Science Laureates

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  • First awarded in 1984
  • To acquire qualification for the Prize, the nominee should have:
    • Carried out and published an original scientific research on the prize’s topic
    • Major benefits to humanity
    • Met one or more of the prize’s objectives as determined by the respective Selection Committee

King Faisal Prize Laureates in Science

2025

Professor
Sumio Iijima
(Japan)

Physics

2024

Professor
Howard Yuan-Hao Chang
(United States of America)

Biology

2023

Professor
Chad Alexander Mirkin
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2023

Professor
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2022

Professor
Martin Hairer
(United Kingdom)

Mathematics

2022

Professor
Nader Masmoudi
(Tunisia)

Mathematics

2021

Professor
Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin
(United Kingdom)

Physics

2020

Professor
Xiaodong Wang
(United States of America)

Biography

2019

Professor
Jean M.J. Frechet
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2019

Professor
Allen Joseph Bard
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2018

Professor
Sir John M. Ball
(United Kingdom)

Mathematics

2017

Professor
Daniel Loss
(Switzerland)

Physics

2017

Professor
Laurens Molenkamp
(Netherlands)

Physics

2016

Professor
Stephen Philip Jackson
(United Kingdom)

Biology

2016

Professor
Vamsi Krishna Mootha
(United States of America)

Biology

2015

Professor
Michael Grätzel
(Switzerland)

Chemistry

2015

Professor
Omar Mwannes Yaghi
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2014

Professor
Gerd Faltings
(Germany)

Mathematics

2013

Professor
Paul B. Corkum
(Canada)

Physics

2013

Professor
Ferenc Krausz
(Hungary)

Physics

2012

Professor
Alexander J. Varshavsky
(United States of America)

Biology

2011

Professor
George M. Whitesides
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2011

Professor
Richard Zare
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2010

Professor
Enrico Bombieri
(United States of America)

Mathematics

2010

Professor
Terence Chi-Shen Tao
(United States of America)

Mathematics

2009

Professor
Sir Richard H. Friend
(United Kingdom)

Physics

2009

Professor
Rashid A. Sunyaev
(Russia)

Physics

2008

Professor
Rudiger Wehner
(Germany)

Biology

2007

Professor
Sir James Fraser Stoddart
(United Kingdom)

Chemistry

2006

Professor
Mudumbai S. Narasimhan
(India)

Mathematics

2006

Professor
Simon Kirwan Donaldson
(United Kingdom)

Mathematics

2005

Professor
Frank Wilczek
(United States of America)

Physics

2005

Professor
Anton Zeilinger
(Austria)

Physics

2005

Professor
Federico Capasso
(United States of America)

Physics

2004

Professor
Semir Zeki
(United Kingdom)

Biology

2003

Professor
M. Fredrick Hawthorne
(United States of America)

Chemistry

2003

Professor
Koji Nakanishi
(Japan)

Chemistry

2002

Professor
Yuri I. Manin
(Russia)

Mathematics

2002

Professor
Peter W. Shor
(United States of America)

Mathematics

2001

Professor
Sajeev O. John
(Canada)

Physics

2001

Professor
Chen Ning Yang
(United States of America)

Physics

2000

Professor
Edward O.Wilson
(United States of America)

Biology

2000

Professor
John Craig Venter
(United States of America)

Biology

1999

Professor
Ryoji Noyori
(Japan)

Chemistry

1999

Professor
Dieter Seebach
(Germany)

Chemistry

1998

Professor
Andrew J. Wiles
(United Kingdom)

Mathematics

1997

Professor
Carl E. Wieman
(United States of America)

Physics

1997

Professor
Eric Allin Cornell
(United States of America)

Physics

1996

Professor
Gunter Blobel
(United States of America)

Biology

1996

Professor
Hugh R. Pelham
(United Kingdom)

Biology

1996

Professor
James E. Rothman
(United States of America)

Biology

1995

Professor
K. Barry Sharpless
(United States of America)

Chemistry

1994

Professor
Dennis P. Sullivan
(United States of America)

Mathematics

1993

Professor
Herbert Walther
(Germany)

Physics

1993

Professor
Steven Chu
(United States of America)

Physics

1992

Professor
Sydney Brenner
(United Kingdom)

Biology

1991

(Withheld)
Mathematics

1990

Professor
Frank A. Cotton
(United States of America)

Chemistry

1990

Professor
Mustafa Amr El Sayed
(United States of America)

Chemistry

1990

Professor
Raymond U. Lemieux
(Canada)

Chemistry

1989

Professor
Ahmed H. Zewail
(United States of America)

Physics

1989

Professor
Theodore W. Hanch
(Germany)

Physics

1988

Professor
Pierre Chambon
(France)

Biology

1988

Professor
Ricardo Miledi
(United Kingdom)

Biology

1987

Professor
Sir Michael Atiyah
(United Kingdom)

Mathematics

1986

Professor
Sir Michael J. Berridge
(United Kingdom)

Biochemistry

1985

(Withheld)
Biochemistry

1984

Professor
Heinrich Rohrer
(Switzerland)

Physics

1984

Professor
Gerd Binnig
(Germany)

Physics

1983

(Withheld)
Physics