List of Israel Prize recipients
List
Table:
Year	Name	Field	Comments

1953	Gedaliah Alon	Jewish studies	Posthumously awarded prize, three years after his death. First recipient of the prize for Jewish studies.

1953	Haim Hazaz	Literature	One of first two recipients of the prize for Literature.

1953	Ya'akov Cohen	Literature	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958. One of first two recipients of the prize for Literature.

1953	Dina Feitelson-Schur	Education	First female recipient of the Israel Prize. First recipient of the prize for Education.

1953	Mark Dvorzhetski	Social science	First recipient of the prize for Social science.

1953	Lipman Heilprin	Medical science	First recipient of the prize for medicine or Medical science.

1953	Zeev Ben-Zvi	Sculpture	First recipient of the prize for any of the fine arts.

1953	Shimshon Amitsur	Exact sciences	One of the first two recipients of the prize for Exact sciences.

1953	Jacob Levitzki	Exact sciences	Family relationship: Father of recipient Alexander Levitzki (1990, Life sciences). One of the first two recipients of the prize for Exact sciences.

1954	Moshe Zvi Segal	Jewish studies	First rabbi to receive the Israel Prize.

1954	Schmuel Hugo Bergmann	Humanities	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1974. First recipient of the prize for the Humanities.

1954	David Shimoni	Literature

1954	Shmuel Yosef Agnon	Literature	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958.

1954	Arthur Biram	Education

1954	Gad Tedeschi	Jurisprudence	First recipient of the prize for Jurisprudence or law.

1954	Franz Ollendorff	Exact sciences

1954	Michael Zohary	Life sciences	First recipient of the prize for Life sciences.

1954	Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer	Agriculture	First recipient of the prize for Agriculture.

1954	Ödön Pártos	Music	First recipient of the prize for Music.

1955	Ephraim Urbach	Jewish studies

1955	Isaac Heinemann	Jewish studies

1955	Zalman Shneur	Literature

1955	Yitzhak Lamdan	Literature

1955	Michael Fekete	Exact sciences

1955	Israel Reichart	Life sciences

1955	Yaakov Ben-Tor	Life sciences

1955	Akiva Vroman	Life sciences

1955	Benjamin Shapira	Medical science

1955	Sara Hestrin-Lerner	Medical science	Family relationship: Sister of recipient Shlomo Hestrin (1957, Exact sciences).

1955	Netanel Hochberg	Agriculture

1955	Zahara Schatz	Painting and Sculpture

1956	Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai	Jewish studies

1956	Yigael Yadin	Jewish studies

1956	Yehezkel Abramsky	Rabbinical literature	First recipient of the prize for specifically Rabbinical literature.

1956	Gershon Shufman	Literature

1956	Miriam Yalan-Shteklis	Children's literature	First recipient of the prize specifically for Children's literature.

1956	Nechama Leibowitz	Education

1956	Yaakov Talmon	Social sciences

1956	Avraham HaLevi Frankel	Exact sciences

1956	Manfred Aschner	Life sciences

1956	Haim Ernst Wertheimer	Medicine

1956	Hanna Rovina	Theatre	First recipient of the prize for the Theatre, acting or Stage arts.

1957	Haim Shirman	Jewish studies

1957	Yohanan Levi	Humanities	Posthumously awarded Prize.

1957	Yaakov Fichman	Literature

1957	Uri Zvi Grinberg	Literature

1957	Paltiel Daykan	Jurisprudence

1957	Siegfried Lehman	Education

1957	Shlomo Hestrin	Exact sciences	Family relationship: Brother of recipient Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1955, Medical science).

1957	David Feingold	Exact sciences

1957	Gad Avigad	Exact sciences

1957	Saul Adler	Medicine

1957	Shmuel Horowitz	Agriculture

1957	Paul Ben-Haim	Music

1957	Reuvein Margolies	Rabbinical literature

1957	Eliezer Smoli	Children's literature

1957	Dov Karmi	Architecture	Family relationships: Father of recipients Ram Karmi (2002, Architecture) and Ada Karmi-Melamede (2007, Architecture). First recipient of the prize for Architecture.

1958	Yosef Klausner	Jewish studies

1958	Ben-Zion Dinur	Jewish studies	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1973.

1958	Gershom Scholem	Jewish studies

1958	Yehezkel Kaufmann	Jewish studies

1958	Yitzhak Baer	Jewish studies

1958	Isaac HaLevi Herzog	Rabbinical literature

1958	Yehuda Leib Maimon	Rabbinical literature

1958	Yosef Zvi HaLevy	Rabbinical literature	Family relationship: Grandfather of recipient Abraham Haim Halevy (2002, Agriculture).

1958	Martin Buber	Humanities

1958	Shmuel Yosef Agnon	Literature	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1954.

1958	Isaac Dov Berkowitz	Literature

1958	Ya'akov Cohen	Literature	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1953.

1958	Youth Aliyah	Education	Organization - one of the first four organizations to receive the Prize.

1958	Rachel Katznelson-Shazar	Social sciences

1958	Yoel (Giulio) Racah	Exact sciences

1958	Marcus Reiner	Exact sciences

1958	Leo Picard	Life sciences

1958	Bernhard Zondek	Medicine

1958	Selig Suskin	Agriculture

1958	Bezalel Academy of Art and Design	Painting and Sculpture	Organization - one of the first four organizations to receive the Prize.

1958	Habima Theatre	Theatre	Organization - one of the first four organizations to receive the Prize.

1958	Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	Music	Organization - one of the first four organizations to receive the Prize.

1959	Shlomo Yosef Zevin	Rabbinical literature

1959	Leo Aryeh Mayer	Humanities

1959	S. Yizhar (Yizhar Smilansky)	Literature

1959	Ezra Fleischer	Literature

1959	Ephraim Katchalski (Ephraim Katzir)	Life sciences	Family relationship: Brother of recipient Aharon Katzir (1961, Life sciences).

1959	Michael Sela	Life sciences

1959	Hillel (Heinz) Oppenheimer	Agriculture

1959	Joseph Zaritsky	Painting

1959	Yehoshua Bertonov	Theatre	Family relationship: Father of recipient Devorah Bertonov (1991, Stage arts).

1960	Abraham Haim Shalit	Jewish studies

1960	Avraham Arnon	Education

1960	Shabtai Rosenne	Jurisprudence

1960	Aharon Meskin	Theatre

1960	Isaac Michaelson	Medicine

1960	Franz Sondheimer	Exact sciences

1961	Shlomo Goren	Rabbinical literature

1961	Yechezkel Kutscher	Humanities

1961	Yehuda Burla	Literature

1961	Aharon Katzir	Life sciences	Family relationship: Brother of recipient Ephraim Katzir (1959, Life sciences).

1961	Ora Kedem	Life sciences

1961	Jacob van der Hoeden	Agriculture

1961	Menachem Avidom	Music

1962	Hanoch Yelon	Jewish studies

1962	Joseph Bentwich	Education

1962	Yitzhak Kanav	Social sciences

1962	Ze'ev Lev	Exact sciences

1962	Zvi Sliternik	Medicine

1962	Arieh Sharon	Architecture

1963	Menachem Mendel Kasher	Rabbinical literature

1963	Nathan Rotenstreich	Humanities

1963	Eliezer Steinman	Literature

1963	Avraham Fahn	Life sciences

1963	Mordechai Ardon	Painting

1964	Ze'ev Ben-Haim	Jewish studies

1964	Moshe Zilberg	Jurisprudence

1964	Moshe Rachmilewitz	Medicine

1964	Meir Margalit	Theatre

1965	Shlomo Zemach	Literature

1965	Shlomo Dykman	Literature

1965	Karl Frankenstein	Education

1965	Israel Defense Forces	Education	Organization - the only organization to receive the Prize during the 1960s.

1965	Judith Shuval	Social sciences

1965	Amos de-Shalit	Exact sciences

1965	Igal Talmi	Exact sciences

1965	Shmuel Stoller	Agriculture

1965	Mordechai Seter	Music

1966	Shlomo Morag	Jewish studies

1966	Yitzhak Arieli	Rabbinical literature

1966	Hans Jakob Polotsky	Humanities

1966	Moshe Rudolf Bloch	Life sciences

1966	Alfred Mansfeld	Architecture

1966	Dora Gad	Architecture

1967	Avraham Shlonsky	Literature

1967	Ernst Simon	Education

1967	Benjamin Akzin	Jurisprudence

1967	Aryeh Leo Olitzki	Medicine

1967	Marcel Janco	Painting

1968	Ovadia Hedaya	Rabbinical literature

1968	Moshe Yechiel Epstein	Rabbinical literature

1968	Shmuel Yeivin	Jewish studies

1968	Benjamin Mazar	Jewish studies

1968	Dov Sadan	Jewish studies

1968	Shmuel Samborsky	Humanities

1968	Shlomo Pines	Humanities

1968	Avigdor Hameiri	Literature

1968	Natan Alterman	Literature

1968	Yaakov Berman	Education

1968	Alexander Dushkin	Education

1968	Shoshana Persitz	Education

1968	David Horowitz	Social sciences

1968	Shimon Agranat	Jurisprudence

1968	Emanuel Goldberg	Exact sciences

1968	Ernst David Bergmann	Life sciences

1968	Chaim Sheba	Medicine

1968	Hanan Openheimer	Agriculture

1968	Yitzhak Danziger	Sculpture

1968	Yosef Milo	Theatre

1968	Gertrud Kraus	Dance	First recipient of the prize specifically for dance.

1968	Benjamin Idelson	Architecture

1969	Yosef Qafih (Kapach)	Jewish studies	Family relationship: Husband of recipient Bracha Qafih (1999, Special contribution to Society and the State). The first husband and wife to have both received the Israel Prize (followed by Elihu Katz [1989] and Ruth Katz [2012]).

1969	Joshua Prawer	Humanities

1969	Schneor Lipson	Life sciences

1969	Shimon Finkel	Theatre

1969	Yuval Ne'eman	Exact sciences	Returned the Prize in 1992.

1970	Ovadia Yosef	Rabbinical literature

1970	Abba Kovner	Literature

1970	Leah Goldberg	Literature	posthumously

1970	Don Patinkin	Social sciences

1970	Josef Tal	Music

1970	Andre De Vries	Medicine

1971	Saul Lieberman	Jewish studies

1971	Haim Ormian	Education

1971	Zeev Tseltner	Jurisprudence

1971	Itzhak Arnon	Agriculture

1971	Arie Aroch	Painting

1972	David Ayalon	Humanities

1972	Yocheved Bat-Miriam	Literature

1972	David Ginzburg	Exact sciences

1972	Leo Sachs	Life sciences

1972	Ya'acov Rechter	Architecture

1972	Avraham Harzfeld	Special contribution to Society and the State	First recipient of the Prize for "Special contribution to Society".

1973	Yehuda Even-Shmuel	Jewish studies

1973	Yad Harav Herzog	Rabbinical literature	Organization. Awarded in respect of Complete Israeli Talmud Institute project.

1973	Dorothea Krook-Gilead	Humanities

1973	Shalom Yosef Shapira ("Shin Shalom")	Literature

1973	Ben-Zion Dinur	Education	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958.

1973	Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt	Social sciences

1973	Aryeh Dvoretzky	Exact sciences

1973	Heinrich Mendelssohn	Life sciences

1973	Richard Stein	Medicine

1973	Haim Halperin	Agriculture

1973	Reuven Rubin	Painting

1973	Hanna Maron	Theatre

1973	Sara Levi-Tanai	Dance

1973	Aryeh Elhanani	Architecture

1973	Pinchas Rosen	Jurisprudence

1973	Shaul Avigur	Special contribution to Society and the State

1973	Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' Remembrance Authority	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization. Prize awarded for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities (Pinkas HaKehillot) project.

1974	Shraga Abramson	Jewish studies

1974	Raphael David Levine	Exact sciences

1974	Isaac Berenblum	Life sciences

1974	Yedidia Admon	Music

1974	Schmuel Hugo Bergmann	Special contribution to Society and the State	Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1954.

1974	Yehoshua Aluf	Special contribution to Society and the State in Sports	First recipient of the prize who was a sportsperson.

1975	Shimon Halkin	Literature

1975	Arieh Simon	Education

1975	Yoel Zussman	Jurisprudence

1975	Aharon Barak	Jurisprudence

1975	Miriam Bernstein-Cohen	Theatre

1975	Golda Meir	Special contribution to Society and the State

1975	Helena Kagan	Special contribution to Society and the State in community service

1976	Eliezer Waldenberg	Rabbinical literature

1976	Josef Rom	Technology and Engineering	First recipient of the prize for Engineering or technology.

1976	Gabriel Baer	Arabic linguistics	One of the first two recipients of the prize for Arabic linguistics.

1976	Ezra Mani	Arabic linguistics	One of the first two recipients of the prize for Arabic linguistics.

1976	Mordechai (Moti) Kirschenbaum	Radio, Television and Cinema

1976	Simcha Holzberg	Special contribution to Society and the State

1976	Ezra Korine	Special contribution to Society and the State

1976	Rivka Guber	Special contribution to Society and the State

1976	Yakov Maimon	Special contribution to Society and the State

1977	Raphael Mahler	History of the Jewish people

1977	Menahem Stern	History of the Jewish people

1977	Nahman Avigad	Land of Israel studies	First recipient of the prize for the study or Knowledge of the "Land of Israel".

1977	David Amiran	geography	First recipient of the prize specifically for geography.

1977	Shmuel Avitzur	Cultural research

1977	Zvi Avidov	Agriculture

1977	Jacob Ephrat	Agriculture

1977	Elisheva Cohen	Design	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for Design.

1977	Yona Fischer	Design	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for Design.

1977	Dani Karavan	Sculpture

1977	Esther Levit	Special contribution to work

1977	Avraham Yaakov	Special contribution to work

1977	Avraham Klier	Special contribution to industry

1978	Nachum Guttman	Children's literature

1978	Anda Pinkerfeld Amir	Children's literature

1978	Levin Kipnis	Children's literature

1978	Avraham Even-Shoshan	Hebrew language

1978	Haim Baruch Rosen	Linguistics	First recipient of the prize specifically for linguistics.

1978	Louis (Eliyahu) Guttman	Social sciences

1978	Nathan J. Saltz	Medicine

1978	Gary Bertini	Music

1978	Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi	Special contribution to Society and the State

1978	Moshe Zvi Neria	Special contribution to Society and the State

1979	Isaiah Tishbi	Jewish studies

1979	Menachem Elon	Hebrew law

1979	Baruch Ben-Yehuda	Education

1979	Yitzchak Raphael Halevi Etzion	Education

1979	Yokhanan (Hans) Lindner	natural sciences

1979	Orna Porat	Theatre

1979	Raphael Klatchkin	Theatre

1979	Tal Brody	Special contribution to Society and the State in Sports

1979	Yosef Yekutieli	Special contribution to Society and the State in Sports

1980	David Flusser	History of the Jewish people

1980	Jacob Katz	History of the Jewish people

1980	Haim Cohn	Jurisprudence

1980	Chaim Leib Pekeris	Physics	First recipient of the prize specifically for physics.

1980	Pinchas Litbinovsky	Painting

1980	Anna Ticho	Painting

1980	Yosl Bergner	Painting

1980	Yad LaBanim (in Petah Tikva)	Special contribution to Society and the State in the activity of perpetuating the memory of Israel's (fallen) sons (and daughters)	Organization. Award also noted its founder Baruch Oren.

1980	Baruch Oren	Special contribution to Society and the State in the activity of perpetuating the memory of Israel's (fallen) sons (and daughters)	Noted in the award to Yad LaBanim (in Petah Tikva).

1980	Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel	Special contribution to Society and the State for the environment	Organization. Award also noted Amotz Zahavi, Azaria Alon and Yoav Sagi.

1980	Amotz Zahavi	Special contribution to Society and the State for the environment	Noted in the award to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

1980	Azaria Alon	Special contribution to Society and the State for the environment	Noted in the award to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

1980	Yoav Sagi	Special contribution to Society and the State for the environment	Noted in the award to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

1981	Abraham Sofer (Shrieber)	Rabbinical literature

1981	Joram Lindenstrauss	Mathematics	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for mathematics.

1981	Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro	Mathematics	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for mathematics.

1981	Meir Jacob Kister	Arabic Linguistics and Middle Eastern studies

1981	Gurit Kadman	culture of Dance

1981	Kvutza Degania Alef	Special contribution to Society and the State in social	Organization

1981	Recha Freier	Special contribution to Society and the State in the service of well-being, community and youth

1982	Joshua Jortner	Chemistry	First recipient to receive the prize specifically for chemistry.

1982	David Benvenisti	Acquisition of knowledge and love of the Land of Israel

1982	Zev Vilnay	Acquisition of knowledge and love of the Land of Israel

1982	Amir Gilboa	Hebrew poetry

1982	Yehuda Amichai	Hebrew poetry

1982	Roberto Bachi	Demographics	Only recipients to date of the prize for demographics.

1982	Avraham Yaski	Architecture

1982	Ruth Amiran	Land of Israel studies

1982	Haim Gvati	Special contribution to Society and the State in work and industry

1983	Saul Friedlander	History	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for history.

1983	Aron Saltman	History	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for history.

1983	Aharon Appelfeld	Literature

1983	Naomi Shemer	Hebrew song (lyrics and melody)

1983	Moshe Wilensky	Hebrew song (melody)

1983	Haim Hefer	Hebrew song (lyrics)

1983	Zerach Warhaftig	Special contribution to Society and the State for the advancement of Hebrew law

1983	Shmuel Rodensky	Lifetime achievement

1984	Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz	Children's literature

1984	Moshe (Max) Jammer	History of science

1984	Aron (Alfred) Bondi	Agriculture

1984	Shlomo Ravikovitch	Agriculture

1984	Shmuel Rodansky	Theatre

1984	Nahal - Noar Halutzi Lohem (Fighting Pioneer Youth)	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

1984	Development Towns in Israel project	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

1985	Abraham Sutzkever	Yiddish Literature	Only recipient to date of the prize specifically for Yiddish Literature.

1985	Joshua Blau	Linguistics and Hebrew language

1985	Henry E. Neufeld	Medicine

1985	Baruch Padeh	Medicine

1985	Yad Ben Zvi	Middle Eastern Jewish Literature	Organization

1985	Israel Television in Arabic	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

1986	Yeshayahu Avrech	Opinion journalism

1986	Shalom Rosenfeld	Opinion journalism

1986	Michael Evenari	Lifework in desert studies

1986	Yoel De Malach	Lifework in desert studies

1986	Ulpan Akiva	Lifework in Education	Organization. Prize awarded jointly with Shulamith Katznelson.

1986	Shulamith Katznelson	Lifework in Education	Jointly awarded with Ulpan Akiva.

1986	HaKfar HaYarok	Lifework in Education	Organization. Prize awarded jointly with Gershon Zak

1986	Gershon Zak	Lifework in Education	Jointly awarded with HaKfar HaYarok

1986	Batya Lichansky	Lfework in Sculpture (Land of Israel)

1986	Yechiel Shemi	Lifework in Sculpture (Land of Israel)

1986	Yona Sayid	Lifetime achievement

1986	Eldin Khatukai	Lifetime achievement

1987	Alex Bein	Zionist historiography	Only recipient to date of the prize specifically for Zionist historiography.

1987	Ezra Zion Melamed	Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature

1987	Menahem Yaari	Economics	First recipient of the prize for economics.

1987	Ovadia Harari	Engineering and Technology

1987	Miriam Zohar	Acting

1987	Lea Koenig	Acting

1987	Makram Khoury	Acting	First Israeli Arab recipient of the prize

1988	Moshe Goshen-Gottstein	Jewish studies

1988	Adin Steinsaltz	Jewish studies

1988	Natan Goldblum	Life sciences

1988	Haim Gouri	Hebrew poetry

1988	Moshe Shamir	Hebrew Literature

1988	Sacha (Alexander) Argov	Hebrew song

1988	Shoshana Damari	Hebrew song

1988	Arie "Lova" Eliav	Special contribution to Society and the State

1988	Reuben Hecht	Special contribution to Society and the State

1988	Teddy Kollek	Special contribution to Society and the State

1989	Shmuel Werses	Hebrew Literature

1989	Israel Yeivin	study of the Hebrew language

1989	Haim Harari	Exact sciences

1989	Yakir Aharonov	Exact sciences

1989	Elihu Katz	Social sciences	His wife, Ruth Katz, received the Israel Prize in Musicology in 2012.

1989	Wingate Institute	Sports	Organization. One of the first two recipients of the prize specifically for sports.

1989	Ian Froman	Sports	One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for sports.

1989	Ya'akov Hazan	Special contribution to Society and the State

1989	Bethsabee de Rothschild	Special contribution to Society and the State

1989	Israel Exploration Society	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

1990	Meir Weiss	Jewish studies

1990	Nathan Spiegel	Humanities

1990	Zvi Yavetz	Humanities

1990	Moshe Altbauer	Humanities

1990	Moshe Prywes	Life sciences

1990	Meir Wilchek	Life sciences

1990	Alexander Levitzki	Life sciences	Family relationship: Son of recipient Jacob Levitski (1953, Exact sciences).

1990	Yehezkel Streichman	Painting

1990	Amin Tarif	Special contribution to Society and the State

1990	Raanan Weitz	Special contribution to Society and the State

1990	Israel Polack	Special contribution to Society and the State

1991	Haim Beinart	Jewish studies

1991	Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan	Land of Israel studies

1991	Moshe Landau	Law

1991	Daniel Friedmann	Law

1991	Elhanan Helpman	Economics

1991	Shmuel Agmon	Exact sciences

1991	Dov Frohman	Exact sciences

1991	Devorah Bertonov	Stage arts	Family relationship: Daughter of recipient Yehoshua Bertonov (1959, Theatre).

1991	Yossi Yadin	Stage arts

1991	Miriam Ben-Porat	Special contribution to Society and the State

1991	Stef Wertheimer	Special contribution to Society and the State

1991	Yeshivat Hesder	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

1991	Zubin Mehta	special prize awarded to non-Israeli	Special award in recognition of Mehta's devotion to Israel and to the IPO.

1992	Shaul Yisraeli	Jewish studies

1992	Yehuda Kiel	Jewish studies

1992	Daniel Sperber	Jewish studies

1992	Moshe Lissak	Social sciences

1992	David Navon	Social sciences

1992	Reuven Feuerstein	Social sciences

1992	David Erlich	Social sciences

1992	Yitzhak Wahl	Life sciences

1992	Emile Habibi	Arabic Literature	First recipient of the prize for Arabic Literature.

1992	Avoth Yeshurun	Hebrew poetry

1993	Dan Miron	Hebrew Literature

1993	Gershon Shaked	Hebrew Literature

1993	Moshe Bar-Asher	Hebrew language and Jewish languages

1993	Gideon Goldenberg	Hebrew language and general linguistics

1993	Yehoshua Arieli	History

1993	Hava Lazarus-Yafeh	History

1993	Michael Confino	History

1993	Yehoshafat Harkabi	Political science	First recipient of the prize specifically for political science.

1993	Hillel Furstenberg	Exact sciences

1993	Shlomo Alexander	Exact sciences

1993	Jacob Ziv	Exact sciences

1993	Ram Loevy	Communications, Radio and Television

1993	Yaacov Farkas (“Ze’ev”)	Communications, journalism

1994	Moshe Greenberg	Bible	One of the first two recipients to receive the prize for Biblical studies.

1994	Moshe Weinfeld	Bible	One of the first two recipients to receive the prize for Biblical studies.

1994	Haim Zalman Dimitrovsky	Talmud

1994	Eliezer Schweid	Jewish thought

1994	Shneur Zalman Feller	Law

1994	Robert John (Israel) Aumann	Economics

1994	Michael Bruno	Economics

1994	Avram Hershko	Biochemistry	One of the first two recipients to receive the prize specifically for biochemistry.

1994	Nathan Sharon	Biochemistry	Family relationship: Brother of recipient Shmuel Shtrikman (2001, physics). One of the first two recipients to receive the prize specifically for biochemistry.

1994	Eliahu Swirski	Agriculture

1994	Hanoch Avenary	Music

1994	Yaakov Orland	Hebrew song

1994	Arie Shapira	composition

1994	Yad Sarah	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

1994	Neot Kedumim	Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization. Prize awarded jointly with Noga HaReuveni.

1994	Noga HaReuveni	Special contribution to Society and the State	Jointly awarded with the staff of Neot Kedumim.

1995	Claire Epstein	Archaeology	First recipient of the prize for archaeology.

1995	Dov Nir	geography

1995	Amos Funkenstein	Jewish history

1995	Yehuda Amir	Psychology	First recipient of the prize specifically for psychology.

1995	Rina Shapira	Education

1995	Israel Dostrovsky	Exact sciences

1995	Michael O. Rabin	Computer sciences	First recipient of the prize for computer sciences.

1995	Nathan Zach	Hebrew poetry

1995	A. B. Yehoshua (Avraham B. Yehoshua)	Hebrew Literature

1995	Lea Nikel	Painting

1995	Menashe Kadishman	Sculpture

1995	David Resnick	Architecture

1995	Yitzhak Ben-Aharon	Special contribution to Society and the State

1995	Ada Sereni	Special contribution to Society and the State

1996	Yehuda Ratzaby	Jewish languages

1996	Chone Shmeruk	Jewish languages

1996	Shimon Sandbank	Translation of Literature and poems to Hebrew	First recipient of the prize specifically for translation.

1996	Shlomo Avineri	Political science

1996	Moshe Barash	History of art	First recipient of the prize specifically for history of art.

1996	Moshe Piamenta	Middle Eastern studies

1996	Meir Sternberg	general Literature

1996	Ilan Chet	Agriculture

1996	Yehezkel Stein	Medicine

1996	Nissim Aloni	Stage arts - dramatics

1996	Moshe Efrati	Stage arts - dance

1996	Arie Navon	Stage arts - theatrical scenery

1996	Marcel-Jacques Dubois	Special contribution to Society and the State

1996	Meir Shamgar	Special contribution to Society and the State

1997	Yaakov Sussmann	Talmudic studies

1997	Joseph Dan	Jewish thought

1997	Shemaryahu Talmon	Biblical studies

1997	Yehoshua Bacharach	Rabbinical literature

1997	Hayim David HaLevi	Rabbinical literature

1997	Izhak Englard	Law

1997	Yitzhak Zamir	Law

1997	Ben-Zion Orgad	Music

1997	Abel Ehrlich	Music

1997	Andre Hajdu	Music

1997	Haim Yavin	Communications	One of the first two recipients of the prize for communications.

1997	David Rubinger	Communications	One of the first two recipients of the prize for communications.

1997	Uzia Galil	Special contribution to Society and the State

1997	Israel Tal	Special contribution to Society and the State

1997	Avraham Elimelech Firer	Special contribution to Society and the State

1998	Yehuda Bauer	History of the Jewish people

1998	Moshe Gil	Land of Israel

1998	Trude Dothan	Archaeology

1998	Yona Rosenfeld	Social work

1998	Arye Levy	Education

1998	Emanuel Marx	Sociology

1998	Yehudit Birk	Agriculture

1998	Rami Rahamimoff	Medical science

1998	Saharon Shelah	Mathematics

1998	Dan Shechtman	Physics

1998	Dahlia Ravikovitch	original Poetry

1998	Amos Oz	Literature

1998	Dan Tsur	Architecture	Jointly awarded with Lipa Yahalom.

1998	Lipa Yahalom	Architecture	Jointly awarded with Dan Tsur.

1998	Dan Reisinger	Design

1998	Hassia Levy-Agron	Stage arts

1998	Yehudit Arnon	Stage arts

1998	Yossi Banai	Stage arts

1998	Yafa Yarkoni	Hebrew song

1998	Ehud Manor	Hebrew song

1998	Sara Stern-Katan	Special contribution to Society and the State

1998	Shlomo Hillel	Special contribution to Society and the State

1998	Haim Yisraeli	Special contribution to Society and the State

1999	Moshe Idel	Jewish thought

1999	Aaron Mirski	Hebrew Literature

1999	Menahem Zevi Kaddari	Hebrew language

1999	Menachem Banitt	Jewish languages

1999	Mordechai Breuer	original Rabbinical literature

1999	Avraham Steinberg	original Rabbinical literature

1999	Myriam Yardeni	General history

1999	Shmuel Moreh	Middle Eastern studies

1999	Bezalel Narkiss	History of art

1999	Yehoshua Ben-Arieh	geography

1999	Arie Shachar	geography

1999	Michel Revel	Medicine

1999	Yigal Cohen	Agriculture

1999	Haim (Howard) Cedar	Biology	First recipient to receive the prize specifically for biology.

1999	Menahem Golan	Cinema	One of the first two recipients of the prize for Cinema.

1999	David Perlov	Cinema	One of the first two recipients of the prize for Cinema.

1999	Yehoshua Rozin	Sports

1999	Esther Roth-Shahamorov	Sports

1999	Rebecca Bergman	Special contribution to Society and the State

1999	Jeshajahu Weinberg	Special contribution to Society and the State

1999	Bracha Qafih (Kapach)	Special contribution to Society and the State	Family relationship: Wife of recipient Yosef Qafih (1969, Jewish studies). The only husband and wife to have both received the Israel Prize.

2000	Menahem Haran	Biblical studies

2000	Avraham Goldberg	Talmudic studies

2000	Yonah Frenkel	Talmudic studies

2000	Hillel M. Daleski	study of Literature

2000	Harel Fisch	study of Literature

2000	Gad Ben Ami Tsarfati	Linguistics

2000	Shaul Shaked	Linguistics

2000	Yirmiyahu Yovel	Philosophy

2000	Asa Kasher	Philosophy

2000	Raphael Mechoulam	Chemistry

2000	Yosef Zinger	Engineering and Technology

2000	Amir Pnueli	Computer sciences

2000	Amalia Kahana-Carmon	original Hebrew Literature

2000	Meir Wieseltier	Literature and Poetry

2000	Moshe Kupferman	Painting

2000	Michael Gross	Painting and Sculpture

2000	Micha Bar-Am	Photography

2000	Shulamit Aloni	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2000	Aryeh Karol	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2000	Hagashash Hachiver	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Members comprise Gavriel (Gavri) Banai, Yeshayahu (Shaike) Levi and Yisrael (Poli) Poliakov.

2000	Gavriel (Gavri) Banai	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Awarded as a member of Hagashash Hachiver.

2000	Yeshayahu (Shaike) Levi	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Awarded as a member of Hagashash Hachiver.

2000	Yisrael (Poli) Poliakov	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Awarded as a member of Hagashash Hachiver.

2001	Aviezer Ravitzky	Jewish thought

2001	Gavriel Salomon	Education

2001	Ya'akov Rand	Education

2001	Ruth Ben Yisrael	Law

2001	Yehoshua Weissman	Law

2001	Marcel Elyakim	Medicine

2001	Ruth Arnon	Medicine

2001	Beracha Ramon	Medicine

2001	Yoseph Imry	Physics

2001	Shmuel Shtrikman	Physics	Family relationship: Brother of recipient Nathan Sharon (1994, biochemistry).

2001	Zvi Avni	Music

2001	Yehezkel Braun	Music

2001	Herzl Shmueli	Music

2001	Baruch Hagai	Sports

2001	Abba Eban	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2001	Mordechai Ben Porat	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2001	Yitzhak Shamir	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2002	Asher Koriat	Psychology

2002	Moshe Barur	geography

2002	Menashe Harel	Knowledge of the Land of Israel

2002	Shmuel Safrai	Knowledge of the Land of Israel

2002	Avraham Biran	Archaeology

2002	Jacob A. Frenkel	Economics

2002	Ariel Rubinstein	Economics

2002	Abraham Haim Halevy	Agriculture	Family relationship: Grandson of recipient Yosef Zvi HaLevy (1958, Rabbinical literature).

2002	Itamar Willner	Chemistry

2002	Ada Yonath	Chemistry

2002	Ram Karmi	Architecture	Family relationships: Son of recipient Dov Karmi (1957, Architecture) and brother of recipient Ada Karmi-Melamede (2007, Architecture).

2002	David Tartakover	Design

2002	Dov Yudovsky	media

2002	Nahum Rakover	Jewish thought

2002	Eli Hurvitz	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2002	Ephraim Kishon	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2002	Jewish National Fund	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2003	Israel Ta-Shma	Talmud studies

2003	Avraham Grossman	Jewish history

2003	Shulamit Shahar	General history

2003	Bilha Manheim	Sociology

2003	Charles S. (Yehoshayahu) Liebman	Government studies

2003	Menahem Amir	criminology	One of the first two recipients of the prize for criminology.

2003	Shlomo Giora Shoham	criminology	One of the first two recipients of the prize for criminology.

2003	Aaron Ciechanover	Biology

2003	Avinoam Libai	Engineering

2003	Zvi Ben-Avraham	Earth sciences

2003	Yosef Bar Yosef	Theatre

2003	Zaharira Harifai	Theatre

2003	Yehudit Hendel	Literature

2003	Aharon Megged	Literature

2003	Aharon Amir	Translation

2003	Geula Cohen	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2003	Meir Amit	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2003	Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization. Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1973, for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities (Pinkas HaKehillot) project.

2004	Sarah Yefet	Biblical studies

2004	Menahem Brinker	Literature

2004	Dov Noy	Literature

2004	Avraham Doron	Social work

2004	Ziva Amishai-Maisels	History of art

2004	Aharon Razin	Biochemistry

2004	Joseph Bernstein	Mathematics

2004	David Harel	Computer sciences

2004	Ester Samuel-Cahn	Statistics

2004	Yigal Tumarkin	Sculpture

2004	Gila Almagor-Agmon	Cinema

2004	Gil Aldema	Hebrew song

2004	Yehoram Gaon	Hebrew song

2004	Yitzchak Dovid Grossman	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2004	Lia van Leer	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2004	Moshe Schnitzer	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2005	Ben-Ami Sharpstein	Philosophy

2005	Miriam Erez	Management

2005	Yehezkel Dror	Management

2005	Aharon Dotan	Hebrew language and Linguistics

2005	Olga Kapeliuk	Linguistics

2005	Ya'akov Landau	Middle Eastern studies

2005	Sasson Somekh	Middle Eastern studies

2005	Rena Zeitzov	Medicine

2005	Shaul Feldman	Medicine

2005	Jacob Bekenstein	Physics

2005	Alex Livak	Photography

2005	Ohad Naharin	Dance

2005	Yitzhak Orpaz-Auerbach	Literature

2005	Israel Pinkas	Poetry

2005	Shabtai Teveth	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2005	Yisrael Meir Lau	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2005	Cameri Theatre	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2006	Ya'akov Blidstein	Jewish philosophy

2006	Haim Adler	Education

2006	Miriam Ben-Peretz	Education

2006	Ruth Lapidot	Law

2006	Amnon Rubinstein	Law

2006	Nahum Keidar	Agriculture

2006	Zvi Rappoport	Chemistry

2006	Pnina Salzman	Music

2006	Mendi Rodan	Music

2006	Ya'akov Hodorov	Sports

2006	Ralph Klein	Sports

2006	Dvora Omer	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2006	Al Schwimmer	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2006	Israeli Andalusian Orchestra	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2007	Elisha Efrat	geography

2007	Amnon Cohen	Knowledge of the Land of Israel

2007	Shalom H. Schwartz	Psychology

2007	Nissan Liviatan	Economics

2007	Zvi Selinger	Biology

2007	Zvi Hashin	Engineering

2007	Yaacov Yaar	Architecture

2007	Ada Karmi-Melamede	Architecture	Family relationships: Daughter of recipient Dov Karmi (1957, Architecture) and sister of recipient Ram Karmi (2002, Architecture).

2007	Yarom Vardimon	Design

2007	Nahum Barnea	Communications

2007	The Responsa Project (Project Hashut)	Rabbinical literature	Organization

2007	American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2007	The Gevatron	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Folk singers group

2007	Dov Lautman	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2007	Alice Shalvi	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2008	David Weiss Halivni	Talmudic studies

2008	Anita Shapira	History

2008	Benjamin Isaac	History

2008	Sami Samoocha	Sociology

2008	Zeev Sternhell	Political science

2008	Moshe Oren	Biochemistry

2008	Noga Alon	Mathematics

2008	Adi Shamir	Computer sciences

2008	Pinchas Cohen Gan	Painting

2008	Rene Yerushalmi	Theatre

2008	Nissan Nativ	Theatre	Posthumous receipt of Prize.

2008	Ida Fink	Literature

2008	Tuvya Ruebner	Hebrew poetry

2008	Nili Mirsky	Hebrew translation

2008	Jewish Agency	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2008	Manufacturers Association of Israel	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2008	Youth Movements Council	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2008	Ezer Mizion	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2008	Perach	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	organization

2008	Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO)	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization. Joint award to three Israeli women's organization, WIZO, Na'amat and Emunah.

2008	Na'amat	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization. Joint award to three Israeli women's organization, WIZO, Na'amat and Emunah.

2008	Emunah (National Religious Women's Movement)	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization. Joint award to three Israeli women's organization, WIZO, Na'amat and Emunah.

2009	Emanuel Tov	Biblical studies

2009	Israel Levin	Literature

2009	Reuven Tsur	Literature

2009	Zahava Solomon	Social work

2009	Mordechai Rotenberg	Social work

2009	Amihai Mazar	Archaeology

2009	Zvi Laron	Medicine

2009	Itamar Procaccia	Physics

2009	Micha Ullman	Sculpture

2009	Yehuda (Judd) Neeman	Cinema

2009	Nachum (Nahtche) Heiman	Hebrew song

2009	Dov Seltzer	Hebrew song

2009	Israel Democracy Institute	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2009	Ruth Rasnic	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2009	Mordechai Shani	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2010	Avishai Margalit	Philosophy

2010	Hanoch Bartov	Literature

2010	Aryeh Sivan	Poetry

2010	Abraham Tal	Hebrew Linguistics

2010	Arye Levin	general Linguistics

2010	Moshe Adad	criminology

2010	Yair Aharoni	administrative science

2010	Abraham Nitzan	Chemistry

2010	Yehoshua Kolodny	Earth sciences

2010	Jonathan Gressel	Agriculture

2010	Peter Mirom	Photography

2010	Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater	Dance	Organization

2010	Aharon Yadlin	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2010	Yardena Cohen	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2010	Kamal Mansour	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2010	ILAN - Israel Foundation for Handicapped Children	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State	Organization

2011	Michael Schwarz	Jewish thought

2011	Yosef Shiloh	Life sciences

2011	Ruth Gavison	Legal research

2011	Pnina Klein	Education

2011	David Harari	Engineering

2011	Ya'acov Dorchin	visual arts

2011	Noam Sheriff	The study of music	Members of the selection Committee - Betty Olivero who was selected by N. Sheriff for the E.M.E.T. Prize in 2015

2011	Shimon Mizrahi	Sports

2011	Hulda Gurevitch	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2011	Eli Alaluf	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2012	David Kazhdan	Mathematics and Computer sciences

2012	Shlomo Bentin	Psychology

2012	David Milstein	Chemistry and Physics

2012	Ruth Katz	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2012	Dalia Cohen	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2012	Azaria Alon	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2012	Haim Drukman	Education

2012	Yoav Benjamini	Statistics

2012	Nathan Shaham	Hebrew Literature and poetry

2012	Ya'akov Ahimeir	communications

2013	Gideon Dagan	earth science

2013	Nathan Nelson	Life Sciences

2013	Yosef Kaplan	History of the Jewish people

2013	Chava Turniansky	Jewish language and Literature

2013	Adam Mazor	Architecture

2013	Yoram Bilu	Sociology and Anthropology

2013	Nola Chelton	Stage arts

2013	Eliyahu Hacohen	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2013	Ron Nachman	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2014	Shamma Y. Friedman	Talmud

2014	Mordechai Segev	Physics and Chemistry

2014	Yaacov Katan

2014	Irad Malkin	History

2014	Aharon Lichtenstein	Jewish Literature

2014	Marta Weinstock-Rosin	Medicine

2014	Michal Na'aman	visual arts

2014	Haim Levy	Management

2014	Avinoam Naor	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2014	Adina Bar-Shalom	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2015	Chaim Topol	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2015	Esther Herlitz	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2015	David Gurfinkel	Cinema

2015	Erez Biton	Hebrew Literature and poetry

2015	Shimon Ullman	Mathematics and Computer science

2015	David Weisburd	Social work and Criminology

2015	Harold Zvi Schiffrin	East Asian studies

2015	Shmuel Ahituv	Biblical studies

2015	Zelig Eshhar	Life sciences

2016	Meir Lahav	Chemistry & Physics

2016	Leslie Leiserowitz	Chemistry & Physics

2016	Edit Doron	Linguistics

2016	Nurit Hirsh	Hebrew song

2016	Eli Sadan	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2016	Doron Almog	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2016	Yohanan Friedmann	Near Eastern studies

2016	Eviatar Nevo	Life sciences

2016	David Shulman	Religious studies and Philosophy

2016	Hadas Efrat	Stage arts

2016	Yossi Katz	Geography, Archeology, and Land of Israel studies

2017	Ágnes Keleti	Sports

2017	Tzvika Levy	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2017	David Beeri	Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State

2017	Yosef Yarden	Life sciences

2017	Arie Vardi	Music

2017	Malka Margalit	Education

2017	Yehuda Liebes	Jewish thought

2017	Uri Shaked	Engineering

2018	David Grossman	Literature

2018	Shlomo Havlin	Physics

2018	Sergiu Hart	Economics

2018	Alexander Lubotzky	Mathematics and Computer Science

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