This is a list of recipients of the Balzan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious academic awards. The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the humanities, natural sciences, culture, and peace on an international level. The Prizes are awarded in four subject areas: "two in literature, the moral sciences and the arts" and "two in the physical, mathematical and natural sciences and medicine." The special Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity is presented at intervals of every three years or longer.
1960s–1970s 1961 Nobel Foundation (Sweden) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 1962 Andrey Kolmogorov (Soviet Union) --- Mathematics Karl von Frisch (Austria) --- Biology Paul Hindemith (Germany) --- Music Samuel Eliot Morison (United States) --- History Pope John XXIII (Vatican) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 1978 Mother Teresa of Calcutta (India) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 1979 Ernest Labrousse (France) and Giuseppe Tucci (Italy) --- History Jean Piaget (Switzerland) --- Social and political sciences Torbjörn Caspersson (Sweden) --- Biology
1980s 1980 Enrico Bombieri (Italy) --- Mathematics Hassan Fathy (Egypt) --- Architecture and town planning Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina) --- Philology, linguistics and literary criticism 1981 Dan McKenzie (United Kingdom), Drummond Matthews (United Kingdom) and Frederick Vine (United Kingdom) --- Geology and geophysics Josef Pieper (Germany) --- Philosophy Paul Reuter (France) --- International public law 1982 Jean-Baptiste Duroselle (France) --- Social sciences Kenneth Vivian Thimann (United Kingdom / United States) --- Pure and applied botany Massimo Pallottino (Italy) --- Sciences of antiquity 1983 Edward Shils (United States) --- Sociology Ernst Mayr (Germany / United States) --- Zoology Francesco Gabrieli (Italy) --- Oriental studies 1984 Jan Hendrik Oort (Netherlands) --- Astrophysics Jean Starobinski (Switzerland) --- History and criticism of the literatures Sewall Wright (United States) --- Genetics 1985 Ernst H. J. Gombrich (Austria / United Kingdom) --- History of western art Jean-Pierre Serre (France) --- Mathematics 1986 Jean Rivero (France) --- Basic human rights Otto Neugebauer (Austria / United States) --- History of science Roger Revelle (United States) --- Oceanography / climatology United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 1987 Jerome Seymour Bruner (United States) --- Human psychology Phillip V. Tobias (South Africa) --- Physical anthropology Richard W. Southern (United Kingdom) --- Medieval history 1988 Michael Evenari (Israel) and Otto Ludwig Lange (Germany) --- Applied botany (incl. ecological aspects) René Étiemble (France) --- Comparative literature Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (Israel) --- Sociology 1989 Emmanuel Lévinas (France / Lithuania) --- Philosophy Leo Pardi (Italy) --- Ethologie Martin John Rees (United Kingdom) --- High energy astrophysics
1990s 1990 James Freeman Gilbert (United States) --- Geophysics (solid earth) Pierre Lalive d'Epinay (Switzerland) --- Private international law Walter Burkert (Germany) --- Study of the ancient world (Mediterranean area) 1991 György Ligeti (Hungary / Austria) --- Music John Maynard Smith (United Kingdom) --- Genetics and evolution Vitorino Magalhães Godinho (Portugal) --- History: The emergence of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries Abbé Pierre (Henri Grouès) (France) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 1992 Armand Borel (Switzerland) --- Mathematics Ebrahim M. Samba (Gambia) --- Preventive medicine Giovanni Macchia (Italy) --- History and criticism of the literatures 1993 Jean Leclant (France) --- Art and archaeology of the ancient world Lothar Gall (Germany) --- History: societies of the 19th and 20th centuries Wolfgang H. Berger (Germany / United States) --- Paleontology with special reference to oceanography 1994 Fred Hoyle (United Kingdom) and Martin Schwarzschild (Germany / United States) --- Astrophysics (evolution of stars) Norberto Bobbio (Italy) --- Law and political science (governments and democracy) René Couteaux (France) --- Biology (cell structure with special reference to the nervous system) 1995 Alan J. Heeger (United States) --- Science of new non-biological materials Carlo M. Cipolla (Italy) --- Economic history Yves Bonnefoy (France) --- Art history and art criticism (as applied to European art from the Middle Ages to our times) 1996 Arno Borst (Germany) --- History: medieval cultures Arnt Eliassen (Norway) --- Meteorology Stanley Hoffmann (Austria / United States / France) --- Political sciences: contemporary international relations International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 1997 Charles Coulston Gillispie (United States) --- History and philosophy of science Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (Sri Lanka / United States) --- Social sciences: social anthropology Thomas Wilson Meade (United Kingdom) --- Epidemiology 1998 Andrzej Walicki (Poland / United States) --- History: the cultural and social history of the Slavonic world from the reign of Catherine the Great to the Russian revolutions of 1917 Harmon Craig (United States) --- Geochemistry Robert McCredie May (United Kingdom / Australia) --- Biodiversity 1999 John Elliott (United Kingdom) --- History 1500–1800 Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (Italy / United States) --- Science of human origins Mikhail Gromov (Russia / France) --- Mathematics Paul Ricœur (France) --- Philosophy
2000s 2000 Ilkka Hanski (Finland) --- Ecological sciences Martin Litchfield West (United Kingdom) --- Classical antiquity Michael Stolleis (Germany) --- Legal history since 1500 Michel G.E. Mayor (Switzerland) --- Instrumentation and techniques in astronomy and astrophysics Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistan) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 2001 Claude Lorius (France) --- Climatology James Sloss Ackerman (United States) --- History of architecture (including town planning and landscape design) Jean-Pierre Changeux (France) --- Cognitive neurosciences Marc Fumaroli (France) --- Literary history and criticism (post 1500) 2002 Anthony Grafton (United States) --- History of the humanities Dominique Schnapper (France) --- Sociology Walter J. Gehring (Switzerland) --- Developmental biology Xavier Le Pichon (France) --- Geology 2003 Eric Hobsbawm (United Kingdom) --- European history since 1900 Reinhard Genzel (Germany) --- Infrared astronomy Serge Moscovici (France) --- Social psychology Wen-Hsiung Li (Taiwan / United States) --- Genetics and evolution 2004 Andrew Colin Renfrew (United Kingdom) --- Prehistoric Archaeology Michael Marmot (United Kingdom) --- Epidemiology Nikki R. Keddie (United States) --- The Islamic world from the end of the 19th to the end of the 20th century Pierre Deligne (Belgium) --- Mathematics Community of Sant'Egidio --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 2005 Lothar Ledderose (Germany) --- History of the art of Asia Peter Hall (United Kingdom) --- The social and cultural history of cities since the beginning of the 16th century Peter R. Grant (United Kingdom) and Rosemary Grant (United States) --- Population biology Russell J. Hemley (United States) and Ho-kwang (David) Mao (China) --- Mineral physics 2006 Ludwig Finscher (Germany) --- History of western music since 1600 Quentin Skinner (United Kingdom) --- Political thought: history and theory Andrew Lange (United States) and Paolo de Bernardis (Italy) --- Observational astronomy and astrophysics Elliott M. Meyerowitz (United States) and Christopher R. Somerville (Canada) --- Plant molecular genetics 2007 Sumio Iijima (Japan) --- Nanoscience Bruce A. Beutler (United States) and Jules A. Hoffmann (France) --- Innate Immunity Michel Zink (France) --- European Literature (1000–1500) Rosalyn Higgins (United Kingdom) --- International Law since 1945 Karlheinz Böhm (Austria) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 2008 Maurizio Calvesi (Italy) --- The Visual Arts since 1700 Thomas Nagel (Serbia / United States) --- Moral Philosophy Ian H. Frazer (Australia) --- Preventive Medicine, including Vaccination Wallace S. Broecker (United States) --- Science of Climate Change 2009 Terence Cave (United Kingdom) --- Literature since 1500 Michael Grätzel (Germany / Switzerland) --- Science of New Materials Brenda Milner (United Kingdom / Canada) --- Cognitive Neurosciences Paolo Rossi Monti (Italy) --- History of Science
2010s 2010 Manfred Brauneck (Germany) --- History of theatre in all its aspects Carlo Ginzburg (Italy) --- European History (1400–1700) Jacob Palis (Brazil) --- Mathematics (pure or applied) Shinya Yamanaka (Japan) --- Stem Cells: Biology and potential applications 2011 Peter Brown (Ireland) --- Ancient History (The Graeco-Roman World) Bronislaw Baczko (Poland) --- Enlightenment Studies Russell Scott Lande (United States / United Kingdom) --- Theoretical Biology or Bioinformatics Joseph Ivor Silk (United States / United Kingdom) --- The Early Universe (From the Planck Time to the First Galaxies) 2012 Ronald Dworkin (United States) --- Jurisprudence Reinhard Strohm (Germany) --- Musicology Kurt Lambeck (Australia) --- Solid Earth Sciences, with emphasis on interdisciplinary research David Baulcombe (United Kingdom) --- Epigenetics 2013 André Vauchez (France) --- Medieval History Manuel Castells (Spain) --- Sociology Alain Aspect (France) --- Quantum Information Processing and Communication Pascale Cossart (France) --- Infectious diseases: basic and clinical aspects 2014 Mario Torelli (Italy) --- Classical Archaeology Ian Hacking (Canada) --- Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind G. David Tilman (United States) --- Basic and/or applied Plant Ecology Dennis Sullivan (United States) --- Mathematics (pure or applied) Vivre en Famille (France) --- Humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples 2015 Hans Belting (Germany) --- History of European Art (1300–1700) Joel Mokyr (Netherland / United States / Israel) --- Economic History Francis Halzen (Belgium / United States) --- Astroparticle Physics including neutrino and gamma-ray observation David Karl (United States) --- Oceanography 2016 Piero Boitani (Italy) --- Comparative Literature Reinhard Jahn (Germany) --- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, including neurodegenerative and developmental aspects Federico Capasso (Italy) --- Applied Photonics Robert Keohane (United States) --- International Relations: History and Theory 2017 Aleida Assmann (Germany) and Jan Assmann (Germany) --- Collective Memory Bina Agarwal (India / United Kingdom) --- Gender Studies Robert D. Schreiber (United States) and James P. Allison (United States) --- Immunological Approaches in Cancer Therapy Michaël Gillon (Belgium) --- The Sun's Planetary System and Exoplanets 2018 Éva Kondorosi (Hungary / France) --- Chemical Ecology Detlef Lohse (Germany) --- Fluid Dynamics Jürgen Osterhammel (Germany) --- Global History Marilyn Strathern (United Kingdom) --- Social Anthropology Terre des hommes Foundation (Switzerland) --- Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples 2019 Jacques Aumont (France) --- Film Studies Michael Cook (United States / United Kingdom) --- Islamic Studies Luigi Ambrosio (Italy) --- Theory of Partial Differential Equations Erika von Mutius, Klaus F. Rabe, Werner Seeger and Tobias Welte (all Germany) --- Pathophysiology of respiration: from basic sciences to the bedside
2020s 2020 Susan Trumbore (US / Germany) --- Earth System Dynamics Jean-Marie Tarascon (France) --- Environmental Challenges: Materials Science for Renewable Energy Joan Martinez Alier (Spain) --- Environmental Challenges: Responses from the Social Sciences and the Humanities Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil) --- Human Rights 2021 Saul Friedländer (France / US) --- Holocaust and Genocide Studies Jeffrey I. Gordon (US) --- Microbiome in Health and Disease Alessandra Buonanno (Italy / US) and Thibault Damour (France) --- Gravitation: physical and astrophysical aspects Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati (Italy / USA) --- Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Far East 2022 Robert Langer (US) --- Biomaterials for Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering Martha Nussbaum (US) --- Moral Philosophy Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (Denmark) and Hans Oerlemans (Netherlands) --- Glaciation and Ice-Sheet Dynamics Philip Bohlman (US) --- Ethnomusicology 2023 David Damrosch (US) --- World Literature Jean-Jacques Hublin (France) --- Evolution of Humankind: Paleoanthropology Eske Willerslev (Denmark) --- Evolution of Humankind: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution Heino Falcke (Germany) --- High resolution images: from planetary to cosmic objects 2024 John Braithwaite (Australia) --- Restorative Justice Lorraine Daston (US / Germany) --- History of Modern and Contemporary Science Michael N. Hall (US / Switzerland) --- Biological Mechanisms of Ageing Omar M. Yaghi (US) --- Nanoporous Materials for Environmental Applications 2025 Josiah Ober (US) --- Athenian Democracy Revisited Rosalind Krauss (US) --- History of Contemporary Art Christophe Salomon (France) --- Atoms and Ultra-Precise Measurement of Time Carl H. June (US) --- Gene and Gene-Modified Cell Therapy
References
External links Official website "Prize Winners". Milano Zurigo. Retrieved 6 June 2022.