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This is a list of prizes that are named after people.
For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.
A
- Abel Prize - Niels Henrik Abel
- Jack Adams Award – Jack Adams
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Aga Khan IV
Michelle Akers Player of the Year Award – Michelle Akers- Akutagawa Prize - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Ansari X Prize - Anousheh Ansari, Amir Ansari
- Antim Cup – Antim Iverianul
- Archibald Prize - J F Archibald
- Arjuna Award - Arjuna
- Prince of Asturias Awards - Felipe, Prince of Asturias
- Az-Zubair Prize for Innovation and Scientific Excellence - Az-Zubair Mohammed Salih
B
- Hobey Baker Award – Hobey Baker
- Balzan Prize - Eugenio Balzan
- Lorenzo Bandini Trophy - Lorenzo Bandini
- Bartolozzi Prize - Giuseppe Bartolozzi
- Beazley Medal - Kim Beazley, Sr.
- Beck's Futures - Heinrich Beck
- Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award – Clair Bee
- IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal - Alexander Graham Bell
- Andrei Bely Prize - Andrei Bely
- Marcel Benoist Prize - Marcel Benoist
- Bledisloe Cup – Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
- Tom W. Bonner Prize - Tom W. Bonner
- Border-Gavaskar Trophy - Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar
- Bouclier de Brennus – Charles Brennus
- Brownlow Medal – Charles Brownlow
- Bruce Medal - Catherine Wolfe Bruce
- Buck Buchanan Award – Buck Buchanan
- Vannevar Bush Award - Vannevar Bush
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy – Marie Evelyn Moreton, Lady Byng
C
- Caccioppoli Prize - Renato Caccioppoli
- Caldecott Medal - Randolph Caldecott
- Calder Memorial Trophy – Frank Calder
- Camões Prize - Luís de Camões
- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl – Clarence Campbell
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize - Miguel de Cervantes
- Clive Churchill Medal - Clive Churchill
- King Clancy Memorial Trophy – King Clancy
- Roberto Clemente Award - Roberto Clemente
- David Cohen Prize - David and Veronica Cohen
- Tony Conigliaro Award - Tony Conigliaro
- Cook Cup - James Cook
- Copley Medal - Godfrey Copley
- Bob Cousy Award – Bob Cousy
- Crafoord Prize - Holger Crafoord
- José Craveirinha Prize - José Craveirinha
- Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award – Roger Crozier
- Currie Cup – Donald Currie
D
- Medal Dafydd ap Llywelyn - Dafydd ap Llywelyn
- Dally M Medal - Dally Messenger
- Darwin Awards - Charles Darwin
- Davidson/Valentini Award - Craig Davidson and Michael Valentini
- Davy Medal - Humphry Davy
- Demidov Prize - Pavel Nikolaevich Demidov
- Prix Dentan - Michel Dentan
- Dirac Prize - Paul Dirac
- David di Donatello - Donatello
- Charles Stark Draper Prize - Charles Stark Draper
- Henry Draper Medal - Henry Draper
- Dronacharya Award - Dronacharya
- Duff Cooper Prize - Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
E - F
- J J Ebers Award - Jewell James Ebers
- Edison Medal - Thomas Alva Edison
- Albert Einstein Award - Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science - Albert Einstein
- Eisner Award - Will Eisner
- Webb Ellis Cup – William Webb Ellis
- Erasmus Prize - Desiderius Erasmus
- Fabri Literary Prize - Frances Fabri
- King Faisal Foundation Prize - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction - William Faulkner
- Template:Princess Grace Awards - Princess Grace of Monaco/Grace Kelly
- {Antonio Feltrinelli Prize - Antonio Feltrinelli
- Enrico Fermi Award - Enrico Fermi
- Fields Medal - John Charles Fields
- Ford C. Frick Award - Ford Frick
- Max-Frisch-Preis - Max Frisch
G
- Gagarin Cup - Yuri Gagarin
- Dave Gallaher Trophy - Dave Gallaher
- Gaisford Prize - Thomas Gaisford
- Gandhi Peace Award - Mahatma Gandhi
- Gandhi Peace Prize - Mahatma Gandhi
- Indira Gandhi Prize - Indira Gandhi
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Rajiv Gandhi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy – Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize - Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Sophie Germain Prize - Sophie Germain
- Gibbs Brothers Medal - William Francis Gibbs and Frederic H. Gibbs
- Gödel Prize - Kurt Gödel
- Prix Goncourt - Edmond de Goncourt
- Grawemeyer Award - H. Charles Grawemeyer
- Grey Cup – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
- Lou Groza Award - Lou Groza
- Gruber Prize - Peter and Patricia Gruber
H
- Otto Hahn Prize - Otto Hahn
- Otto Hahn Medal - Otto Hahn
- Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold - Otto Hahn
- Richard W. Hamming Medal - Richard Hamming
- E. H. Harriman Award - E. H. Harriman
- Harry Sunderland Trophy - Harry Sunderland
- Hart Memorial Trophy – Dr. David Hart
- Harvey Award - Harvey Kurtzman
- Otto Haxel Prize - Otto Haxel
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics - Dannie Heineman
- Heisman Trophy - John Heisman
- O. Henry Awards - O. Henry
- Hessell-Tiltman Prize - Marjorie Hessell-Tiltman
- Harlon Hill Trophy - Harlon Hill
- Hillary Shield - Edmund Hillary
- Hopetoun Cup – John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
- Grace Murray Hopper Award - Grace Murray Hopper
- Hopwood Award - Avery Hopwood
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize - Louisa Gross Horwitz
- Hughes Medal - David Edward Hughes
- Hugo Award - Hugo Gernsback
- Hutch Award – Fred Hutchinson
- Humboldt Prize - Alexander von Humboldt
I - K
- Henry Iba Award – Henry Iba
- IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award - Masaru Ibuka
- Iverson Award - Kenneth E. Iverson
- Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine - Louis Jeantet
- William M. Jennings Trophy – William M. Jennings
- Samuel Johnson Prize - Samuel Johnson
- Karlspreis - Charlesmagne
- Theodore von Karman Medal - Theodore von Kármán
- Patty Kazmaier Award – Patty Kazmaier-Sandt
- Gottfried-Keller-Preis - Gottfried Keller
- Kennedy Center Honors - John F. Kennedy
- Kirby Award - Jack Kirby
- Knuth Prize - Donald Knuth
- Stephen F. Kolzak Award - Stephen F. Kolzak
- Kurchatov Medal - Igor Kurchatov
L
- Lamme Medal - Benjamin G. Lamme
- Lasker Award - Mary Woodward Lasker
- European Latsis Prize - John Latsis
- Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis - Berthold Leibinger
- Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis - Berthold Leibinger
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize - Gottfried Leibniz
- Lemelson-MIT Prize - Jerome H. Lemelson
- Leontief Prize - Wassily Leontief
- Nancy Lieberman Award – Nancy Lieberman
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - Astrid Lindgren
- Lombardi Award - Vince Lombardi
- Vince Lombardi Trophy - Vince Lombardi
- Lomonosov Gold Medal - Mikhail Lomonosov
- Lorentz Medal - Hendrik Lorentz
- George M. Low award - George M. Low
M
- Mackay Trophy - Clarence Mackay
- Ramon Magsaysay Award - Ramon Magsaysay
- Mal Meninga Medal - Mal Meninga
- Mandela Challenge Plate – Nelson Mandela
- Manning Award – Archie Manning and his sons Peyton and Eli
- Marconi Prize - Guglielmo Marconi
- Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy – Bill Masterton
- Matteucci Medal - Carlo Matteucci
- Leigh Matthews Trophy – Leigh Matthews
- Somerset Maugham Award - William Somerset Maugham
- Meads Cup – Colin Meads
- Mark Messier Leadership Award – Mark Messier
- Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis - Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
- Angus Murray Award for Educational Excellence - Angus Murray
N
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award – Frances Pomeroy Naismith (daughter-in-law of James Naismith)
- Naismith College Coach of the Year – James Naismith
- Naismith College Official of the Year – James Naismith
- Naismith College Player of the Year – James Naismith
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball – James Naismith
- Naismith Prep Player of the Year – James Naismith
- Nevanlinna Prize - Rolf Nevanlinna
- Newbery Medal - John Newbery
- Newdigate Prize - Roger Newdigate
- Pete Newell Big Man Award – Pete Newell
- Nierenberg Prize - William Nierenberg
- Nobel Prize - Alfred Nobel
- Gerrit Noordzij Prize - Gerrit Noordzij
- James Norris Memorial Trophy – James E. Norris
- Ivor Novello Awards - Ivor Novello
O - P
- Davey O'Brien Award - Davey O'Brien
- Lawrence O'Brien Award - Lawrence O'Brien
- Ortega y Gasset Awards - José Ortega y Gasset
- Orteig Prize - Raymond Orteig
- Outland Trophy - John H. Outland
- Lester Patrick Trophy – Lester Patrick
- Walter Payton Award – Walter Payton
- Walter Payton Man of the Year Award – Walter Payton
- Peabody Award - George Foster Peabody
- Lester B. Pearson Award – Lester B. Pearson
- Pearson Medal of Peace - Lester B. Pearson
- Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award – Kim Perrot
- Tony Award - Antoinette Perry
- Pessoa Prize - Fernando Pessoa
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Dadasaheb Phalke
- Pichichi Trophy – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, better known as "Pichichi"
- Pirelli Internetional Award - Giovanni Battista Pirelli
- Max Planck Medal - Max Planck
- Edgar Award - Edgar Allan Poe
- Pomeranchuk Prize - Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk
- Fritz Pregl Prize - Fritz Pregl
- Prince of Wales Trophy – Edward, Prince of Wales
- Pritzker Prize - Jay Pritzker
- Pulitzer Prize - Joseph Pulitzer
R
- SASTRA Ramanujan Prize - Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Prix Eugène Rambert - Eugène Rambert
- Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz - Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
- Ranfurly Shield – Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award - Indirectly after George and Alfred Rawlings; directly named for the company they founded
- Hans-Reinhart-Ring - Hans Reinhart
- Copa del Rey – Juan Carlos I of Spain (the full title of this award, as well as its basketball version, includes Juan Carlos' name)
- Copa del Rey de Baloncesto – Juan Carlos I of Spain
- John Llewellyn Rhys Prize - John Llewellyn Rhys
- Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy – Maurice "Rocket" Richard
- Tom Richards Trophy - Tom Richards
- Oscar Robertson Trophy – Oscar Robertson
- Prix Edouard Rod - Edouard Rod
- Art Ross Trophy – Art Ross
- Rumelhart Prize - David E. Rumelhart
- Rumford Prize - Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
- Adolph Rupp Trophy – Adolph Rupp
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award – Bill Russell
- Vito Russo Award - Vito Russo
S
- Sakharov Prize - Andrei Sakharov
- Salimbeni Prize - Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni
- David Sarnoff Award - David Sarnoff
- Grosser Schillerpreis der Schweiz - Friedrich Schiller
- Schock Prize - Rolf Schock
- Glenn T. Seaborg Medal - Glenn T. Seaborg
- Frank J. Selke Trophy – Frank J. Selke
- Owen Sheehy-Skeffington Memorial Award - Owen Sheehy-Skeffington
- Shewhart Medal - Walter A. Shewhart
- Sikorsky Prize - Igor Sikorsky
- Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science - Johan Skytte
- Conn Smythe Trophy – Conn Smythe
- Solzhenitsyn Prize - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- J. G. Taylor Spink Award - J. G. Taylor Spink
- Stampacchia Medal - Guido Stampacchia
- Stanhope Prize Oxford University
- Stanley Cup – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
- Steele Prize - Leroy P. Steele
- Payne Stewart Award – Payne Stewart
- Stirling Prize - James Stirling
- Bram Stoker Award - Bram Stoker
- James E. Sullivan Award - James E. Sullivan
- Harry Sunderland Trophy - Harry Sunderland
T - V
- Templeton Prize - John Templeton
- Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - Osamu Tezuka
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - Irving Thalberg
- Timoshenko Medal - Stephen Timoshenko
- Lance Todd Trophy - Lance Todd
- Turing Award - Alan Turing
- Turner Prize - J. M. W. Turner
- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award - Johnny Unitas
- George Van Biesbroeck Prize - George Van Biesbroeck
- James A. Van Fleet Award - James A. Van Fleet
- Vanier Cup – Georges Vanier
- Vardon Trophy – Harry Vardon
- Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry - Oswald Veblen
- Vezina Trophy – Georges Vézina
- IEEE John von Neumann Medal - John von Neumann
- John von Neumann Theory Prize - John von Neumann
W-Y
- Wade Trophy – Margaret Wade
- Wakker Prize - Henri-Louis Wakker
- Doak Walker Award - Doak Walker
- Walkley Award - William Gaston Walkley
- Prix Walo - Walo Linder
- Archibald Watson Prize - Archibald Watson
- James Craig Watson Medal - James Craig Watson
- James Watt International Medal - James Watt
- Oswald Watt Gold Medal - Oswald Watt
- Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility - Norbert Wiener
- Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics - Norbert Wiener
- The Wigner Medal - Eugene Wigner
- Prince William Cup - Prince William of Wales
- Ted Williams Award - Ted Williams
- Wolf Prize - Ricardo Wolf
- Wollaston Medal - William Hyde Wollaston
- John R. Wooden Award – John Wooden
- George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award - George Woolf
- Wright Brothers Medal - Wilbur and Orville Wright
- Yashin Award - Lev Yashin
- Cy Young Award - Cy Young
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