| Year | Name [1] | Field | Comments |
|---|
| 1953 | Gedaliah Alon | Jewish studies | Posthumously awarded prize, three years after his death. First recipient of the prize for Jewish studies. |
| Haim Hazaz | Literature | One of first two recipients of the prize for Literature. |
| Ya'akov Cohen | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958. One of first two recipients of the prize for Literature. |
| Dina Feitelson-Schur | Education | First female recipient of the Israel Prize. First recipient of the prize for Education. |
| Mark Dvorzhetski | Social science | First recipient of the prize for Social science. |
| Lipman Heilprin | Medical science | First recipient of the prize for medicine or Medical science. |
| Zeev Ben-Zvi | Sculpture | First recipient of the prize for any of the fine arts. |
| Shimshon Amitsur | Exact sciences | One of the first two recipients of the prize for Exact sciences. |
| Jacob Levitzki | 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. |
| Schmuel Hugo Bergmann | Humanities | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1974. First recipient of the prize for the Humanities. |
| David Shimoni | Literature | |
| Shmuel Yosef Agnon | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958. |
| Arthur Biram | Education | |
| Gad Tedeschi | Jurisprudence | First recipient of the prize for Jurisprudence or law. |
| Franz Ollendorff | Exact sciences | |
| Michael Zohary | Life sciences | First recipient of the prize for Life sciences. |
| Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer | Agriculture | First recipient of the prize for Agriculture. |
| Ödön Pártos | Music | First recipient of the prize for Music. |
| 1955 | Ephraim Urbach | Jewish studies | |
| Isaac Heinemann | |
| Zalman Shneur | Literature | |
| Yitzhak Lamdan | |
| Michael Fekete | Exact sciences | |
| Israel Reichert | Life sciences | |
| Yaakov Ben-Tor | |
| Akiva Vroman | |
| Benjamin Shapira | Medical science | |
| Sara Hestrin-Lerner | Family relationship: Sister of recipient Shlomo Hestrin (1957, Exact sciences). |
| Netanel Hochberg | Agriculture | |
| Zahara Schatz | Painting and Sculpture | |
| 1956 | Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai | Jewish studies | |
| Yigael Yadin | |
| Yehezkel Abramsky | Rabbinical literature | First recipient of the prize for specifically Rabbinical literature. |
| Gershon Shufman | Literature | |
| Miriam Yalan-Shteklis | Children's literature | First recipient of the prize specifically for Children's literature. |
| Nechama Leibowitz | Education | |
| Yaakov Talmon | Social sciences | |
| Avraham HaLevi Frankel | Exact sciences | |
| Manfred Aschner | Life sciences | |
| Haim Ernst Wertheimer | Medicine | |
| Hanna Rovina | Theatre | First recipient of the prize for the Theatre, acting or Stage arts. |
| 1957 | Haim Shirman | Jewish studies | |
| Yohanan Levi | Humanities | Posthumously awarded Prize. |
| Yaakov Fichman | Literature | |
| Uri Zvi Grinberg | |
| Paltiel Daykan | Jurisprudence | |
| Siegfried Lehman | Education | |
| Shlomo Hestrin | Exact sciences | Family relationship: Brother of recipient Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1955, Medical science). |
| David Feingold | |
| Gad Avigad | |
| Saul Adler | Medicine | |
| Shmuel Horowitz | Agriculture | |
| Paul Ben-Haim | Music | |
| Reuvein Margolies | Rabbinical literature | |
| Eliezer Smoli | Children's literature | |
| 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 | |
| Ben-Zion Dinur | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1973. |
| Gershom Scholem | |
| Yehezkel Kaufmann | |
| Yitzhak Baer | |
| Isaac HaLevi Herzog | Rabbinical literature | |
| Yehuda Leib Maimon | |
| Yosef Zvi HaLevy | Family relationship: Grandfather of recipient Abraham Haim Halevy (2002, Agriculture). |
| Martin Buber | Humanities | |
| Shmuel Yosef Agnon | Literature | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1954. |
| Isaac Dov Berkowitz | |
| Ya'akov Cohen | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1953. |
| Youth Aliyah | Education | Organization – one of the first four organizations to receive the Prize. |
| Rachel Katznelson-Shazar | Social sciences | |
| Yoel (Giulio) Racah | Exact sciences | |
| Marcus Reiner | |
| Leo Picard | Life sciences | |
| Bernhard Zondek | Medicine | |
| Selig Suskin | Agriculture | |
| Bezalel Academy of Art and Design | Painting and Sculpture | Organization – one of the first four organizations to receive the Prize. |
| Habima Theatre | Theatre |
| Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Music |
| 1959 | Shlomo Yosef Zevin | Rabbinical literature | |
| Leo Aryeh Mayer | Humanities | |
| S. Yizhar (Yizhar Smilansky) | Literature | |
| Ezra Fleischer | |
| Ephraim Katchalski (Ephraim Katzir) | Life sciences | Family relationship: Brother of recipient Aharon Katzir (1961, Life sciences). |
| Michael Sela | |
| Hillel (Heinz) Oppenheimer | Agriculture | |
| Joseph Zaritsky | Painting | |
| Yehoshua Bertonov | Theatre | Family relationship: Father of recipient Devorah Bertonov (1991, Stage arts). |
| 1960 | Abraham Haim Shalit | Jewish studies | |
| Avraham Arnon | Education | |
| Shabtai Rosenne | Jurisprudence | |
| Aharon Meskin | Theatre | |
| Isaac Michaelson | Medicine | |
| Franz Sondheimer | Exact sciences | |
| 1961 | Shlomo Goren | Rabbinical literature | |
| Yechezkel Kutscher | Humanities | |
| Yehuda Burla | Literature | |
| Aharon Katzir | Life sciences | Family relationship: Brother of recipient Ephraim Katzir (1959, Life sciences). |
| Ora Kedem | |
| Jacob van der Hoeden | Agriculture | |
| Menachem Avidom | Music | |
| 1962 | Hanoch Yelon | Jewish studies | |
| Joseph Bentwich | Education | |
| Yitzhak Kanav | Social sciences | |
| Ze'ev Lev | Exact sciences | |
| Zvi Sliternik | Medicine | |
| Arieh Sharon | Architecture | |
| 1963 | Menachem Mendel Kasher | Rabbinical literature | |
| Nathan Rotenstreich | Humanities | |
| Eliezer Steinman | Literature | |
| Avraham Fahn | Life sciences | |
| Mordechai Ardon | Painting | |
| 1964 | Ze'ev Ben-Haim | Jewish studies | |
| Moshe Zilberg | Jurisprudence | |
| Moshe Rachmilewitz | Medicine | |
| Meir Margalit | Theatre | |
| 1965 | Shlomo Zemach | Literature | |
| Shlomo Dykman | |
| Karl Frankenstein | Education | |
| Israel Defense Forces | Organization – the only organization to receive the Prize during the 1960s. |
| Judith Shuval | Social sciences | |
| Amos de-Shalit | Exact sciences | |
| Igal Talmi | |
| Shmuel Stoller | Agriculture | |
| Mordechai Seter | Music | |
| 1966 | Shlomo Morag | Jewish studies | |
| Yitzhak Arieli | Rabbinical literature | |
| Hans Jakob Polotsky | Humanities | |
| Moshe Rudolf Bloch | Life sciences | |
| Alfred Mansfeld | Architecture | |
| Dora Gad | |
| 1967 | Avraham Shlonsky | Literature | |
| Ernst Simon | Education | |
| Benjamin Akzin | Jurisprudence | |
| Aryeh Leo Olitzki | Medicine | |
| Marcel Janco | Painting | |
| 1968 | Ovadia Hedaya | Rabbinical literature | |
| Moshe Yechiel Epstein | [2] |
| Shmuel Yeivin | Jewish studies | |
| Benjamin Mazar | |
| Dov Sadan | |
| Shmuel Sambursky | Humanities | |
| Shlomo Pines | |
| Avigdor Hameiri | Literature | |
| Natan Alterman | |
| Yaakov Berman | Education | |
| Alexander Dushkin | |
| Shoshana Persitz | |
| David Horowitz | Social sciences | |
| Shimon Agranat | Jurisprudence | |
| Emanuel Goldberg | Exact sciences | |
| Ernst David Bergmann | Life sciences | |
| Chaim Sheba | Medicine | |
| Hanan Openheimer | Agriculture | |
| Yitzhak Danziger | Sculpture | |
| Yosef Milo | Theatre | |
| Gertrud Kraus | Dance | First recipient of the prize specifically for dance. |
| 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]). |
| Joshua Prawer | Humanities | |
| Schneor Lipson | Life sciences | |
| Shimon Finkel | Theatre | |
| Yuval Ne'eman | Exact sciences | Returned the Prize in 1992. |
| 1970 | Ovadia Yosef | Rabbinical literature | |
| Abba Kovner | Literature | |
| Leah Goldberg | posthumously |
| Don Patinkin | Social sciences | |
| Josef Tal | Music | |
| Andre De Vries | Medicine | |
| 1971 | Saul Lieberman | Jewish studies | |
| Haim Ormian | Education | |
| Zeev Tseltner | Jurisprudence | |
| Itzhak Arnon | Agriculture | |
| Arie Aroch | Painting | |
| 1972 | David Ayalon | Humanities | |
| Yocheved Bat-Miriam | Literature | |
| David Ginsburg | Exact sciences | |
| Leo Sachs | Life sciences | |
| Ya'acov Rechter | Architecture | |
| 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 | |
| Yad Harav Herzog | Rabbinical literature | Organization. Awarded in respect of Complete Israeli Talmud Institute project. |
| Dorothea Krook-Gilead | Humanities | |
| Shalom Yosef Shapira ("Shin Shalom") | Literature | |
| Ben-Zion Dinur | Education | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1958. |
| Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt | Social sciences | |
| Aryeh Dvoretzky | Exact sciences | |
| Heinrich Mendelssohn | Life sciences | |
| Richard Stein | Medicine | |
| Haim Halperin | Agriculture | |
| Reuven Rubin | Painting | |
| Hanna Maron | Theatre | |
| Sara Levi-Tanai | Dance | |
| Aryeh Elhanani | Architecture | |
| Pinchas Rosen | Jurisprudence | |
| Shaul Avigur | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' Remembrance Authority | Organization. Prize awarded for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities (Pinkas HaKehillot) project. Yad Vashem also awarded the Israel Prize in 2003. |
| 1974 | Shraga Abramson | Jewish studies | |
| Raphael David Levine | Exact sciences | |
| Isaac Berenblum | Life sciences | |
| Yedidia Admon | Music | |
| Schmuel Hugo Bergmann | Special contribution to Society and the State | Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1954. |
| Yehoshua Aluf | Special contribution to Society and the State in Sports | First recipient of the prize who was a sportsperson. |
| 1975 | Simon Halkin | Literature | |
| Arieh Simon | Education | |
| Yoel Zussman | Jurisprudence | |
| Aharon Barak | |
| Miriam Bernstein-Cohen | Theatre | |
| Golda Meir | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Helena Kagan | Special contribution to Society and the State in community service | |
| 1976 | Eliezer Waldenberg | Rabbinical literature | |
| Josef Rom | Technology and Engineering | First recipient of the prize for Engineering or technology. |
| Gabriel Baer | Arabic linguistics | One of the first two recipients of the prize for Arabic linguistics. |
| Ezra Mani |
| Mordechai (Moti) Kirschenbaum | Radio, Television and Cinema | |
| Simcha Holzberg | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Ezra Korine | |
| Rivka Guber | |
| Yakov Maimon | |
| 1977 | Raphael Mahler | History of the Jewish people | |
| Menahem Stern | |
| Nahman Avigad | Land of Israel studies | First recipient of the prize for the study or Knowledge of the "Land of Israel". |
| David Amiran | Geography | First recipient of the prize specifically for geography. |
| Shmuel Avitzur | Cultural research | |
| Zvi Avidov | Agriculture | |
| Jacob Ephrat | |
| Elisheva Cohen | Design | One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for Design. |
| Yona Fischer | Design |
| Dani Karavan | Sculpture | |
| Esther Levit | Special contribution to work | |
| Avraham Yaakov | |
| Avraham Klier | Special contribution to industry | |
| 1978 | Nachum Guttman | Children's literature | |
| Anda Pinkerfeld Amir | |
| Levin Kipnis | |
| Avraham Even-Shoshan | Hebrew language | |
| Haim Baruch Rosen | Linguistics | First recipient of the prize specifically for linguistics. |
| Louis (Eliyahu) Guttman | Social sciences | |
| Nathan J. Saltz | Medicine | |
| Gary Bertini | Music | |
| Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Moshe Zvi Neria | |
| 1979 | Isaiah Tishbi | Jewish studies | |
| Menachem Elon | Hebrew law | |
| Baruch Ben-Yehuda | Education | |
| Yitzchak Raphael Halevi Etzion | |
| Yokhanan (Hans) Lindner | Natural sciences | |
| Orna Porat | Theatre | |
| Raphael Klatchkin | Theatre | |
| Tal Brody | Special contribution to Society and the State in Sports | |
| Yosef Yekutieli | |
| 1980 | David Flusser | History of the Jewish people | |
| Jacob Katz | |
| Haim Cohn | Jurisprudence | |
| Chaim Leib Pekeris | Physics | First recipient of the prize specifically for physics. |
| Pinchas Litbinovsky | Painting | |
| Anna Ticho | |
| Yosl Bergner | |
| 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. |
| Baruch Oren | Noted in the award to Yad LaBanim (in Petah Tikva). |
| 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. |
| Amotz Zahavi | Noted in the award to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. |
| Azaria Alon [3] |
| Yoav Sagi |
| 1981 | Avraham Sofer-Schreiber | Rabbinical literature | |
| Joram Lindenstrauss | Mathematics | One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for mathematics. |
| Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro | Mathematics |
| Meir Jacob Kister | Arabic Linguistics and Middle Eastern studies | |
| Gurit Kadman | culture of Dance | |
| Kvutza Degania Alef | Special contribution to Society and the State in social | Organization |
| 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. |
| David Benvenisti | Acquisition of knowledge and love of the Land of Israel | |
| Zev Vilnay | Acquisition of knowledge and love of the Land of Israel | |
| Amir Gilboa | Hebrew poetry | |
| Yehuda Amichai | Hebrew poetry | |
| Roberto Bachi | Demographics | The only recipient to date of the prize for demographics. |
| Avraham Yaski | Architecture | |
| Ruth Amiran | Land of Israel studies | |
| 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. |
| Aron Saltman | History |
| Aharon Appelfeld | Literature | |
| Naomi Shemer | Hebrew song (lyrics and melody) | |
| Moshe Wilensky | Hebrew song (melody) | |
| Haim Hefer | Hebrew song (lyrics) | |
| Zerach Warhaftig | Special contribution to Society and the State for the advancement of Hebrew law | |
| Shmuel Rodensky | Lifetime achievement |
| 1984 | Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz | Children's literature | |
| Moshe (Max) Jammer | History of science | |
| Aron (Alfred) Bondi | Agriculture | |
| Shlomo Ravikovitch | Agriculture | |
| Shmuel Rodansky | Theatre | |
| Nahal - Noar Halutzi Lohem (Fighting Pioneer Youth) | Special contribution to Society and the State | Organization |
| Development Towns in Israel project |
| 1985 | Abraham Sutzkever | Yiddish Literature | The only recipient to date of the prize specifically for Yiddish Literature. |
| Joshua Blau | Linguistics and Hebrew language | |
| Henry E. Neufeld | Medicine | |
| Baruch Padeh [ he ] | |
| Yad Ben Zvi | Middle Eastern Jewish Literature | Organization |
| Israel Television in Arabic | Special contribution to Society and the State |
| 1986 | Yeshayahu Avrech | Opinion journalism | |
| Shalom Rosenfeld | |
| Michael Evenari | Lifework in desert studies | |
| Yoel De Malach | |
| Ulpan Akiva | Lifework in Education | Organization. Prize awarded jointly with Shulamith Katznelson. |
| Shulamith Katznelson | Jointly awarded with Ulpan Akiva. |
| HaKfar HaYarok | Organization. Prize awarded jointly with Gershon Zak |
| Gershon Zak | Jointly awarded with HaKfar HaYarok |
| Batya Lichansky | Lfework in Sculpture (Land of Israel) | |
| Yechiel Shemi | |
| Yona Sayid | Lifetime achievement | |
| Eldin Khatukai | |
| 1987 | Alex Bein | Zionist historiography | The only recipient to date of the prize specifically for Zionist historiography. |
| Ezra Zion Melamed | Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature | |
| Menahem Yaari | Economics | First recipient of the prize for economics. |
| Ovadia Harari | Engineering and Technology | |
| Miriam Zohar | Acting | |
| Lea Koenig | |
| Makram Khoury | First Israeli Arab recipient of the prize |
| 1988 | Moshe Goshen-Gottstein | Jewish studies | |
| Adin Steinsaltz | |
| Natan Goldblum | Life sciences | |
| Haim Gouri | Hebrew poetry | |
| Moshe Shamir | Hebrew Literature | |
| Sacha (Alexander) Argov | Hebrew song | |
| Shoshana Damari | |
| Arie "Lova" Eliav | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Reuben Hecht | |
| Teddy Kollek | |
| 1989 | Shmuel Werses | Hebrew Literature | |
| Israel Yeivin | study of the Hebrew language | |
| Haim Harari | Exact sciences | |
| Yakir Aharonov | |
| Elihu Katz | Social sciences | His wife, Ruth Katz, received the Israel Prize in Musicology in 2012. |
| Wingate Institute | Sports | Organization. One of the first two recipients of the prize specifically for sports. |
| Ian Froman | Sports | One of first two recipients of the prize specifically for sports. |
| Ya'akov Hazan | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Bethsabee de Rothschild | |
| Israel Exploration Society | Organization |
| 1990 | Meir Weiss | Jewish studies | |
| Nathan Spiegel | Humanities | |
| Zvi Yavetz | |
| Moshe Altbauer | |
| Moshe Prywes | Life sciences | |
| Meir Wilchek | |
| Alexander Levitzki | Family relationship: Son of recipient Jacob Levitski (1953, Exact sciences). |
| Yehezkel Streichman | Painting | |
| Amin Tarif | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Raanan Weitz | |
| Israel Polack | |
| 1991 | Haim Beinart | Jewish studies | |
| Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan | Land of Israel studies | |
| Moshe Landau | Law | |
| Daniel Friedmann | |
| Elhanan Helpman | Economics | |
| Shmuel Agmon | Exact sciences | |
| Dov Frohman | |
| Devorah Bertonov | Stage arts | Family relationship: Daughter of recipient Yehoshua Bertonov (1959, Theatre). |
| Yossi Yadin | |
| Miriam Ben-Porat | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Stef Wertheimer | |
| Yeshivat Hesder | Organization |
| 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 | |
| Yehuda Kiel | |
| Daniel Sperber | |
| Moshe Lissak | Social sciences | |
| David Navon [ he ] | |
| Reuven Feuerstein | |
| David Erlich | |
| Yitzhak Wahl | Life sciences | |
| Emile Habibi | Arabic Literature | First recipient of the prize for Arabic Literature. |
| Avoth Yeshurun | Hebrew poetry | |
| 1993 | Dan Miron | Hebrew Literature | |
| Gershon Shaked | |
| Moshe Bar-Asher | Hebrew language and Jewish languages | |
| Gideon Goldenberg | Hebrew language and general linguistics | |
| Yehoshua Arieli | History | |
| Hava Lazarus-Yafeh | |
| Michael Confino | |
| Yehoshafat Harkabi | Political science | First recipient of the prize specifically for political science. |
| Hillel Furstenberg | Exact sciences | |
| Shlomo Alexander | |
| Jacob Ziv | |
| Ram Loevy | Communications, Radio and Television | |
| Yaacov Farkas (“Ze’ev”) | Communications, journalism | |
| 1994 | Moshe Greenberg | Bible | One of the first two recipients to receive the prize for Biblical studies. |
| Moshe Weinfeld |
| Haim Zalman Dimitrovsky | Talmud | |
| Eliezer Schweid | Jewish thought | |
| Shneur Zalman Feller | Law | |
| Robert John (Israel) Aumann | Economics | |
| Michael Bruno | |
| Avram Hershko | Biochemistry | One of the first two recipients to receive the prize specifically for biochemistry. |
| Nathan Sharon | Family relationship: Brother of recipient Shmuel Shtrikman (2001, physics). One of the first two recipients to receive the prize specifically for biochemistry. |
| Eliahu Swirski | Agriculture | |
| Hanoch Avenary [ he ] | Music | |
| Yaakov Orland | Hebrew song | |
| Arie Shapira | composition | |
| Yad Sarah | Special contribution to Society and the State | Organization |
| Neot Kedumim | Organization. Prize awarded jointly with Noga HaReuveni. |
| Noga HaReuveni | Jointly awarded with the staff of Neot Kedumim. |
| 1995 | Claire Epstein [4] | Archaeology | First recipient of the prize for archaeology. |
| Dov Nir | Geography | |
| Amos Funkenstein | Jewish history | |
| Yehuda Amir | Psychology | First recipient of the prize specifically for psychology. |
| Rina Shapira | Education | |
| Israel Dostrovsky | Exact sciences | |
| Michael O. Rabin | Computer sciences | First recipient of the prize for computer sciences. |
| Nathan Zach | Hebrew poetry | |
| A. B. Yehoshua (Avraham B. Yehoshua) | Hebrew Literature | |
| Lea Nikel | Painting | |
| Menashe Kadishman | Sculpture | |
| David Resnick | Architecture | |
| Yitzhak Ben-Aharon | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Ada Sereni | |
| 1996 | Yehuda Ratzaby | Jewish languages | |
| Chone Shmeruk | |
| Shimon Sandbank | Translation of Literature and poems to Hebrew | First recipient of the prize specifically for translation. |
| Shlomo Avineri | Political science | |
| Moshe Barash | History of art | First recipient of the prize specifically for history of art. |
| Moshe Piamenta | Middle Eastern studies | |
| Meir Sternberg | general Literature | |
| Ilan Chet | Agriculture | |
| Yehezkel Stein | Medicine | |
| Nisim Aloni | Stage arts – dramatics | |
| Moshe Efrati | Stage arts – dance | |
| Arieh Navon | Stage arts – theatrical scenery | |
| Marcel-Jacques Dubois | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Meir Shamgar | |
| 1997 | Yaakov Sussmann | Talmudic studies | |
| Joseph Dan | Jewish thought | |
| Shemaryahu Talmon | Biblical studies | |
| Yehoshua Bacharach | Rabbinical literature | |
| Hayim David HaLevi | Rabbinical literature | |
| Izhak Englard | Law | |
| Yitzhak Zamir | Law | |
| Ben-Zion Orgad | Music | |
| Abel Ehrlich | |
| Andre Hajdu | |
| Haim Yavin | Communications | One of the first two recipients of the prize for communications. |
| David Rubinger |
| Uzia Galil | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Israel Tal | |
| Avraham Elimelech Firer | |
| 1998 | Yehuda Bauer | History of the Jewish people | |
| Moshe Gil | Land of Israel | |
| Trude Dothan | Archaeology | |
| Yona Rosenfeld | Social work | |
| Arye Levy | Education | |
| Emanuel Marx | Sociology | |
| Yehudit Birk | Agriculture | |
| Rami Rahamimoff | Medical science | |
| Saharon Shelah | Mathematics | |
| Dan Shechtman | Physics | |
| Dahlia Ravikovitch | original Poetry | |
| Amos Oz | Literature | |
| Dan Tsur | Architecture | Jointly awarded with Lipa Yahalom. |
| Lipa Yahalom | Jointly awarded with Dan Tsur. |
| Dan Reisinger | Design | |
| Hassia Levy-Agron | Stage arts | |
| Yehudit Arnon | |
| Yossi Banai | |
| Yafa Yarkoni | Hebrew song | |
| Ehud Manor | |
| Sara Stern-Katan | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Shlomo Hillel | |
| Haim Yisraeli | |
| 1999 | Moshe Idel | Jewish thought | |
| Aaron Mirski | Hebrew Literature | |
| Menahem Zevi Kaddari | Hebrew language | |
| Menachem Banitt | Jewish languages | |
| Mordechai Breuer | original Rabbinical literature | |
| Avraham Steinberg | original Rabbinical literature | |
| Myriam Yardeni | General history | |
| Shmuel Moreh | Middle Eastern studies | |
| Bezalel Narkiss | History of art | |
| Yehoshua Ben-Arieh | Geography | |
| Arie Shachar | |
| Michel Revel | Medicine | |
| Yigal Cohen | Agriculture | |
| Haim (Howard) Cedar | Biology | First recipient to receive the prize specifically for biology. |
| Menahem Golan | Cinema | One of the first two recipients of the prize for Cinema. |
| David Perlov |
| Yehoshua Rozin | Sports | |
| Esther Roth-Shahamorov | |
| Rebecca Bergman | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Jeshajahu Weinberg | |
| Bracha Qafih (Kapach) | 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 | |
| Avraham Goldberg | Talmudic studies | |
| Yonah Frenkel | |
| Hillel M. Daleski | study of Literature | |
| Harel Fisch | |
| Gad Ben Ami Tsarfati | Linguistics | |
| Shaul Shaked | |
| Yirmiyahu Yovel | Philosophy | |
| Asa Kasher | Philosophy | |
| Raphael Mechoulam | Chemistry | |
| Yosef Zinger | Engineering and Technology | |
| Amir Pnueli | Computer sciences | |
| Amalia Kahana-Carmon | original Hebrew Literature | |
| Meir Wieseltier | Literature and Poetry | |
| Moshe Kupferman | Painting | |
| Michael Gross | Painting and Sculpture | |
| Micha Bar-Am | Photography | |
| Shulamit Aloni | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Aryeh Karol | |
| Hagashash Hachiver | Members comprise Gavriel (Gavri) Banai, Yeshayahu (Shaike) Levi and Yisrael (Poli) Poliakov. |
| Gavriel (Gavri) Banai | Awarded as a member of Hagashash Hachiver. |
| Yeshayahu (Shaike) Levi |
| Yisrael (Poli) Poliakov |
| 2001 | Aviezer Ravitzky | Jewish thought | |
| Gavriel Salomon | Education | |
| Ya'akov Rand | |
| Ruth Ben Yisrael | Law | |
| Yehoshua Weissman | |
| Marcel Elyakim | Medicine | |
| Ruth Arnon | |
| Beracha Ramon | |
| Yoseph Imry | Physics | |
| Shmuel Shtrikman | Family relationship: Brother of recipient Nathan Sharon (1994, biochemistry). |
| Zvi Avni | Music | |
| Yehezkel Braun | |
| Herzl Shmueli | |
| Baruch Hagai | Sports | |
| Abba Eban | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Mordechai Ben Porat | |
| Yitzhak Shamir | |
| 2002 | Asher Koriat | Psychology | |
| Moshe Brawer | Geography | |
| Menashe Harel | Knowledge of the Land of Israel | |
| Shmuel Safrai | |
| Avraham Biran | Archaeology | |
| Jacob A. Frenkel | Economics | |
| Ariel Rubinstein | |
| Abraham Haim Halevy | Agriculture | Family relationship: Grandson of recipient Yosef Zvi HaLevy (1958, Rabbinical literature). |
| Itamar Willner | Chemistry | |
| Ada Yonath | |
| Ram Karmi | Architecture | Family relationships: Son of recipient Dov Karmi (1957, Architecture) and brother of recipient Ada Karmi-Melamede (2007, Architecture). |
| David Tartakover | Design | |
| Dov Yudovsky | Media | |
| Nahum Rakover | Jewish thought | |
| Eli Hurvitz | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Ephraim Kishon | |
| Jewish National Fund | Organization |
| 2003 | Israel Ta-Shma | Talmud studies | |
| Avraham Grossman | Jewish history | |
| Shulamit Shahar | General history | |
| Bilha Manheim | Sociology | |
| Charles S. (Yehoshayahu) Liebman | Government studies | |
| Menahem Amir | Criminology | One of the first two recipients of the prize for criminology. |
| Shlomo Giora Shoham |
| Aaron Ciechanover | Biology | |
| Avinoam Libai | Engineering | |
| Zvi Ben-Avraham | Earth sciences | |
| Yosef Bar Yosef | Theatre | |
| Zaharira Harifai | |
| Yehudit Hendel | Literature | |
| Aharon Megged | |
| Aharon Amir | Translation | |
| Geula Cohen | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Meir Amit | |
| Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority | Organization. Also awarded the Israel Prize in 1973, for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities (Pinkas HaKehillot) project. |
| 2004 | Sarah Yefet | Biblical studies | |
| Menahem Brinker | Literature | |
| Dov Noy | |
| Avraham Doron | Social work | |
| Ziva Amishai-Maisels | History of art | |
| Aharon Razin | Biochemistry | |
| Joseph Bernstein | Mathematics | |
| David Harel | Computer sciences | |
| Ester Samuel-Cahn | Statistics | |
| Yigal Tumarkin | Sculpture | |
| Gila Almagor-Agmon | Cinema | |
| Gil Aldema | Hebrew song | |
| Yehoram Gaon | |
| Yitzchak Dovid Grossman | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Lia van Leer | |
| Moshe Schnitzer | |
| 2005 | Ben-Ami Sharpstein | Philosophy | |
| Miriam Erez | Management | |
| Yehezkel Dror | |
| Aharon Dotan | Hebrew language and Linguistics | |
| Olga Kapeliuk | Linguistics | |
| Ya'akov Landau | Middle Eastern studies | |
| Sasson Somekh | |
| Rena Zeitzov | Medicine | |
| Shaul Feldman | |
| Jacob Bekenstein | Physics | |
| Alex Livak | Photography | |
| Ohad Naharin | Dance | |
| Yitzhak Orpaz-Auerbach | Literature | |
| Israel Pinkas | Poetry | |
| Shabtai Teveth | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Yisrael Meir Lau | |
| Cameri Theatre | Organization |
| 2006 | Gerald Blidstein | Jewish philosophy | |
| Haim Adler | Education | |
| Miriam Ben-Peretz | |
| Ruth Lapidot | Law | |
| Amnon Rubinstein | |
| Nahum Keidar | Agriculture | |
| Zvi Rappoport | Chemistry | |
| Pnina Salzman | Music | |
| Mendi Rodan | Music | |
| Ya'akov Hodorov | Sports | |
| Ralph Klein | |
| Dvora Omer | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Al Schwimmer | |
| Israeli Andalusian Orchestra | Organization |
| 2007 | Elisha Efrat | Geography | |
| Amnon Cohen | Knowledge of the Land of Israel | |
| Shalom H. Schwartz | Psychology | |
| Nissan Liviatan | Economics | |
| Zvi Selinger | Biology | |
| Zvi Hashin | Engineering | |
| Yaacov Yaar | Architecture | |
| Ada Karmi-Melamede | Family relationships: Daughter of recipient Dov Karmi (1957, Architecture) and sister of recipient Ram Karmi (2002, Architecture). |
| Yarom Vardimon | Design | |
| Nahum Barnea | Communications | |
| The Responsa Project (Project Hashut) | Rabbinical literature | Organization |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State |
| The Gevatron | Folk singers group |
| Dov Lautman | |
| Alice Shalvi | |
| 2008 | David Weiss Halivni | Talmudic studies | |
| Anita Shapira | History | |
| Benjamin Isaac | |
| Sammy Smooha | Sociology | |
| Zeev Sternhell | Political science | |
| Moshe Oren | Biochemistry | |
| Noga Alon | Mathematics | |
| Adi Shamir | Computer sciences | |
| Pinchas Cohen Gan | Painting | |
| Rene Yerushalmi | Theatre | |
| Nissan Nativ | Posthumous receipt of Prize. [5] |
| Ida Fink | Literature | |
| Tuvya Ruebner | Hebrew poetry | |
| Nili Mirsky | Hebrew translation | |
| Jewish Agency | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | Organization |
| Manufacturers Association of Israel |
| Youth Movements Council |
| Ezer Mizion |
| Perach |
| Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) | Organization. Joint award to three Israeli women's organization, WIZO, Na'amat and Emunah. |
| Na'amat |
| Emunah (National Religious Women's Movement) |
| 2009 | Emanuel Tov | Biblical studies | |
| Israel Levin | Literature | |
| Reuven Tsur | |
| Zahava Solomon | Social work | |
| Mordechai Rotenberg | |
| Amihai Mazar | Archaeology | |
| Zvi Laron | Medicine | |
| Itamar Procaccia | Physics | |
| Micha Ullman | Sculpture | |
| Yehuda (Judd) Neeman | Cinema | |
| Nachum (Nahtche) Heiman | Hebrew song | |
| Dov Seltzer | |
| Israel Democracy Institute | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | Organization |
| Ruth Rasnic | |
| Mordechai Shani | |
| 2010 | Avishai Margalit | Philosophy | |
| Hanoch Bartov | Literature | |
| Aryeh Sivan | Poetry | |
| Abraham Tal | Hebrew Linguistics | |
| Arye Levin | General Linguistics | |
| Moshe Adad | criminology | |
| Yair Aharoni | administrative science | |
| Abraham Nitzan | Chemistry | |
| Yehoshua Kolodny | Earth sciences | |
| Jonathan Gressel | Agriculture | |
| Peter Mirom | Photography | |
| Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater | Dance | Organization |
| Aharon Yadlin | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Yardena Cohen | |
| Kamal Mansour | |
| ILAN - Israel Foundation for Handicapped Children | Organization |
| 2011 | Michael Schwarz | Jewish thought | |
| Yosef Shiloh | Life sciences | |
| Ruth Gavison | Legal research | |
| Pnina Klein | Education | |
| David Harari | Engineering | |
| Ya'acov Dorchin | Visual arts | |
| 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 |
| Shimon Mizrahi | Sports | |
| Hulda Gurevitch | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Eli Alaluf | |
| 2012 | David Kazhdan | Mathematics and Computer sciences | |
| Shlomo Bentin | Psychology | |
| David Milstein | Chemistry and Physics | |
| Ruth Katz | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Dalia Cohen | |
| Azaria Alon | |
| Haim Drukman [6] | Education | |
| Yoav Benjamini | Statistics | |
| Nathan Shaham | Hebrew Literature and poetry | |
| Ya'akov Ahimeir | communications | |
| 2013 | Gideon Dagan | earth science | |
| Nathan Nelson | Life Sciences | |
| Yosef Kaplan | History of the Jewish people | |
| Chava Turniansky | Jewish language and Literature | |
| Adam Mazor | Architecture | |
| Yoram Bilu | Sociology and Anthropology | |
| Nola Chelton | Stage arts | |
| Eliyahu Hacohen | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Ron Nachman | |
| 2014 | Shamma Friedman | Talmud | |
| Mordechai Segev | Physics and Chemistry | |
| Yaacov Katan | Plant pathology and entomology | |
| Irad Malkin | History | |
| Aharon Lichtenstein | Jewish Literature | |
| Marta Weinstock-Rosin | Medicine | |
| Michal Na'aman | Visual arts | |
| Haim Levy | Management | |
| Avinoam Naor | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Adina Bar-Shalom |
| 2015 | Chaim Topol | |
| Esther Herlitz | |
| David Gurfinkel | Cinema | |
| Erez Biton | Hebrew Literature and poetry | |
| Shimon Ullman | Mathematics and Computer science | |
| David Weisburd | Social work and Criminology | |
| Harold Zvi Schiffrin | East Asian studies | |
| Shmuel Ahituv | Biblical studies | |
| Zelig Eshhar | Life sciences | |
| 2016 | Meir Lahav | Chemistry & Physics | |
| Leslie Leiserowitz | |
| Edit Doron | Linguistics | |
| Nurit Hirsh | Hebrew song | |
| Eli Sadan | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Doron Almog | |
| Yohanan Friedmann | Near Eastern studies | |
| Eviatar Nevo | Life sciences | |
| David Shulman | Religious studies and Philosophy | |
| Hadas Efrat | Stage arts | |
| Yossi Katz | Geography, Archeology, and Land of Israel studies | |
| 2017 | Ágnes Keleti | Sports | |
| Tzvika Levy | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| David Beeri | |
| Yosef Yarden | Life sciences | |
| Arie Vardi | Music | |
| Malka Margalit | Education | |
| Yehuda Liebes | Jewish thought | |
| Uri Shaked | Engineering | |
| 2018 | Ron Ben-Yishai | Journalism | |
| David Grossman | Literature | |
| Shlomo Havlin | Physics | |
| Sergiu Hart | Economics | |
| Alexander Lubotzky | Mathematics and Computer Science | |
| Miriam Peretz | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| 2019 | Amnon Ben-Tor | Archaeology | |
| Naomi Polani | Theater and Dance | |
| Dan Yakir [7] | Environmental sciences, geology and atmospheric sciences | |
| 2020 | Joseph Klafter | Chemistry and Physics | |
| Avishay Braverman | Lifetime Achievement | |
| 2021 | Nitza Ben-Dov | Hebrew Literature | |
| Michal Bat-Adam | Film Art |
| Oded Goldreich | Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Prize blocked by politicians, Supreme Court decided in favour |
| Eli Keshet | Life Sciences | |
| Ben-Ami Shillony | Far Eastern Studies | |
| Nurit Zarchi | Literature | |
| Joseph Ciechanover | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Yair Zakovitch | Biblical Studies | [8] [9] |
| 2022 | Moussa B.H. Youdim | Life Sciences | |
| Yemima Ben-Menahem | Philosophy Research | |
| Ruth A. Berman | Linguistic Research |
| Avihu Medina | Israeli Music | |
| Yoram Palti | Entrepreneurship | |
| Oded Kotler | Theatre | |
| Shimon Shamir | Middle Eastern Studies | |
| Izi Sheratzki | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Joshua Zak | Physics | |
| Maryuma Klein | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| 2023 | Amnon Shashua | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Yoram Dinstein | Legal research | |
| Emanuel Peled | Chemistry and Chemical engineering | |
| Amal Nasser el-Din | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Rachel Haber | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Dov Schwartz | Jewish thought | |
| Daklon (Joseph Levy) | Israeli Music | |
| Zemira Mevarech | Education | |
| Michal Schwartz | Life Sciences | |
| Michal Rovner | Plastic arts | |
| Jehoash Hirshberg | Music and musicology | |
| Avital Gazit | Environmental Sciences | |
| 2024 | Moshe Edri [ he ] | Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Cochav Elkayam-Levy | Societal Responsibility | |
| Gershon Ben-Shakhar | Psychology | |
| Hagai Bergman | Life Sciences | |
| Miki Berkovich | sports | |
| Eyal Waldman | Entrepreneurship and technological innovation | |
| Yitzhak Yosef | Rabbinical literature | |
| Tsevi Mazeh | Physics | |
| Vitali Milman | Mathematics and Computer Science | |
| Shlomo Nakdimon | Communications | |
| Edna Solodar | Lifetime Achievement Prize | A day after she died, her family was informed that she had won the 2024 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement. [10] |
| Elhanan Team | Citizen Heroism | |
| Chen Kugel | Citizen Heroism | |
| Yaakov Ritov | Economic and Statistics | |
| 2025 | Yonina Eldar | Engineering Research and Engineering Sciences | |
| Belu-Simion Fainaru | Interdisciplinary design and art | |
| Shlomo Maman | Theater, Dance and Opera | |
| Devora Gilula [11] | Literature, poetry, and translation | |
| Yaron Tsur | Jewish History | |
| Zohar Shavit | Cultural and Art Research | |
| Ruth Kark | Geographical research and knowledge of the Land of Israel | |
| Nina Avidar Wiener | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Ronny Douek | Lifetime Achievement & Special contribution to Society and the State | |
| Yinon Ben Neriah | Medical Sciences |
| Donald John Trump | Supporting Israel | First non-jewish recipient of Israel Prize. |
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