Winners by year

Major prize winners of 2017

1. 2017Abel Prize: Yves MeyerA pivotal role in developing the mathematical theory of wavelets
2. 2017Academy Award for Best Picture: Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy KleinerMoonlight (2016 film, 89th Academy Awards)
3. 2017Ballon d'Or: Cristiano RonaldoMen's Ballon d'Or, playing for Real Madrid
4. 2017Booker Prize: George SaundersLincoln in the Bardo
5. 2017Grammy Award for Album of the Year: Adele25 (59th Annual Grammy Awards)
6. 2017Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership: Ellen Johnson SirleafIbrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
7. 2017International Booker Prize: David Grossman (author), Jessica Cohen (translator)A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated from Hebrew
8. 2017Kyoto Prize: Takashi MimuraAdvanced Technology, field of Electronics
9. 2017Kyoto Prize: Graham FarquharBasic Sciences, field of Biological Sciences
10. 2017Kyoto Prize: Richard TaruskinArts and Philosophy, field of Music
11. 2017Laureus World Sports Awards: Usain BoltLaureus World Sportsman of the Year
12. 2017Laureus World Sports Awards: Simone BilesLaureus World Sportswoman of the Year
13. 2017Nobel Peace Prize: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear WeaponsWork to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons
14. 2017Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard HendersonDeveloping cryo electron microscopy for high resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution
15. 2017Nobel Prize in Literature: Kazuo IshiguroNovels of great emotional force that uncover the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world
16. 2017Nobel Prize in Physics: Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, Kip S. ThorneDecisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
17. 2017Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. YoungDiscoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
18. 2017Pritzker Architecture Prize: Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon VilaltaPritzker Architecture Prize laureate
19. 2017Prix Goncourt: Éric VuillardL'Ordre du jour
20. 2017Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Colson WhiteheadThe Underground Railroad (Doubleday)
21. 2017Right Livelihood Award: Robert BilottRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
22. 2017Right Livelihood Award: Colin GonsalvesRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
23. 2017Right Livelihood Award: Khadija IsmayilovaRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
24. 2017Right Livelihood Award: Yetnebersh NigussieRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
25. 2017Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Richard H. ThalerContributions to behavioural economics
26. 2017Templeton Prize: Alvin PlantingaPhilosopher