Israel Prize Winners
(1953 - Present)
| Year | Winner | Discipline |
| 1953 | Gedaliah Alon | Jewish studies |
| 1953 | Haim Hazaz | literature |
| 1953 | Ya’akov Cohen | literature |
| 1953 | Dina Feitelson-Schur | education |
| 1953 | Mark Dvorzhetski | social science |
| 1953 | Lipman Heilprin | medical science |
| 1953 | Zeev Ben-Zvi | sculpture |
| 1953 | Shimshon Amitsur | exact sciences |
| 1953 | Jacob Levitzki | exact sciences |
| 1954 | Moshe Zvi Segal | Jewish studies |
| 1954 | Schmuel Hugo Bergmann | humanities |
| 1954 | David Shimoni | literature |
| 1954 | Shmuel Yosef Agnon | literature |
| 1954 | Arthur Biram | education |
| 1954 | Gad Tedeschi | jurisprudence |
| 1954 | Franz Ollendorff | exact sciences |
| 1954 | Michael Zohary | life sciences |
| 1954 | Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer | agriculture |
| 1955 | Ödön Pártos | 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 |
| 1955 | Netanel Hochberg | agriculture |
| 1956 | Zahara Schatz | painting and sculpture |
| 1956 | Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai | Jewish studies |
| 1956 | Yigael Yadin | Jewish studies |
| 1956 | Yehezkel Abramsky | Rabbinical literature |
| 1956 | Gershon Shufman | literature |
| 1956 | Miriam Yalan-Shteklis | 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 |
| 1957 | Hanna Rovina | theatre |
| 1957 | Haim Shirman | Jewish studies |
| 1957 | Yohanan Levi | humanities |
| 1957 | Yaakov Fichman | literature |
| 1957 | Uri Zvi Grinberg | literature |
| 1957 | Paltiel Daykan | jurisprudence |
| 1957 | Siegfried Lehman | education |
| 1957 | Shlomo Hestrin | exact sciences |
| 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 |
| 1958 | Dov Karmi | architecture |
| 1958 | Yosef Klausner | Jewish studies |
| 1958 | Ben-Zion Dinur | Jewish studies |
| 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 |
| 1958 | Martin Buber | humanities |
| 1958 | Shmuel Yosef Agnon | literature |
| 1958 | Isaac Dov Berkowitz | literature |
| 1958 | Ya’akov Cohen | literature |
| 1958 | Youth Aliyah | education |
| 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 |
| 1958 | Habima Theatre | theatre |
| 1959 | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | music |
| 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 |
| 1959 | Michael Sela | life sciences |
| 1959 | Hillel (Heinz) Oppenheimer | agriculture |
| 1959 | Joseph Zaritsky | painting |
| 1960 | Yehoshua Bertonov | theatre |
| 1960 | Abraham Haim Shalit | Jewish studies |
| 1960 | Avraham Arnon | education |
| 1960 | Shabtai Rosenne | jurisprudence |
| 1960 | Aharon Meskin | theatre |
| 1960 | Isaac Michaelson | medicine |
| 1961 | Franz Sondheimer | exact sciences |
| 1961 | Shlomo Goren | Rabbinical literature |
| 1961 | Yechezkel Kutscher | humanities |
| 1961 | Yehuda Burla | literature |
| 1961 | Aharon Katzir | life sciences |
| 1961 | Ora Kedem | life sciences |
| 1961 | Jacob van der Hoeden | agriculture |
| 1962 | 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 |
| 1963 | Arieh Sharon | architecture |
| 1963 | Menachem Mendel Kasher | Rabbinical literature |
| 1963 | Nathan Rotenstreich | humanities |
| 1963 | Eliezer Steinman | literature |
| 1963 | Avraham Fahn | life sciences |
| 1964 | Mordechai Ardon | painting |
| 1964 | Ze’ev Ben-Haim | Jewish studies |
| 1964 | Moshe Zilberg | jurisprudence |
| 1964 | Moshe Rachmilewitz | medicine |
| 1965 | Meir Margalit | theatre |
| 1965 | Shlomo Zemach | literature |
| 1965 | Shlomo Dykman | literature |
| 1965 | Karl Frankenstein | education |
| 1965 | Israel Defense Forces | education |
| 1965 | Judith Shuval | social sciences |
| 1965 | Amos de-Shalit | exact sciences |
| 1965 | Igal Talmi | exact sciences |
| 1965 | Shmuel Stoller | agriculture |
| 1966 | 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 |
| 1967 | Dora Gad | architecture |
| 1967 | Avraham Shlonsky | literature |
| 1967 | Ernst Simon | education |
| 1967 | Benjamin Akzin | jurisprudence |
| 1967 | Aryeh Leo Olitzki | medicine |
| 1968 | 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 |
| 1969 | Benjamin Idelson | architecture |
| 1969 | Yosef Qafih (Kapach) | Jewish studies |
| 1969 | Joshua Prawer | humanities |
| 1969 | Schneor Lipson | life sciences |
| 1969 | Shimon Finkel | theatre |
| 1970 | Yuval Ne’eman | exact sciences |
| 1970 | Ovadia Yosef | Rabbinical literature |
| 1970 | Abba Kovner | literature |
| 1970 | Leah Goldberg | literature |
| 1970 | Don Patinkin | social sciences |
| 1970 | Josef Tal | music |
| 1971 | Andre De Vries | medicine |
| 1971 | Saul Lieberman | Jewish studies |
| 1971 | Haim Ormian | education |
| 1971 | Zeev Tseltner | jurisprudence |
| 1971 | Itzhak Arnon | agriculture |
| 1972 | 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 |
| 1973 | Avraham Harzfeld | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1973 | Yehuda Even-Shmuel | Jewish studies |
| 1973 | Yad Harav Herzog | Rabbinical literature |
| 1973 | Dorothea Krook-Gilead | humanities |
| 1973 | Shalom Yosef Shapira("Shin Shalom") | literature |
| 1973 | Ben-Zion Dinur | education |
| 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 |
| 1974 | Yad Vashem | special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 1975 | Yehoshua Aluf | special contribution to society and the State in sports |
| 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 |
| 1976 | Helena Kagan | special contribution to society and the State in community service |
| 1976 | Eliezer Waldenberg | Rabbinical literature |
| 1976 | Josef Rom | technology and engineering |
| 1976 | Gabriel Baer | Arabic linguistics |
| 1976 | Ezra Mani | 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 |
| 1977 | 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 |
| 1977 | David Amiran | geography |
| 1977 | Shmuel Avitzur | cultural research |
| 1977 | Zvi Avidov | agriculture |
| 1977 | Jacob Ephrat | agriculture |
| 1977 | Elisheva Cohen | design |
| 1977 | Yona Fischer | design |
| 1977 | Dani Karavan | sculpture |
| 1977 | Esther Levit | special contribution to work |
| 1977 | Avraham Yaakov | special contribution to work |
| 1978 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 1979 | 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 |
| 1980 | 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 |
| 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) |
| 1980 | Baruch Oren | special contribution to society and the State in the activity of perpetuating the memory of Israel’s (fallen) sons (and daughters) |
| 1980 | Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | special contribution to society and the State for the environment |
| 1980 | Amotz Zahavi | special contribution to society and the State for the environment |
| 1980 | Azaria Alon | special contribution to society and the State for the environment |
| 1981 | Yoav Sagi | special contribution to society and the State for the environment |
| 1981 | Abraham Sofer (Shrieber) | Rabbinical literature |
| 1981 | Joram Lindenstrauss | mathematics |
| 1981 | Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro | 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 |
| 1982 | Recha Freier | special contribution to society and the State in the service of well-being, community and youth |
| 1982 | Joshua Jortner | 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 | Development Towns in Israel project+B277 | Hebrew poetry |
| 1982 | Roberto Bachi | demographics |
| 1982 | Avraham Yaski | architecture |
| 1982 | Ruth Amiran | Land of Israel studies |
| 1983 | Haim Gvati | special contribution to society and the State in work and industry |
| 1983 | Saul Friedländer | history |
| 1983 | Aron Saltman | 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) |
| 1984 | Zerach Warhaftig | special contribution to society and the State for the advancement of Hebrew law |
| 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 |
| 1985 | Development Towns in Israel project | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1985 | Abraham Sutzkever | 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 |
| 1986 | Israel Television in Arabic | special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 1986 | Shulamith Katznelson | lifework in education |
| 1986 | HaKfar HaYarok | lifework in education |
| 1986 | Gershon Zak | lifework in education |
| 1986 | Batya Lichansky | lifework in sculpture (Land of Israel) |
| 1986 | Yechiel Shemi | lifework in sculpture (Land of Israel) |
| 1986 | Yona Sayid | lifework for hard work |
| 1987 | Eldin Khatukai | lifework for hard work |
| 1987 | Alex Bein | Zionist historiography |
| 1987 | Ezra Zion Melamed | Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature |
| 1987 | Menahem Yaari | economics |
| 1987 | Ovadia Harari | engineering and technology |
| 1987 | Miriam Zohar | acting |
| 1987 | Lea Koenig | acting |
| 1988 | Makram Khoury | acting |
| 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 |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1989 | Wingate Institute | sports |
| 1989 | Ian Froman | sports |
| 1989 | Ya’akov Hazan | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1989 | Bethsabée de Rothschild | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1990 | Israel Exploration Society | special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 1990 | Yehezkel Streichman | painting |
| 1990 | Amin Tarif | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1990 | Raanan Weitz | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Zubin Mehta | special prize awarded to non-Israeli |
| 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 |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1993 | Hillel Furstenberg | exact sciences |
| 1993 | Shlomo Alexander | exact sciences |
| 1993 | Jacob Ziv | exact sciences |
| 1993 | Ram Loevy | communications, radio and television |
| 1994 | Yaacov Farkas (“Ze’ev”) | communications, journalism |
| 1994 | Moshe Greenberg | Bible |
| 1994 | Moshe Weinfeld | Bible |
| 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 |
| 1994 | Nathan Sharon | 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 |
| 1994 | Neot Kedumim | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1995 | Noga HaReuveni | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1995 | Claire Epstein | archaeology |
| 1995 | Dov Nir | geography |
| 1995 | Amos Funkenstein | Jewish history |
| 1995 | Yehuda Amir | psychology |
| 1995 | Rina Shapira | education |
| 1995 | Israel Dostrovsky | exact sciences |
| 1995 | Michael O. Rabin | 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 |
| 1996 | 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 |
| 1996 | Shlomo Avineri | political science |
| 1996 | Moshe Barash | 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 |
| 1997 | 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 | André Hajdu | music |
| 1997 | Haim Yavin | communications |
| 1997 | David Rubinger | communications |
| 1997 | Uzia Galil | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1997 | Israel Tal | special contribution to society and the State |
| 1998 | 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 |
| 1998 | Lipa Yahalom | architecture |
| 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 |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 1999 | Menahem Golan | cinema |
| 1999 | David Perlov | 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 |
| 2000 | Bracha Qafih (Kapach) | special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 2000 | Gavriel (Gavri) Banai | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2000 | Yeshayahu (Shaike) Levi | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2001 | Yisrael (Poli) Poliakov | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2002 | 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 |
| 2002 | Itamar Willner | chemistry |
| 2002 | Ada Yonath | chemistry |
| 2002 | Ram Karmi | 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 |
| 2003 | Jewish National Fund | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 2003 | Shlomo Giora Shoham | 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 |
| 2004 | Yad Vashem | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2006 | Cameri Theatre | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Israeli Andalusian Orchestra | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Yarom Vardimon | design |
| 2007 | Nahum Barnea | communications |
| 2007 | The Responsa Project (Project Hashut) | Rabbinical literature |
| 2007 | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2007 | The Gevatron | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2007 | Dov Lautman | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2008 | Manufacturers Association of Israel | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2008 | Youth Movements Council | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2008 | Ezer Mizion | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2008 | Perach | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2008 | Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2008 | Na’amat | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2009 | Emunah (National Religious Women’s Movement) | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 |
| 2009 | Ruth Rasnic | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2011 | ILAN - Israel Foundation for Handicapped Children | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 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 | music |
| 2011 | Shimon Mizrahi | sports |
| 2011 | Hulda Gurevitch | lifetime achievement & special contribution to society and the State |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | 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 | Agriculture |
| 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 |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2018 | ??Natan Sharansky | Lifetime achievement and exceptional contribution to the nation. |
| 2018 | Miriam Peretz | Lifetime achievement and special contribution to society for her work in education |
| 2018 | David Levy | Lifetime achievement |
| 2018 | Elisha Qimron | Jewish Studies |
| 2018 | Gil Shwed | Technology and Innovation |
| 2018 | Yehudit and Yehuda Bronicki | Industry |
| 2018 | Yitzhak Schlesinger | Psychology |
| 2018 | Nava Ben-Zvi | Education |
| 2018 | Edwin Seroussi | Music |
| 2018 | Ron Ben-Yishai | Journalism |
| 2018 | Yehuda Harel | Agriculture and Settlement |
| 2019 | Miri Ehrental | Lifetime Achievement |
| 2019 | Dan Yakir | Atmospheric Sciences |
| 2019 | Rona Ramon | Lifetime Achievement |
| 2019 | Adi Kimchi | Life Sciences |
| 2019 | Deborah Bernstein | Sociology |
| 2019 | Chaim Ehrental | Lifetime Achievement |
| 2019 | Amnon Ben-Tor | Archaeology |
| 2019 | Mordechai Akiva Friedman | Jewish History |
| 2019 | Aharon Maman | Jewish Languages & Literature |
| 2019 | Dan Eytan | Architecture |
| 2019 | Naomi Polani | Stage Arts |
| 2020 | Vered Noam | Talmudic research |
| 2020 | Joseph Klafter | Chemistry and Physics |
| 2020 | Abraham Ben-Zvi | International Relations |
| 2020 | Dani Zamir | Agricultural research and environmental science |
| 2020 | Yossi and Gavri Banai | Music and Culture |
| 2020 | Naomi Stuchiner | Lifetime Achievement |
| 2020 | Yaakov Ariel | Torah Literature |
| 2021 | Yair Zakovitch | Bible studies |
| 2021 | Ariela Lowestein | Sociology and Criminology |
| 2021 | Yehuda Meshi Zahav* | Lifetime Achievement and Special Contribution to Society and the State |
| 2021 | Nitza Ben Dov | Literary Studies |
| 2021 | Nurit Zarchi | Literature and Poetry |
| 2021 | Eli Keshet | Science |
| 2021 | Michal Bat-Adam | Film Arts |
| 2021 | Ben-Ami Shillony | ScientificResearch of the Far East |
| 2021 | Joseph Ciechanover | Lifetime Achievement |
| 2021 | Oded Goldreich** | Mathematics and Computer Science |
| 2022 | Yoram Palti | Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation |
*Meshi-Zahav agreed to give up the prize after accusations of sexual abuse (“ZAKA founder steps down, gives up Israel Prize as police probe sex abuse claims,” Times of Israel, March 12, 2021).
**In a controversial decision, Education Minister Yoav Gallant did not allow Goldreich to receive the prize with the other winners because of his support for the BDS movement. Israel’s Supreme Court gave Gallant 30 days to reach a decision about awarding the prize to Goldreich, allowing him to be awarded the prize later (“Israel Prize granted to 8 recipients in ceremony marred by political controversy,” Times of Israel, April 15, 2021).
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