Prizes named after people - Definition and Overview

This is a list of prizes that are named after people.

For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.

• Abel Prize – Niels Henrik Abel
• Albert Einstein World Award of Science – Albert Einstein
• ANSARI X PRIZE – Anousheh Ansari, Amir Ansari
• Archibald Prize – J F Archibald
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – Astrid Lindgren
• Balzan Prize – Eugenio Balzan
• Beck's Futures – Heinrich Beck
• Marcel Benoist Prize – Marcel Benoist
• Bruce Medal – Catherine Wolfe Bruce
• Charles Stark Draper Prize – Charles Stark Draper
• Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis – Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
• Copley Medal – Godfrey Copley
• Crafoord Prize – Holger Crafoord
• Prix Dentan – Michel Dentan
• Dirac Prize – Paul Dirac
• Duff Cooper Prize – Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
• European Latsis Prize – John Latsis
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction – William Faulkner
• Fields Medal – John Charles Fields
• Fritz Pregl Prize – Fritz Pregl
• George Van Biesbroeck Prize – George Van Biesbroeck
• Gibbs Brothers Medal – William Francis Gibbs and Frederic H. Gibbs
• Gottfried-Keller-Preis – Gottfried Keller
• Hessell-Tiltman Prize – Marjorie Hessell-Tiltman
• Hopwood Award – Avery Hopwood
• IEEE John von Neumann Medal – John von Neumann
• James Craig Watson Medal – James Craig Watson
• John Llewellyn Rhys Prize – John Llewellyn Rhys
• John von Neumann Theory Prize, IEEE John von Neumann Medal – John von Neumann
• Henry Draper Medal – Henry Draper
• Hughes Medal – David Edward Hughes
• Kennedy Center Honors – John F. Kennedy
• Lasker Award – Mary Woodward Lasker
• Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine – Louis Jeantet
• Lemelson-MIT Prize – Jerome H. Lemelson
• Lomonosov Gold Medal – Mikhail Lomonosov
• Marcel Benoist Prize – Marcel Benoist
• Max-Frisch-Preis – Max Frisch
• Nevanlinna Prize – Rolf Nevanlinna
• Newdigate prize – Roger Newdigate
• Nobel Prize – Alfred Nobel
• Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics, Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility – Norbert Wiener
• O. Henry Awards – O. Henry
• Orteig Prize – Raymond Orteig
• Prince of Asturias Awards – Felipe, Prince of Asturias
• Pulitzer Prize – Joseph Pulitzer
• Richard W. Hamming Medal – Richard Hamming
• Prix Eugène Rambert – Eugène Rambert
• Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
• Hans-Reinhart-Ring – Hans Reinhart
• Prix Edouard Rod – Edouard Rod
• Samuel Johnson Prize – Samuel Johnson
• Grosser Schillerpreis der Schweiz – Friedrich Schiller
• Schock Prize – Rolf Schock
• Shewhart Medal – Walter A. Shewhart
• Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science – Johan Skytte
• Somerset Maugham Award – William Somerset Maugham
• Steele Prize – Leroy P. Steele
• Turing Award – Alan Turing
• Turner Prize – J. M. W. Turner
• Vannevar Bush Award – Vannevar Bush
• Wakker Prize – Henri-Louis Wakker
• Walkley Award – William Gaston Walkley
• Prix Walo – Walo Linder
• Wolf Prize – Ricardo Wolf
• Wollaston Medal – William Hyde Wollaston

See also

• List of prizes, medals, and awards
• List of eponyms