Famous Prize/ Award Winners

1.     Man Booker Prize 2013 - Eleanor
    Catton (for The Luminaries)

2.     Man Booker International Prize -
    Lydia Davis

3.     Asia Pacific International Award
    - Dr. Mujeeb Athar
4.     Cecil B Demile Award - Woody

    Allen

5.     Champion for Global Change
    Award 2013 - Malala Yousafzai

6.     First Mahathir Award for Global
    Peace - Nelson Mandela

7.     German Whistleblower Prize
    2013 - Edward Snowden

8.     Golden Lion at Venice Film
    Festival - Sacro GRA (Italy)

9.     Grand Prize at Cuba's
    International Radio and Telivision
    Festival
    - Baraksat (Lebanese Documentary)

10.     IMPAC Dublin Literary Award -
    Kevin Barry

11.     INDEX Design Award - Kavitha
    Shukla

12.     ISRO Young Scientist Award -
    Jenita Mary

13.     Jnanpith Award 2012 - Ravuri
    Bharadhwaja

14.     Knighthood, which is the
    highest honour of Britain - Anish
    Kapoor (sculptor)

15.     Lata Mangeshkar Samman
    Alankaran - Hariharan

16.     'Legend of Planet' award -
    Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh
    movement founder)

17.     Library of Congress Gershwin
    Award - Carole King (first woman)

18.     National Literacy Award -
    Chattisgarh

19.     NSS Wernher von Braun
    Memorial Award - Abdul Kalam

20.     NTR National Literary Award -
    Manoj Das

21.     Sree Narayan Guru Global
    Secular & Peace Award 2013 -
    Shashi Tharoor

22.     Presidential medal of freedom -
    Dr. Sally Ride

23.     Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013
    - Adam Johnson (for the novel “The
    Orphan Master’s son”)

24.     Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -
    Ranjan Sodhi

25.     Saraswati Samman (2013) –
    Sugathakumari

26.     Skoch Group Award -
    Jharkhand

27.     Tagore Award for Cultural
    Harmony - Zubin Mehta

28.     Tagore Peace Prize - Shihab
    Ghanem (first Arab)

29.     The Simón Bolívar National
    Award of Journalism 2013
    - Hugo Chavez (late Venezuelan
    President )

30.     U. N. Champions of the Earth
    Award - V. Ramanathan

31.     UEFA Best Player in Europe
    Award - Franck Ribéry

32.     UN’s Public Service Award -
    Omen Chandi (Kerala CM)

33.     Unique Female Leader Award -
    Madeleine Albrite (former US
    Secratary)

34.     United Nation's Public Service
    Award - Oommen Chandy (Chief
    Minister of Kerala)

35.     US "woman of courage" award
    - Nirbhaya (Dehli gang rape victim)

36.     Vyas Samman (2012) –
    Narendra Kohli

37.     Whitley award (Green Oscar) -
    Dr. Aparajita Datta

38.     Women’s Prize for Fiction - AM
    Homes (for her book, May We Be
    Forgiven)

39.     Youngest Indian to scale the
    Mount Everest - Raghav Joneja