List of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? top prize winners

Table columns:
Edition
Winner
Broadcast date
Notes
Top prize

Table rows:
cells: Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Khaled al Mulla[1]
000000002001-11-21-0000November 21, 2001
1,000,000 Saudi Riyal
cells: Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Mohammad Tanirah[2]
000000002002-03-15-0000March 15, 2002
1,000,000 Saudi Riyal
cells: Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Sidi Ahmed Weld Ali[3]
000000002003-01-02-0000January 2, 2003
1,000,000 Saudi Riyal
cells: Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon
Kenaan Matar[4]
000000002007-05-15-0000May 15, 2007
2,000,000 Saudi Riyal
cells: Man sa yarbah al malyoon
Mohammad Abdelwahab Hamzeh[5]
000000002010-03-23-0000March 23, 2010
First SR1,000,000 winner in the new season First winner of the 12-question format.
1,000,000 Saudi Riyal
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Rob "Coach" Fulton[6]
000000002005-10-17-0000October 17, 2005
First winner in Australia after six and a half years.
A$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Martin Flood[6]
000000002005-11-14-0000November 14, 2005
Allegations of cheating marred his top prize win, but he was cleared. Also the last winner of the original Australian version.
A$1,000,000
cells: Millionaire Hot Seat
Edwin Daly[7]
000000002016-08-29-0000August 29, 2016
Fifth Winner in the Hot Seat Format. First Australian winner after almost 11 years.
A$1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Anton Sutterlüty[8]
000000002001-02-19-0000February 19, 2001
öS 10,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Christiane de Piero[9]
000000002002-11-11-0000November 11, 2002
€1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Sigrid Weiß-Lutz[10]
000000002003-05-09-0000May 9, 2003
€1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Monica Weinzettl[11][12]
000000002003-10-18-0000October 18, 2003
Promi-Ausgabe #7. Donated the prize to St. Stephen's Cathedral
€50,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Karin Huber[13]
000000002003-11-03-0000November 3, 2003
€1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Elfriede ("El") Awadalla[14]
000000002005-03-14-0000March 14, 2005
€1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Heide Gondek[15]
000000002006-09-18-0000September 18, 2006
€1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Philip Aschner[16]
000000002007-10-20-0000October 20, 2007
Junior-Special
€100,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Marion Eidenhammer[17]
000000002008-06-28-0000June 28, 2008
Junior-Special
€100,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Stefan Schwaiger[18]
000000002009-05-23-0000May 23, 2009
Junior-Special
€100,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Andreas Goldberger and Nina Hartmann[19]
000000002011-10-24-0000October 24, 2011
Promi-Ausgabe #23.
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Thomas Geierspichler and Günther Matzinger[20]
000000002012-10-22-0000October 22, 2012
Promi-Ausgabe #27. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Andrea Spatzek[21]
000000002012-11-26-0000November 26, 2012
Promi-Ausgabe #28. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Sonya Kraus[22]
000000002013-05-13-0000May 13, 2013
Promi-Ausgabe #30. Prize donated to Life Ball
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Peter Stöger and Ulrike Kriegler[23]
000000002013-10-21-0000October 21, 2013
Promi-Ausgabe #31. Prize donated to Austrian Sports Aid
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Stephan Eberharter[24]
000000002013-12-02-0000December 2, 2013
Promi-Ausgabe #32. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Mathias Stockinger[25]
000000002013-12-09-0000December 9, 2013
First non-celebrity winner after 7 years
€1,000,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Kristina Sprenger[26]
000000002014-02-10-0000February 10, 2014
Promi-Ausgabe #33. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Angelika Kirchschlager[27]
000000002015-02-02-0000February 2, 2015
Promi-Ausgabe #37. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Julia Cencig[28]
000000002015-02-02-0000February 2, 2015
Promi-Ausgabe #37. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Die Millionenshow
Dietrich Siegl[29]
000000002015-11-23-0000November 23, 2015
Promi-Ausgabe #40. Prize donated to Licht ins Dunkel
€75,000
cells: Qui sera millionnaire? (French Version)
Katia Savignano[30][31]
000000002001-06-04-0000June 4, 2001
BEF 10,000,000
cells: Wie wordt multimiljonair? (Dutch Version)
Ingrid Vervaeck[32]
000000002000-10-10-0000October 10, 2000
BEF 20,000,000
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Gonzalo Miranda[33][34]
000000002002-09-09-0000September 9, 2002
First and also last winner.
100,000,000 Chilean Pesos
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Juan Dario Jaramillo Sánchez[35][36][37]
000000002002-10-28-0000October 28, 2002
First child winner on Colombian Millionaire
210,000,000 Colombian Pesos
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Enrique Carlos Castillo[38]
000000002006-10-30-0000October 30, 2006
210,000,000 Colombian Pesos
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
David Huertas[39]
000000002011-10-29-0000October 29, 2011
300,000,000 Colombian Pesos
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Willy Pérez[40][41]
000000002010-06-29-0000June 29, 2010
Winner of special 2010 World Cup edition. First and also last winner.
25,000,000 colón
cells: Tko želi biti milijunaš?
Mira Bićanić[42][43]
000000002003-06-14-0000June 14, 2003
First and also last winner.
1,000,000 kuna
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Søren Brøndum Laursen[44]
000000002001-10-08-0000October 8, 2001
First winner in the Danish version
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[45]
000000002002-09-16-0000September 16, 2002
Winners in charity edition. Prize donated to DCA
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Signe Svendsen and Søren Sko[46]
000000002004-01-01-0000January 1, 2004
Winners in charity edition. Prize donated to AIDS Foundation
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Søren Gudbrand and Lis Gudbrand[47]
000000002005-03-21-0000March 21, 2005
Winners in Special edition "Me and my best"
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Claus Højbak and Bertel Haarder[48]
000000002005-10-03-0000October 3, 2005
Donated half the prize to a school organization
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Peter Kierkegaard, Helle Knudsen and Alexander Cortes[49][50]
000000002007-10-15-0000October 15, 2007
Junior edition #1
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Julie, Ulrik and Sia[51]
000000002007-11-24-0000November 24, 2007
Junior edition #2
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Joachim, Lukkas and Daniel[52]
000000002008-03-15-0000March 15, 2008
Junior edition #3
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Simon Ron Dalsgaard, Emil Aleksej Belinson and Marcus Heinrich Abrahamsen[53]
000000002008-05-09-0000May 9, 2008
Junior edition #4
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Mogens Lykketoft and Martin Krasnik[54]
000000002010-10-11-0000October 11, 2010
Winners in celebrity edition. Prize donated to Peres Center for Peace
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Jon Mikkel Hansen and Lars Ole Jørgensen[55]
000000002012-03-12-0000March 12, 2012
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Charlotte Bircow and Lasse Rimmer[56]
000000002012-10-22-0000October 22, 2012
Winners in celebrity edition. Prize donated to Breast Cancer Society
2,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Bjarke Refslund and Thure Kjær[57]
000000002013-04-19-0000April 19, 2013
Winners in celebrity edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Morten Resen and Ellen Nybo[58]
000000002013-09-30-0000September 30, 2013
Winners in 25th channel anniversary.
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[59]
000000002013-10-28-0000October 28, 2013
Winners in charity edition. Prize fonated to DCA, and they became second millionaires after 16 September 2002.
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Daniel Paske and Jasmin Sharzad[60]
000000002015-03-03-0000March 3, 2015
Winners in Dating edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Søren Pilmark and Henrik Koefoed[61]
000000002016-03-06-0000March 6, 2016
Winners in celebrity edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: Hvem vil være millionær?
Tommy Kenter and Lise Baastrup[62]
000000002016-05-08-0000May 8, 2016
Winners in celebrity edition.
1,000,000 Danish Krone
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Maria Fernanda Compte[63]
000000002002-11-24-0000November 24, 2002
First and also last winner.
US$25,000
cells: Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?
Frédéric Grégoire[64]
000000002000-09-30-0000September 30, 2000
First winner.
4,000,000 French Franc
cells: Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?
Louis[65]
000000002000-11-04-0000November 4, 2000
Second winner.
4,000,000 French Franc
cells: Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?
Marie Friedel[66]
000000002004-08-27-0000August 27, 2004
Third and last winner.
€1,000,000
cells: Vis Unda 20000?
Manana Maisuradze[67]
000000002002-01-01-00002002
20,000 Lari
cells: Vis Unda 20000?
Garry Kasparov and Daria Tarasova[68]
000000002011-02-22-0000February 22, 2011
First celebrity winners. Episode was in Russian with Georgian subtitles.
20,000 Lari
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Eckhard Freise[69]
000000002000-12-02-0000December 2, 2000
DM 1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Marlene Grabherr[70]
000000002001-05-20-0000May 20, 2001
DM 1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Gerhard Krammer[71]
000000002002-10-18-0000October 18, 2002
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Dr. Maria Elisabeth Wienströer[72]
000000002004-03-29-0000March 29, 2004
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Stefan Lang[73]
000000002006-10-09-0000October 9, 2006
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Timur Hahn[74]
000000002007-01-08-0000January 8, 2007
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Oliver Pocher[75]
000000002008-05-30-0000May 30, 2008
Promi-Special #16
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Thomas Gottschalk[76]
000000002008-11-20-0000November 20, 2008
Promi-Special #17
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Ralf Schnoor[77]
000000002010-11-26-0000November 26, 2010
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Barbara Schöneberger[78]
000000002011-05-30-0000May 30, 2011
Promi-Special #22
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Sebastian Langrock[79]
000000002013-03-11-0000March 11, 2013
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Thorsten Fischer[80]
000000002014-10-17-0000October 17, 2014
15-year anniversary special episode
€1,000,000
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Nadja Sidikjar[81]
000000002015-11-13-0000November 13, 2015
First winner of Jackpot-Special #2
€1,538,450
cells: Wer wird Millionär?
Leon Windscheid[82]
000000002015-12-07-0000December 7, 2015
€1,000,000
cells: Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos
Giorgios Georgopoulos[83]
000000002001-10-02-0000October 2, 2001
First winner.
₯ 50,000,000
cells: Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos
Stelios Stergiou[83]
000000002003-11-21-0000November 21, 2003
Second and last winner.
€150,000
cells: Baak Maan Fu Yung
James Wong and Petrina Fung[84]
000000002001-07-15-0000July 15, 2001
Celebrity charity special
HK$1,000,000
cells: Baak Maan Fu Yung
Stephen Chow and Lee Man[85][86]
000000002001-08-20-0000August 20, 2001
Shaolin Soccer charity special
HK$1,000,000
cells: Baak Maan Fu Yung
Chan Hon-cheung "Christ"[87]
000000002001-11-02-0000November 2, 2001
First of the two non-celebrity winners in Hong Kong
HK$1,000,000
cells: Baak Maan Fu Yung
Cheng Tak-cheung[88]
000000002003-02-07-0000February 7, 2003
Million dollar tournament. Last of the four winners of the Hong Kong version.
HK$1,000,000
cells: Legyen Ön is milliomos!
Gábor Cserey[89]
000000002006-03-23-0000March 23, 2006
First and last winner
40,000,000 Ft
cells: Viltu vinna milljón?
Sveinn Valgeirsson[90]
000000002002-03-24-0000March 24, 2002
First Winner.
5,000,000 Icelandic Krona
cells: Viltu vinna milljón?
Paolo Turchi[91]
000000002003-03-30-0000March 30, 2003
Second Winner.
5,000,000 Icelandic Krona
cells: Viltu vinna milljón?
Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson and Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson[92]
000000002004-04-11-0000April 11, 2004
Winners in charity edition. Prize donated to Childhood Cancer Support Association "SKB"
5,000,000 Icelandic Krona
cells: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Harshvardhan Navathe[93][94][95][96]
000000002000-09-18-0000September 18, 2000
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Vijay Raul and Arundhati[97]
000000002001-05-02-0000May 2, 2001
Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Patni
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Ravi Mohan Saini[98][99][100]
000000002001-07-08-0000July 8, 2001
Winner of KBC Junior
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Sushil Kumar[101]
000000002011-11-02-0000November 2, 2011
First winner of the 13-question format. And fourth winner after 10 years.
50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore)
cells: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Sanmjeet Kaur Sahani[102]
000000002013-01-12-0000January 12, 2013
Second and last winner of the 13-question format.
50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore)
cells: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Achin and Sarthak Narula[103][104]
000000002014-10-09-0000October 9, 2014
Highest Asian top prize in Millionaire franchise to date. First winners of the 14-question format and last winners of 14-question format.
70,000,000 Rs. (7 crore)
cells: Kannadada Kotyadhipati
Hussain Basha[105]
000000002013-04-29-0000April 29, 2013
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
Sanooja Rajan[106][107]
000000002013-05-01-0000May 1, 2013
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati
Mahadev Jadhav and Anita Jadhav[108]
000000002014-03-17-0000March 17, 2014
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti
Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao[109]
000000002011-07-08-0000July 8, 2011
Celebrity edition
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Ke Bani Crorepati
Rajesh Singh[110]
000000002011-07-27-0000July 27, 2011
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
cells: Mi Rotseh Lehiot Mylyoner?
Izhar Nevo[111][112]
000000002000-08-07-0000August 7, 2000
Only winner of the Israeli version. First winner from a country located in the Middle East.
1,000,000 ₪
cells: Chi vuol essere miliardario?
Francesca Cinelli[113]
000000002001-03-18-0000March 18, 2001
First winner.
₤ 1,000,000,000
cells: Chi vuol essere milionario?
Davide Pavesi[114]
000000002004-10-17-0000October 17, 2004
Second winner.
€1,000,000
cells: Chi vuol essere milionario?
Michela De Paoli[115][116][117]
000000002011-01-27-0000January 27, 2011
Third and last winner. She used all three on the last question, just to be sure to win a million euro.
€1,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Yasuyuki Kunimitsu[118]
000000002000-07-27-0000July 27, 2000
First ever Asian Millionaire top prize winner
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Yoshiaki Nagata[citation needed]
000000002000-08-10-0000August 10, 2000
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Naoko Imao[citation needed]
000000002000-11-02-0000November 2, 2000
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Hiroshi Hase[citation needed]
000000002000-11-23-0000November 23, 2000
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Kazuyuki Nose[119]
000000002001-02-15-0000February 15, 2001
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Kotaro Kobayashi[citation needed]
000000002001-09-06-0000September 6, 2001
Kids Edition
¥1,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Katsuhiro Minamigawa[citation needed]
000000002001-09-06-0000September 6, 2001
Kids Edition
¥1,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Hitomi Sakamoto[citation needed]
000000002001-12-13-0000December 13, 2001
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Akishi Kikuchi[citation needed]
000000002002-06-27-0000June 27, 2002
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Michiko Eguchi[120]
000000002002-08-01-0000August 1, 2002
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Naomi Osada[citation needed]
000000002002-11-14-0000November 14, 2002
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Shoko Mishima[121]
000000002003-05-08-0000May 8, 2003
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Sayu Tanabashi[citation needed]
000000002003-09-04-0000September 4, 2003
Kids Edition
¥500,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Natsumi Kataoka[citation needed]
000000002003-09-04-0000September 4, 2003
Kids Edition
¥500,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Daichi Suzuki[citation needed]
000000002003-09-18-0000September 18, 2003
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Tsuyoshi Shinjo[122]
000000002004-01-02-0000January 2, 2004
Professional baseball player
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Jo Kihara[citation needed]
000000002004-08-26-0000August 26, 2004
Kids Edition
¥500,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Takafumi Horie[123]
000000002004-12-30-0000December 30, 2004
Former CEO of Livedoor
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Kazuko Hosoki[citation needed]
000000002004-12-30-0000December 30, 2004
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Masaaki Sakai[citation needed]
000000002005-04-07-0000April 7, 2005
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Yasuo Tanaka[124]
000000002005-04-07-0000April 7, 2005
Author and governor of Nagano Prefecture
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Kikuchi Tomohisa[citation needed]
000000002005-04-28-0000April 28, 2005
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Masahiko Hamada[citation needed]
000000002005-05-26-0000May 26, 2005
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Yukiko Kashiwagi and Hanako Oshima[citation needed]
000000002005-05-26-0000May 26, 2005
Pair players (mother and daughter)
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Kotaro Koizumi[citation needed]
000000002006-01-02-0000January 2, 2006
Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Yūko Asano[citation needed]
000000002006-03-23-0000March 23, 2006
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Junko Nozoe[citation needed]
000000002006-06-29-0000June 29, 2006
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Keiko Ohi[citation needed]
000000002006-07-27-0000July 27, 2006
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Dai Tamesue[citation needed]
000000002006-09-14-0000September 14, 2006
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Bandō Mitsugorō X[citation needed]
000000002006-10-05-0000October 5, 2006
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Dewi Sukarno[125]
000000002006-10-26-0000October 26, 2006
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Misako Konno[citation needed]
000000002007-02-15-0000February 15, 2007
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Shōsuke Tanihara[citation needed]
000000002007-07-05-0000July 5, 2007
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Sumiko Fuji[citation needed]
000000002008-03-27-0000March 27, 2008
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Kazuo Tokumitsu[citation needed]
000000002008-03-27-0000March 27, 2008
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Takeshi Kitano[126]
000000002009-01-30-0000January 30, 2009
Only person to answer the final question incorrectly once, and later return and win the top prize.
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Hikari Ota[127]
000000002009-04-01-0000April 1, 2009
¥10,000,000
cells: Quiz $ Millionaire
Mana Ashida[128]
000000002013-01-02-0000January 2, 2013
Celebrity Kids Edition. Youngest top-prize winner (at the time of recording) in the Millionaire franchise worldwide. (8 years and 6 months old)
¥1,000,000
cells: Kto vozmyot million
Saule Akhmetova[129][130]
000000002002-04-11-0000April 11, 2002
First woman who won 5,000,000 Tenge
5,000,000 Tenge
cells: Kto vozmyot million
Irina Stalnaya[131]
000000002003-07-24-0000July 24, 2003
Second woman who won 5,000,000 Tenge and also last winner.
5,000,000 Tenge
cells: Gribi būt miljonārs?
Elita Rumpe[132][133]
000000002002-12-18-0000December 18, 2002
10,000 Latvian Lats
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Lucía Sánchez[134][135]
000000002010-04-22-0000April 22, 2010
First winner on new format.
3,000,000 Mexican Pesos
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Rafael Lira[citation needed]
000000002012-04-21-0000April 21, 2012
Second and last winner of new format.
1,500,000 Mexican Pesos
cells: Lotto Weekend Miljonairs
Hans Peters[136]
000000002001-01-06-0000January 6, 2001
First and also last winner.
NLG 1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Chimuanya "Aroma" Ufodike[137]
000000002009-09-11-0000September 11, 2009
First and also last winner.
₦10,000,000
cells: Vil du bli millionær?
Anne Louise Lien and Hans Erik Borgenvik[138]
000000002003-03-10-0000March 10, 2003
First winners in Norway.
2,000,000 Norwegian Krone
cells: Vil du bli millionær?
Bjørn Lien[139]
000000002010-01-19-0000January 19, 2010
First winner in the Hot Seat format. And second last winner after 6.5 years.
1,000,000 Norwegian Krone
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Sharon Cuneta[140]
000000002010-01-09-0000January 9, 2010
Celebrity contestant who made a second appearance in the franchise. Won P1,000,000 (14th question) during her first appearance on December 25, 2001.
2,000,000 Philippine Pesos
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Karl Jonathan Aguilar[141]
000000002011-09-18-0000September 18, 2011
2,000,000 Philippine Pesos
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Eduardo Gaeilo Pajinag, Jr.[142]
000000002013-10-20-0000October 20, 2013
First winner under Risk format outside Germany.
2,000,000 Philippine Pesos
cells: Milionerzy
Krzysztof Wójcik[143]
000000002010-03-28-0000March 28, 2010
Second and last winner of the 12-question format. First and only (so far) winner after 11 years.
1,000,000 zł
cells: Quem quer ser milionário?
Renata Morgado[citation needed]
000000002000-05-01-0000May 2000
First female top-prize winner in the franchise. Also the first ever European and non-English-speaking Millionaire winner.
50,000,000 Portuguese escudos
cells: Quem quer ser milionário?
Ana Damásio[citation needed]
000000002000-09-01-0000September 2000
Second female top-prize winner in the franchise
50,000,000 Portuguese escudos
cells: Quem quer ser milionário?
José Fernandes[citation needed]
000000002001-04-01-0000April 2001
50,000,000 Portuguese escudos
cells: Quem quer ser milionário?
António Franco[144]
000000002003-12-29-0000December 29, 2003
€250,000
cells: Quem quer ser milionário?
José Maria Souto de Moura[145][146][147]
000000002014-02-07-0000February 7, 2014
First winner after 11 years and last winner.
€100,000
cells: Vrei să fii miliardar?
Mihai Popa[148]
000000002001-04-15-0000April 15, 2001
1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu
cells: Vrei să fii miliardar?
Tudor Hurezeanu[149]
000000002002-04-08-0000April 8, 2002
1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu
cells: Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Igor Sazeyev[150]
000000002001-03-12-0000March 12, 2001
First winner in Russia
1,000,000 Rubles
cells: Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Irina Chudinovskih and Yury Chudinovskih[151]
000000002003-01-18-0000January 18, 2003
Couples version.
1,000,000 Rubles
cells: Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Svetlana Yaroslavtseva[152]
000000002006-02-19-0000February 19, 2006
First woman who won 3.000.000 Rubles. Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.
3,000,000 Rubles
cells: Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Timur Budayev[153][154]
000000002010-04-17-0000April 17, 2010
First man who won 3.000.000 Rubles. Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.
3,000,000 Rubles
cells: Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Bari Alibasov and Alexander "Danko" Fadeev[155][156]
000000002013-11-23-0000November 23, 2013
First celebrity winners in the Russian version with Risk format
3,000,000 Rubles
cells: Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
Yulianna Karaulova and Timur Solovyov[157][158][159]
000000002017-12-02-0000December 2, 2017
Second celebrity winners in the Russian version with Risk format
3,000,000 Rubles
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Peter Lazar[160]
000000002001-10-01-0000October 2001
SIT 10,000,000
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Akim Kysselef[161]
000000002002-04-01-0000April 2002
SIT 10,000,000
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Matjaž Tanko[162]
000000002002-03-29-0000March 29, 2002
SIT 10,000,000
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Gorazd Škerbinek[163]
000000002002-11-01-0000November 2002
SIT 10,000,000
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Aleš Jankovič[164]
000000002003-03-30-0000March 30, 2003
Firefighters edition
SIT 10,000,000
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Jaro Leskovsek[165]
000000002004-05-16-0000May 16, 2004
SIT 15,000,000
cells: Lepo je biti milijonar
Viktor Niko[citation needed]
000000002005-07-01-0000July 2005
SIT 15,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
David Paterson[166]
000000002000-03-19-0000March 19, 2000
First winner outside the USA. And also last winner.
1,000,000 Rand
cells: ¿Quiere ser millonario? 50 por 15
Enrique Chicote[167]
000000002000-05-21-0000May 21, 2000
Used the phone-a-friend lifeline to call his wife on the last question, letting her know that he'd won, and first winner on Spanish version.
₧ 50,000,000
cells: ¿Quién Quiere Ser El Millonario?
Paco Reverte[168]
000000002012-03-15-0000March 15, 2012
Fourth winner in the "Hot Seat" format. First winner in Spain in almost twelve years.
€100,000
cells: Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi (Sinhalese)
Apeksha Kumari[169]
000000002013-02-22-0000February 22, 2013
First winner
2,000,000 Sri Lankan Rupee
cells: Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi (Sinhalese)
Moksha Madusanka[170]
000000002017-07-02-0000July 2, 2017
Second and last winner after 4 years.
2,000,000 Sri Lankan Rupee
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Per Hörberg[171]
000000002006-02-17-0000February 17, 2006
First winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Torgny Segerstedt[172]
000000002008-03-01-0000March 1, 2008
Second winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Olle Laurell[173]
000000002009-12-04-0000December 4, 2009
Third winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Jan Sundström[174]
000000002010-12-17-0000December 17, 2010
Fourth winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Mattias Östermann[175]
000000002012-03-02-0000March 2, 2012
Fitfh winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Lena Angviken[176]
000000002012-09-29-0000September 29, 2012
Sixth winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Birgitta Hedström[177][178]
000000002014-04-11-0000April 11, 2014
Seventh winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Alexandra Pascalidou and Lena Ag[179]
000000002014-11-15-0000November 15, 2014
Celebrity Special #1. And also Eighth winners.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Postkodmiljonären
Ylva Orrmell[180]
000000002017-02-18-0000February 18, 2017
Ninth winner.
1,000,000 Swedish Krona
cells: Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon
Sergey Karabinsky[181]
000000002003-06-06-0000June 6, 2003
First winner of the Ukrainian version.
1,000,000 Moldovan leu = 372,000 Hryvnia
cells: Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk[182][183]
000000002005-01-22-0000January 22, 2005
First celebrity contestant. Top prize donated to orphanages in Ukraine. Second winner after 1.5 years
1,000,000 Hryvnia
cells: Milyoner - Garyache Krislo
Nadezhda Beldiy[184]
000000002011-08-06-0000August 6, 2011
Third top winner in the hot seat format. First and also last winner after 6 years.
1,000,000 Hryvnia
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Judith Keppel[185]
000000002000-11-20-0000November 20, 2000
First winner in the original UK version.
£1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
David Edwards[186]
000000002001-04-21-0000April 21, 2001
First male winner in the UK.
£1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Robert Brydges[187]
000000002001-09-29-0000September 29, 2001
First contestant to win on the United Kingdom version since the Charles Ingram affair. He had one lifeline at the Million pound question.
£1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Pat Gibson[188]
000000002004-04-24-0000April 24, 2004
Had two out of three lifelines at the jackpot question.
£1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Ingram Wilcox[189]
000000002006-09-23-0000September 23, 2006
Last winner in the original UK version. Also the last contestant to face the final question under the 15-question format in the UK, and also the last contestant to win the top prize before the clock format was introduced on 3 August 2010.
£1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
John Carpenter[190]
000000001999-11-19-0000November 19, 1999
First ever top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. He did not use a lifeline until his fifteenth and final question, when he called his father to tell him he would win the million.
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Dan Blonsky[190]
000000002000-01-18-0000January 18, 2000
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Joe Trela[190]
000000002000-03-23-0000March 23, 2000
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Bob House[190]
000000002000-06-13-0000June 13, 2000
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Kim Hunt[190]
000000002000-07-06-0000July 6, 2000
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
David Goodman[190]
000000002000-07-11-0000July 11, 2000
First Millionaire winner since John Carpenter to go 14 straight questions without using a lifeline. He used all three on the last question, just to be sure to win a million.
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Kevin Olmstead[191]
000000002001-04-10-0000April 10, 2001
Biggest winner on the U.S. version, with a $2.18 million jackpot. He was the biggest top prize winner on a network television game show in U.S. history until Andrew Kravis overtook the record on September 19, 2013. Also the highest winning of Millionaire worldwide so far.
US$2,180,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Bernie Cullen[192]
000000002001-04-15-0000April 15, 2001
Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Ed Toutant[193]
000000002001-09-07-0000September 7, 2001
Originally ruled to have answered a $16,000 question incorrectly in January 2001 and left with $1,000. It was later discovered that there was a mistake in his $16,000 question and was invited back to play for the $1.86 million he originally was going for.
US$1,860,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Kevin Smith[194]
000000002003-02-18-0000February 18, 2003
First male winner of the syndicated series.
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Nancy Christy[195]
000000002003-05-09-0000May 9, 2003
First and so far only female top-prize winner in the United States.
US$1,000,000
cells: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Sam Murray[196]
000000002009-11-20-0000November 20, 2009
Murray did not go all the way to a million the first time, winning $50,000; then returned to win the question in the "Million Dollar Tournament of Ten." He was also 8th seed in the tournament at the time of his winning. First and only millionaire of the clock format in the franchise.
US$1,000,000
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Giovanni Grosso[197]
000000002002-03-20-0000March 20, 2002
First ever top-prize winner in South America.
100,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Antonio Ríos[198]
000000002002-05-22-0000May 22, 2002
100,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Eugenio Vargas[197]
000000002004-12-22-0000December 22, 2004
100,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Zulay Marcano[199]
000000002006-03-29-0000March 29, 2006
200,000,000 Venezuelan Bolívar
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Luis Olavarrieta[citation needed]
000000002008-12-31-0000December 31, 2008
Celebrity edition
200,000 Venezuelan Bolívar
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
María Alejandra Requena[citation needed]
000000002008-12-31-0000December 31, 2008
Celebrity edition
200,000 Venezuelan Bolívar
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Hildamar Parra and Alfonso Medina[citation needed]
000000002009-12-24-0000December 24, 2009
Celebrity edition
weekend trip to Margarita
cells: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
Carlos Felipe Alvarez and Nacarid Escalona[citation needed]
000000002009-12-24-0000December 24, 2009
Celebrity edition
weekend trip to Margarita
cells: Ai là triệu phú - Ghế nóng
Unknown Player[200][better source needed]
000000002011-05-24-0000May 24, 2011
Second top winner in the hot seat format.
₫120,000,000
cells: Ai là triệu phú
Phương Thanh[201]
000000002013-09-07-0000September 7, 2013
VTV's 43rd anniversary special. Rather than a monetary prize, Thanh was offered the opportunity to "work as an editor of Ai là triệu phú for one day".
"work as an editor of Ai là triệu phú for one day"

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the last person to win who wants to be a millionaire
answer: answerTexts: Sam Murray