Lorentz Medal is a distinction awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was established in 1925 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Hendrik Lorentz. The medal is given for important contributions to theoretical physics, though in the past there have been some experimentalists among its recipients. The 2025 prize was anticipated by one year to celebrate the centennial.
The first winner, Max Planck, was personally selected by Lorentz. Eleven of the 25 award winners later received a Nobel Prize. The Lorentz medal is ranked fifth in a list of most prestigious international academic awards in physics.
Recipients
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Charles L. Kane |
| 2022 | Daan Frenkel |
| 2018 | Juan M. Maldacena |
| 2014 | Michael Berry |
| 2010 | Edward Witten |
| 2006 | Leo P. Kadanoff |
| 2002 | Frank Wilczek |
| 1998 | Carl E. Wieman and Eric A. Cornell |
| 1994 | Alexander Polyakov |
| 1990 | Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
| 1986 | Gerard 't Hooft |
| 1982 | Anatole Abragam |
| 1978 | Nicolaas Bloembergen |
| 1974 | John H. van Vleck |
| 1970 | George Uhlenbeck |
| 1966 | Freeman J. Dyson |
| 1962 | Rudolf E. Peierls |
| 1958 | Lars Onsager |
| 1953 | Fritz London |
| 1947 | Hendrik A. Kramers |
| 1939 | Arnold Sommerfeld |
| 1935 | Peter Debye |
| 1931 | Wolfgang Pauli |
| 1927 | Max Planck |
See also
- List of physics awards
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