Awards Record

Winners by year

Major prize winners of 2021

  1. 2021Abel Prize: László Lovász, Avi WigdersonFoundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics
  2. 2021Academy Award for Best Picture: Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé ZhaoNomadland (2020 film, 93rd Academy Awards)
  3. 2021Ballon d'Or: Lionel MessiMen's Ballon d'Or, playing for Paris Saint-Germain
  4. 2021Booker Prize: Damon GalgutThe Promise
  5. 2021Grammy Award for Album of the Year: Taylor SwiftFolklore (63rd Annual Grammy Awards)
  6. 2021International Booker Prize: David Diop (author), Anna Moschovakis (translator)At Night All Blood Is Black, translated from French
  7. 2021Kyoto Prize: Andrew Chi-Chih YaoAdvanced Technology, field of Information Science
  8. 2021Kyoto Prize: Robert G. RoederBasic Sciences, field of Life Sciences and Medicine
  9. 2021Kyoto Prize: Bruno LatourArts and Philosophy, field of Thought and Ethics
  10. 2021Laureus World Sports Awards: Rafael NadalLaureus World Sportsman of the Year
  11. 2021Laureus World Sports Awards: Naomi OsakaLaureus World Sportswoman of the Year
  12. 2021Nobel Peace Prize: Maria Ressa, Dmitry MuratovEfforts to safeguard freedom of expression, a precondition for democracy and lasting peace
  13. 2021Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Benjamin List, David MacMillanDevelopment of asymmetric organocatalysis
  14. 2021Nobel Prize in Literature: Abdulrazak GurnahUncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee
  15. 2021Nobel Prize in Physics: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, Giorgio ParisiManabe and Hasselmann for physical modelling of Earth's climate, Parisi for the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems
  16. 2021Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: David Julius, Ardem PatapoutianDiscovery of receptors for temperature and touch
  17. 2021Pritzker Architecture Prize: Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe VassalPritzker Architecture Prize laureate
  18. 2021Prix Goncourt: Mohamed Mbougar SarrLa plus secrète mémoire des hommes
  19. 2021Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Louise ErdrichThe Night Watchman (Harper)
  20. 2021Right Livelihood Award: Marthe WandouRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
  21. 2021Right Livelihood Award: Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)Right Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
  22. 2021Right Livelihood Award: Vladimir SlivyakRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
  23. 2021Right Livelihood Award: Freda HusonRight Livelihood Award laureate (country or region as listed by the foundation)
  24. 2021Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: David Card, Joshua Angrist, Guido ImbensCard for empirical contributions to labour economics, Angrist and Imbens for methods to analyse causal relationships
  25. 2021Templeton Prize: Jane GoodallPrimatologist and conservation campaigner