Technology |
Slack |
2016 |
TechCrunch |
USA |
| Webby Awards for Best Writing – Multimedia |
Internet |
The New York Times |
2020 |
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences |
USA |
| Arthur C. Clarke Award |
Literature |
China Miéville |
2010 |
The Arthur C. Clarke Award |
UK |
| World Food Prize |
Humanitarian |
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina |
2017 |
World Food Prize Foundation |
USA |
| James Beard Award for Best Chef |
Culinary |
Dominique Crenn |
2019 |
James Beard Foundation |
USA |
| USDA Secretary's Honor Award |
Honor |
Stephen McGowan |
2018 |
USDA |
USA |
| Liberty Medal |
Honor |
Malala Yousafzai |
2013 |
National Constitution Center |
USA |
| Dodge Poetry Festival Award |
Literature |
Rita Dove |
2018 |
Dodge Poetry Festival |
USA |
| Digital Emmy Awards |
Television |
MasterChef |
2020 |
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
USA |
| Golden Reel Awards |
Sound Editing |
A Quiet Place |
2019 |
Motion Picture Sound Editors |
USA |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards |
Film |
Lady Bird |
2018 |
Film Independent |
USA |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series |
Television |
Watchmen |
2020 |
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
USA |
| Best International Feature Film (Oscar) |
Film |
Parasite |
2020 |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
South Korea |
| World Soccer Awards for Best Player |
Sport |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
2016 |
World Soccer |
Portugal |
| LA Film Critics Association Award for Best Film |
Film |
Parasite |
2019 |
LA Film Critics |
USA |
| Best Dance Recording Grammy |
Music |
Diplo |
2020 |
The Recording Academy |
USA |
| British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film |
Film |
The King's Speech |
2010 |
British Independent Film Awards |
UK |
| Scripter Award |
Literature/Film |
The Handmaid's Tale |
2018 |
The University of Southern California |
USA |
| Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series |
Television |
The Crown |
2019 |
Broadcast Film Critics Association |
USA |
| John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship |
Art |
Kazuo Ishiguro |
1999 |
Guggenheim Foundation |
USA |
| Francois Truffaut Award |
Film |
Guillermo del Toro |
2019 |
Festival de Cannes |
France |
| European Film Awards for Best Film |
Film |
Roma |
2018 |
European Film Academy |
Europe |
| Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Feature |
Animation |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
2019 |
ASIFA-Hollywood |
USA |
| DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Film |
Bong Joon-ho |
2020 |
Directors Guild of America |
USA |
| Pritzker Architecture Prize |
Architecture |
Arata Isozaki |
2019 |
The Hyatt Foundation |
Japan |
| Artist of the Year Billboard Music Awards |
Music |
Beyoncé |
2021 |
Billboard |
USA |
| Lifetime Achievement Award BAFTA |
Honor |
Sir David Attenborough |
2022 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
UK |
| Gordon Bennett Award |
Art |
Sophie Calle |
2012 |
Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton |
France |
| Adom Award for Best New Artist |
Music |
JoJo |
2021 |
Adom Ghana Music Awards |
Ghana |
| Theater World Award |
Theater |
Mina Anwar |
2020 |
Theater World Awards |
USA |
| National Book Critics Circle Award |
Literature |
Laila Lalami |
2019 |
National Book Critics Circle |
USA |
| SFX Awards for Best British Actor |
Film |
David Tennant |
2019 |
SFX Magazine |
UK |
| Best Young Actor BAFTA |
Film |
Thomas Brodie-Sangster |
2012 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
UK |
| Royal Society of Literature Award |
Literature |
William Boyd |
2014 |
Royal Society of Literature |
UK |
| Whitbread Book Awards |
Literature |
David Almond |
2000 |
Whitbread |
UK |
| Edgar Award for Best Novel |
Literature |
Louise Penny |
2017 |
Mystery Writers of America |
USA |
| International Children's Book Day Award |
Literature |
Geraldine McCaughrean |
2008 |
International Board on Books for Young People |
USA |
| Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature |
Film |
Avengers: Infinity War |
2019 |
Visual Effects Society |
USA |
| CANADA VISIONARY Awards |
Innovation |
BlackBerry |
2019 |
Canadian Chamber of Commerce |
Canada |
| Best International Documentary Award |
Film |
For Sama |
2019 |
British Independent Film Awards |
UK |
| World Press Photo of the Year |
Photography |
John Moore |
2019 |
World Press Photo Foundation |
Netherlands |
| Newbery Medal |
Literature |
Katherine Applegate |
2019 |
American Library Association |
USA |
| Sierra Club's John Muir Award |
Environmental |
David Suzuki |
2010 |
Sierra Club |
USA |
| Magritte Award for Best Film |
Film |
Les Belges |
2016 |
Académie André Delvaux |
Belgium |
| Galway Film Fleadh Awards |
Film |
Papi Chulo |
2019 |
Galway Film Fleadh |
Ireland |
| WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development |
Internet |
Duke University |
2021 |
Web Marketing Association |
USA |
| H.F. DeLuca Prize in Innovation |
Innovation |
Dr. Vasilii Tsukernik |
2020 |
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery |
USA |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Picture |
Film |
1917 |
2019 |
St. Louis Film Critics Association |
USA |
| International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress |
Television |
Mary J. Blige |
2020 |
International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
USA |
| IFP Gotham Awards |
Film |
Parasite |
2019 |
Independent Filmmaker Project |
USA |
| Chlotrudis Awards for Best Supporting Actor |
Film |
Richard E. Grant |
2019 |
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film |
USA |
| Francesca Alfi Award |
Literature |
Ben Okri |
2022 |
Francesca Alfi Foundation |
Italy |
| AFI Life Achievement Award |
Honor |
Denzel Washington |
2020 |
American Film Institute |
USA |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards |
Film/TV |
WandaVision |
2021 |
Broadcast Film Critics Association |
USA |
| Geffen Playhouse Awards |
Theater |
Evan Rachel Wood |
2018 |
Geffen Playhouse |
USA |
| Bram Stoker Award |
Literature |
Paul Tremblay |
2016 |
Horror Writers Association |
USA |
| Edinburgh Festivals Fringe Award |
Theater |
Theatre Ad Infinitum |
2018 |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
UK |
| Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical |
Theater |
Ivo van Hove |
2015 |
American Theatre Wing |
USA |
| BlackOscar awards |
Film |
Wakanda Forever |
2023 |
BlackFilm.com |
USA |
| Goya Award for Best Film |
Film |
The Orphanage |
2008 |
Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España |
Spain |
| National Youth Theatre Awards |
Theater |
Amy Leach |
2021 |
National Youth Theatre |
UK |
| Montreal International Jazz Festival Award |
Music |
Diana Krall |
2019 |
Montreal International Jazz Festival |
Canada |
| Best Pop Solo Performance Grammy |
Music |
Harry Styles |
2021 |
The Recording Academy |
USA |
| PAWDA World Media Award |
Media |
BBC News |
2020 |
PAWDA |
Japan |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters Award |
Honor |
Richard Wilbur |
2013 |
American Academy of Arts and Letters |
USA |
| Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture |
Film |
Room |
2016 |
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television |
Canada |
| Webby Awards as Best Blog |
Internet |
Humans of New York |
2020 |
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences |
USA |
| Simpsons Award for Outstanding TV Achievement |
Television |
The Simpsons |
2017 |
Television Academy |
USA |
| Dramatic Writing Award |
Literature |
Stephen Sondheim |
2012 |
New York Drama Critics' Circle |
USA |
| Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal |
Photography |
Martin Parr |
2017 |
Royal Photographic Society |
UK |
| Whiting Prize for Poetry |
Literature |
Hala Alyan |
2019 |
Whiting Foundation |
USA |
| Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award |
Literature |
Kami Garcia |
2020 |
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival |
Ireland |
| American Book Awards |
Literature |
Oceans Apart |
2002 |
Before Columbus Foundation |
USA |
| Nova Award |
Science Fiction |
Stephen King |
1995 |
Nova Awards |
USA |
| Herald Angels Awards |
Theater |
Hamilton |
2017 |
The Herald |
UK |
| Parliamentary Book Awards |
Literature |
James O'Brien |
2016 |
UK Parliament |
UK |
| International Hugo Awards |
Literature |
N.K. Jemisin |
2018 |
World Science Fiction Society |
USA |
| Green Book Awards |
Literature |
Angela Davis |
2019 |
Editorial Team |
USA |
| Inspire Awards |
Community Service |
Malala Yousafzai |
2016 |
United Nations |
Global |
| Lovelace Award for Excellence in Literature |
Literature |
Margaret Atwood |
2020 |
Society of Authors |
UK |
| Frosty Awards for Best Comedy |
Television |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine |
2018 |
Frosty Media |
USA |
| Tammany Hall Award |
Honor |
Bobby Kennedy |
1965 |
New York Democratic Party |
USA |
| Saitama Solar Flare Award |
Environmental Science |
NGOs for Change |
2019 |
Saitama Prefecture |
Japan |
| Shakespeare Prize |
Literature |
Ian McEwan |
2020 |
British Library |
UK |
| Silicon Valley Innovation Award |
Technology |
Elon Musk |
2021 |
Silicon Valley Innovation Foundation |
USA |
| BofA's Talent Award |
Corporate |
Brian Moynihan |
2020 |
Bank of America |
USA |
| International Portrait Prize |
Art |
Yousuf Karsh |
2009 |
Royal Photographic Society |
Canada |
| Fonda Film Festival Award |
Film |
Inception |
2011 |
Fonda Festival Committee |
USA |
| National Endowment for the Arts Big Read |
Literature |
This is How You Lose the Time War |
2020 |
National Endowment for the Arts |
USA |
| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play |
Theater |
The Humans |
2016 |
Off-Broadway |
USA |
| World Habitat Award |
Sustainable Development |
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia |
2016 |
World Habitat |
UK |
| Sedona Film Festival Award |
Film |
Moonlight |
2018 |
Sedona International Film Festival |
USA |
| New York Television Festival Award |
Television |
Atlanta |
2018 |
New York Television Festival |
USA |
| Adele Music Awards |
Music |
Adele |
2022 |
Adele Music Foundation |
UK |
| Best Reality Show Emmy |
Television |
RuPaul's Drag Race |
2020 |
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
USA |
| Charles C. Mansfield Prize |
Honor |
Lee Iacocca |
2018 |
University of Pennsylvania |
USA |
| ABC television prize for Morning Show of the Year |
Television |
Good Morning America |
2017 |
ABC |
USA |
| Bryn Mawr College Award |
Honor |
Pamela S. Karlan |
2016 |
Bryn Mawr College |
USA |
| Washington Prize for Best Novel |
Literature |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
2016 |
Washington Library Foundation |
USA |
| Maritime Hero Award |
Community Service |
Waterkeepers Alliance |
2021 |
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation |
USA |
| Rome Prize in Literature |
Literature |
D.H. Lawrence |
2020 |
American Academy in Rome |
Italy |
| Media Alliance Award |
Media |
Today Show |
2018 |
Media Alliance |
USA |
| Acorn Film Festival Award |
Film |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
2015 |
Acorn Film Festival |
USA |
| National Geographic Society Award |
Community Service |
Bear Grylls |
2019 |
National Geographic Society |
USA |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award |
Film |
Jojo Rabbit |
2019 |
New York Film Critics Circle |
USA |
| John Schlesinger Award |
Film |
Derek Jarman |
2020 |
British Film Institute |
UK |
| Montreal International Documentary Festival Award |
Film |
Fahrenheit 11/9 |
2018 |
Montreal International Documentary Festival |
Canada |
| Westminster Award for Community Service |
Community Service |
Michelle Obama |
2016 |
Westminster Foundation |
USA |
| Virginia Festival of the Book Award |
Literature |
Elizabeth McCracken |
2020 |
Virginia Festival of the Book |
USA |
| Culinary Golden Fork Award |
Culinary |
Kylie Kwong |
2019 |
Culinary Association of Australia |
Australia |
| Seattle Film Festival Audience Award |
Film |
The Farewell |
2019 |
Seattle International Film Festival |
USA |
| Sundance Film Festival Best Director Award |
Film |
Bong Joon-ho |
2020 |
Sundance Institute |
USA |
| Ivy Film Awards |
Film |
The Invisible Man |
2020 |
Ivy Film Society |
USA |
| Ellis Island Medal of Honor |
Honor |
Vera Wang |
2020 |
American-Jewish Historical Society |
USA |
| Hugo Award for Best Novel |
Literature |
N.K. Jemisin |
2018 |
World Science Fiction Society |
USA |
| David di Donatello Award |
Film |
The Great Beauty |
2014 |
Accademia del Cinema Italiano |
Italy |
| Goldene Kamera Award |
Television |
Vikings |
2017 |
Funke Mediengruppe |
Germany |
| NRG Awards for Achievement in Music |
Music |
Ariana Grande |
2017 |
NRG |
UK |
| Best Artist Juno Award |
Music |
Drake |
2019 |
Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
Canada |
| Marchex Awards for Outstanding Communication |
Business |
American Express |
2017 |
Marchex |
USA |
| Paradise Prize. |
Literature |
Pico Iyer |
2019 |
The International Festival of Literature |
India |
| IRL Prize for NPO Excellence |
Non-Profit |
Teach for America |
2022 |
Non-Profit Organization |
USA |
| Intergalactic Poetry Prize |
Literature |
Sophie Hannah |
2019 |
The Institute of Innovative Poetry |
Space |
| Fiction Award - Pendleton Prize |
Literature |
Kazuo Ishiguro |
2020 |
Pendleton Prize Foundation |
USA |
| Indie Book Awards |
Literature |
Colson Whitehead |
2020 |
Indie Book Review |
USA |
| Sundance Audience Award for Short Film |
Film |
Eviction |
2019 |
Sundance Film Festival |
USA |
| London Film Critics Circle Award |
Film |
1917 |
2019 |
London Film Critics Circle |
UK |
| Casey Craig Award for Best Newcomer |
Literature |
Olive Senior |
2018 |
Northwest Book Awards |
USA |
| Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Picture |
Film |
Nomadland |
2021 |
Hollywood Critics Association |
USA |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score |
Music |
Joker |
2019 |
Hollywood Music in Media |
USA |
| Philip K. Dick Award |
Literature |
John Scalzi |
2014 |
Philadelphia Science Fiction Society |
USA |
| Musical Theater's Richard Rodgers Award |
Theater |
Avenue Q |
2004 |
Richard Rodgers Foundation |
USA |
| Golden Raspberries for Worst Picture |
Film |
Catwoman |
2005 |
The Golden Raspberries |
USA |
| Irish Film & Television Academy Award |
Film |
The Guard |
2012 |
Irish Film & Television Academy |
Ireland |
| Creative Arts Emmy Award |
Television |
Modern Family |
2015 |
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
USA |
| PEN America Literary Award |
Literature |
Massoud Hayoun |
2019 |
PEN America |
USA |
| Eagle Awards for Best Graphic Novel |
Literature |
Saga |
2017 |
Eagle Awards |
UK |
| Marvin Hamlisch Award |
Honor |
Marvin Hamlisch |
2022 |
The Springer School |
USA |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
Music |
Nirvana |
2014 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
USA |
| Bay Area Book Festival Prize |
Literature |
Janelle Monae |
2019 |
Bay Area Book Festival |
USA |
| Golden Age Player of the Year |
Sport |
Tom Brady |
2021 |
NFL |
USA |
| Royal Academy of Arts Gold Medal |
Art |
Ana Mendieta |
2016 |
Royal Academy of Arts |
UK |
| Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects BAFTA |
Film |
Blade Runner 2049 |
2018 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
UK |
| Best in Show 2020 Telly Awards |
Film |
Oceans 8 |
2020 |
Telly Awards |
USA |
| National Business Book Award |
Business |
Andrew McCullough |
2019 |
National Business Book Awards |
Canada |
| Lifetime achievement award by SPACE |
Literature |
Stephen King |
2018 |
SPACE |
USA |