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Contents 1 Science and technology 1.1 Science and technology (general and miscellaneous) 1.2 Agriculture 1.3 Astronomy 1.4 Aviation and space technology 1.5 Biological sciences 1.6 Chemistry 1.7 Computer science, engineering, technology and invention 1.8 Energy 1.9 Geology 1.10 Geography 1.11 Mathematics 1.12 Medical sciences 1.13 Physics 1.14 Social sciences 2 Humanities 2.1 Architecture 2.2 Arts 2.3 Design 2.4 Education 2.5 History 2.6 Journalism 2.7 Literature 2.8 Theology 3 Business and management 4 Logic and philosophy 4.1 Law 4.2 Politics 5 Humanitarianism and service 5.1 Scouting 6 Honours, military and patriotic medals 6.1 Commonwealth and its member states 6.1.1 United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations 6.1.2 Australia 6.1.3 Bangladesh 6.1.4 Canada 6.1.5 India 6.1.6 New Zealand 6.1.7 Sri Lanka 6.1.8 South Africa 6.2 Other nations 6.2.1 Austria 6.2.2 Belgium 6.2.3 Czech Republic 6.2.4 Denmark 6.2.5 Estonia 6.2.6 Finland 6.2.7 France 6.2.8 Germany 6.2.9 Greece 6.2.10 Hong Kong 6.2.11 Iceland 6.2.12 Israel 6.2.13 Italy 6.2.14 Japan 6.2.15 Kazakhstan 6.2.16 Korea 6.2.17 Kuwait 6.2.18 Latvia 6.2.19 Liechtenstein 6.2.20 Lithuania 6.2.21 Mexico 6.2.22 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 6.2.23 Netherlands 6.2.24 Norway 6.2.25 Nepal 6.2.26 Pakistan 6.2.27 Panama 6.2.28 Philippines 6.2.29 Portugal 6.2.30 Poland 6.2.31 Russia 6.2.32 Soviet Union (former) 6.2.33 Spain 6.2.34 Sweden 6.2.35 United States 7 Entertainment 7.1 Advertising 7.2 Beauty 7.3 Comic books 7.4 Film 7.5 Humor 7.6 Internet and computers 7.7 Music 7.8 Stage 7.9 Television 7.10 Tourism 7.11 Radio 8 Sports and Games 8.1 Overall 8.2 Auto Racing 8.3 Baseball 8.4 Basketball 8.5 Board games 8.6 Boxing 8.7 Chess 8.8 Cricket 8.9 Figure skating 8.10 American Football 8.11 Ice hockey 8.12 Lacrosse 8.13 Olympic medalists 8.14 Tennis 8.15 Videogames 8.16 Other sports 8.17 Quizbowl 9 Miscellaneous 10 Mock prizes 11 Awards by recipient 12 See also 13 Sources and references 14 External links

• Albert Einstein World Award of Science - true benefit and well being to mankind (World Cultural Council)
• Alexander Agassiz Medal - a medal and a prize of US$15,000 awarded every three years for original contribution in the science of oceanography by the US National Academy of Sciences
• Automotive X PRIZE - Super-efficient vehicle design competition.^[1]
• Balzan Prize - international prize for humanities, natural sciences and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace
• Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis - biennial international award for applied laser technology (Foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung)
• Copley Medal - Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences (Royal Society of London)
• Crafoord Prize - Sweden
• Dan David Prize - US$1 million prize honouring scientists in the field of "Future Dimension."
• Demidov Prize - prize established in 1831 for humanities and natural sciences and annually awarded to Russian scientists in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• Ho-Am Prize - Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind
• Hubbard Medal - National Geographic Society award for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research
• Japan Prize
• John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies
• Kavli Prize
• Kilby International Awards - contributions to Society through Science, Technology, Innovation, Invention, and Education^[2]
• King Faisal Foundation Prize - King Faisal Foundation was established in 1976 by the eight sons of the late King Faisal ibn Abd Al Aziz, a son of Saudi Arabia's founder and the Kingdom's third monarch. Prizes for Service to Islam, Islamic Studies and Arabic Literature were established in 1977 and first awarded in 1979. In 1981 the Prize Board added Medicine; Science was included in 1982.
• Kyoto Prize - Inamori Foundation Japan
• Public Service (Lasker Foundation)
• Lenin Prize - formerly awarded to Soviet citizens for achievements in arts and letters, cinema, mathematics, sciences and other disciplines.
• Lomonosov Gold Medal - Natural Sciences and the Humanities (Russian Academy of Sciences)
• Marcel Benoist Prize (Switzerland) - for Sciences and the Humanities
• NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
• National Medal of Science - given by the President of the United States on recommendation of the National Science Foundation to scientists and engineers in behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
• National Medal of Technology - American award for leading innovators.
• Nicholas Appert Award - given by the Institute of Food Technologists for lifetime contributions to food technology.
• Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, annual, $25,000.
• Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Nuclear-Free Future Award awarded annually
• Otto Hahn Medal - awarded annual by the Max Planck Society
• Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences, Public Affairs, Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)
• Rumford Medal - (Royal Society) restricted to scientists working in Europe
• Rumford Prize - (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
• Rutherford Medal - (Royal Society of New Zealand)
• Shaw Prize
• State Science and Technology Prizes - The highest award granted for Science and Technology in China
• Unsung Hero of Australian Science Award - (Australian Science Communicators)
• Vannevar Bush Award - welfare of mankind and the nation (National Science Foundation)
• Wayne B. Nottingham Prize - awarded annually for outstanding doctoral research in surface science.
• Werner-von-Siemens-Ring - tributes to persons who have promoted the technical sciences

• Wolf Prize in Agriculture (Wolf Foundation)
• World Food Prize

• Bruce Medal - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Klumpke-Roberts Award - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Robert J. Trumpler Award - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Amateur Achievement Award - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics - Astrophysics - awarded by the American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Physics
• Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society (of England)
• George Van Biesbroeck Prize - Astronomy - awarded by the American Astronomical Society
• James Craig Watson Medal - Astronomy - awarded by the National Academy of Sciences

• American Astronautical Society William Randolph Lovelace II Award
• America's Space Prize
• ANSARI X PRIZE - Private suborbital spaceflight, won by Mojave Aerospace Ventures
• NASA Centennial Challenges
• Coupe Femina - Early aviation award for record breaking non-stop flights
• Collier Trophy - A current award in the aviation field
• Google Lunar X Prize - An award for successfully launching, landing, and operating a rover on the lunar surface.
• Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning
• Harmon Trophy
• Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization
• NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering - aeronautical engineering
• Orteig Prize - Aviation for trans-atlantic crossing, won by Charles Lindbergh
• Piccard Memorial Trophy, Balloon Federation of America
• Polaris Award
• Sikorsky Prize - Human Powered Helicopters
• Spaceward Space Elevator Games
• Wright Brothers Medal

• Clarke Medal - awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales (Australia) for distinguished work in the Natural sciences
• Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize - in Biology and Biochemistry (Columbia University)
• D.L. Serventy Medal - Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)
• Franklin Award - for open access in biology (Bioinformatics Organization)
• John Hobbs Medal - Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Karolinska Institute)
• E. B. Wilson Medal

• Otto Hahn Prize - awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt am Main.
• Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize- in Biochemistry (Columbia University)
• Glenn T. Seaborg Medal - Chemistry and Biochemistry (UCLA)
• Fritz Pregl Prize - Austrian award in Chemistry (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
• Kołos Medal - awarded by the University of Warsaw and the Polish Chemical Society
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Priestley Medal - Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
• Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Wolf Foundation)

• ACM Turing Award
• Alfred Noble Prize
• Charles Stark Draper Prize
• CODiE Award
• EFF Pioneer Award
• Enrico Fermi Award - for lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy.
• FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
• Franklin Medal - for innovation (Franklin Institute)
• Gibbs Brothers Medal - Naval architecture, Marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences).
• Gödel Prize Award for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science
• Herbrand Award for outstanding contributions to the field of automated deduction
• IEEE David Sarnoff Award
• IEEE John von Neumann Medal
• IEEE Medal of Honor
• IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
• IEEE Edison Medal - a gold medal for achievement in electrical science, engineering or arts
• IEEE Nikola Tesla Award - for electric power
• IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
• Knuth reward check
• Knuth Prize
• Lemelson-MIT Prize
• Longitude prize - precise determination of a ship's longitude
• Marconi Prize - advancements in communications
• Millennium Technology Prize - for outstanding technological achievements
• Netflix Prize
• Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
• Perkin Medal
• Pirelli Internetional Award
• Tony Kent Strix award
• Timoshenko Medal (ASME)
• The ASME Medal(ASME)
• Dedicated Service Award(ASME)
• Elmer A. Sperry Award(ASME)
• Lyapunov Award(ASME)

• Energy Globe Awards (World Awards for Sustainability)

• Aberconway Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Ambrose Medal - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)
• Arthur L. Day Medal - Geology (Geological Society of America)
• Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal - Precambrian Geology (National Academy of Sciences)
• E. R. Ward Neale Medal - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)
• Logan Medal - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)
• Lyell Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Major Edward D'Ewes Fitzgerald Coke Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Major John Sacheverell A'Deane Coke Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Murchison Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Penrose Medal - Geology (Geological Society of America)
• Prestwich Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• R. J. W. Douglas Medal - Petroleum geology (Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists)
• Sue Tyler Friedman Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Thorarinsson Medal - Volcanology
• William H. Twenhofel Medal - Sedimentary Geology (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
• William Smith Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Wollaston Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
• Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)

• Murchison Award - awarded by the Royal Geographical Society for the greatest contribution to geographical science
• Hubbard Medal - awarded by the National Geographic Society
• Victoria Medal - awarded by the Royal Geographical Society for conspicuous (sic) in Geography
• Gold Medal (RGS) - the highest award given by the Royal Geographical Society

• Abel Prize
• Adams Prize
• Bôcher Memorial Prize
• Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
• Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems
• Clay Research Award
• Cole Prize
• Dantzig Prize
• De Morgan Medal
• Euler Medal
• European Mathematical Society Prize
• Fermat Prize
• Fields Medal
• Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize
• Fröhlich Prize
• Fulkerson Prize
• J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software
• John Bates Clark Medal - Economics
• John von Neumann Theory Prize
• Kirkman medal
• Lesilie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis
• Lobachevsky International Prize
• Loève Prize
• Modesto Panetti Prize
• Nevanlinna Prize
• Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
• Ostrowski Prize
• Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry
• Pólya Prize
• SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
• Salem Prize
• Schock Prize - Mathematics
• Shaw Prize
• Simion Stoilow Prize
• Sophie Germain Prize
• Steele Prize
• Wolf Prize in Mathematics

• Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (Lasker Foundation)
• Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (Lasker Foundation)
• Aldridge Medal
• British Orthodontic Society Technicians Award
• Danone International Prize for Nutrition
• Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction (Susan G. Komen for the Cure)
• Methuselah Mouse Prize - or M-Prize modeled after the X-Prize
• Prize4Life - medical prizes for advancements in ALS/MND research.
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Karolinska Institute)
• Robert L. Noble Prize (National Cancer Institute of Canada)
• Wolf Prize in Medicine (Wolf Foundation)
• Archon X PRIZE (X Prize Foundation)

• Comstock Prize in Physics - awarded by the National Academy of Sciences about every five years.
• Otto Hahn Prize - awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt am Main.
• Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics - awarded by American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics
• Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics - awarded by American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics
• Dirac Prize – there are two prizes with the same name. "Dirac Medal of the ICTP" is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). "The Paul Dirac Medal and Prize" is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics for "outstanding contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics".
• Henry Draper Medal - Astrophysics (National Academy of Sciences)
• Hughes Medal - Electricity and Magnetism (Royal Society of London)
• J. Tuzo Wilson Medal - Geophysics (Canadian Geophysical Union
• John Wheatley Award - contributions to development of physics in the third world (American Physical Society)
• Lorentz Medal - awarded every four years to a scientist in recognition of important contributions to theoretical physics.
• Matteucci Medal - awarded each year to a physicist for fundamental contributions in the progress of science
• Nobel Prize in Physics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Sakurai Prize (awarded by American Physical Society)
• Wolf Prize in Physics (Wolf Foundation)

• Holberg International Memorial Prize
• Jean Nicod Prize
• Governor's Award (Albania)

• Holberg International Memorial Prize
• U.S. Library of Congress John W. Kluge Prize
• USA's Kennedy Center Honors: list of recipients
• Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
• Salimbeni Prize for a book in the field of art history
• Wolf Prize in Arts

(See also List of architecture prizes)

• Pritzker Prize
• Stirling Prize
• AIA Gold Medal
• Prémio Valmor (Portugal)
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Architecture

• Abd-el-Tif prize
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Painting
• Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award
• Art Interview - International Online Artist Competition
• Beck's Futures
• Carnegie Prize
• CPS Principal's Championship
• Factor Prize in Southern Art
• Green Room Awards
• Hanno and Ilse Hahn Prize for outstanding contributions in Italian Art History
• Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts
• Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
• Prix de Rome
• Puvis de Chavannes Prize
• Saint-Affrique Prize
• Schock Prize in Visual Arts
• Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
• Tezuka Award for manga
• Turner Prize

• Alcuin Society Book Design Awards
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Graphic Design
• Apple Design Awards
• Compasso d'Oro
• European Design Awards
• Industrial Design Excellence Award
• National Design Award
• Red dot design award
• Yahoo! Sharpener Award

• Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education
• Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards

• Bancroft Prize
• Beveridge Award
• Pulitzer Prize for History

• Cavling prize (Denmark)
• CPJ International Press Freedom Award
• DuPont-Columbia Award
• Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
• George Foster Peabody Award - Broadcast journalism
• John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Awards^[3]
• Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage^[4] (Germany)*NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language
• Ortega y Gasset Award
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award
• UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
• World Association of Newspapers's Golden Pen of Freedom Award

• Pulitzer Prize for
  • Beat Reporting
  • Breaking News Reporting
  • Breaking News Photography
  • Commentary
  • Criticism
  • Editorial Cartooning
  • Editorial Writing
  • Explanatory Reporting
  • Feature Photography
  • Feature Writing
  • International Reporting
  • Investigative Reporting
  • National Reporting
  • Public Service
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award
• NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language
• Ortega y Gasset Award
• Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage^[5] (Germany)
• John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Awards^[6]
• CPJ International Press Freedom Award
• World Association of Newspapers's Golden Pen of Freedom Award
• UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
• Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
• Cavling prize, Denmark
• Walkley Award, (Australia)

Main articles: List of literary awards and List of poetry awards

• Holberg International Memorial Prize
• The Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award
• Templeton Prize

• Deming Prize for Quality
• European IST Grand Prize
• Henry Laurence Gantt Medal
• Japan Quality Medal
• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
• Nikkei QC Literature Prize
• Ron Brown Award
• Qimpro Benchmark Competition - for excellence in business excellence

• Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy

• Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law
• Holberg International Memorial Prize

• Lawrence O'Brien Award in Democratic Politics
• Profiles in Courage Award

• Albert Medal - for contribution to society (Royal Society of Arts)
• Brandeis Award - pro-privacy
• Community of Christ International Peace Award
• Fletcher Foundation, Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship - for contributions to civil rights
• Franklin Medal - for Anglo-American cooperation (Royal Society of Arts)
• Freedom Award
• Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold - awarded by the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN) and the Governing Mayor of Berlin
• Herder Prize - promotion of art and scientific relations in Central and Southeastern Europe
• Gandhi Peace Prize
• Ho-Am Prize: Community Service
• International Peace Prize - awarded by the World Peace Council
• Joliot-Curie Golden Medal of Peace - awarded by the World Peace Council
• Karlspreis
• Lenin Peace Prize
• Leo J. Ryan Award, in honor and memory of the only member of Congress to be killed in the line of duty - Congressman Leo J. Ryan
• Library of Congress Living Legend
• MacArthur Fellowship
• Man of the Year/Person of the Year (Time Magazine)
• Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership a $5 million award for African heads of state for development achievement
• Nansen Refugee Award
• Nobel Peace Prize (Parliament of Norway)
• Pearson Medal of Peace
• Ramon Magsaysay award - for achievement by Asians
• Right Livelihood Award
• Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought
• Spingarn Medal - for achievement by Black Americans
• Takeda Award
• Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion
• Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize
• U Thant Peace Award - honours individuals or organizations for accomplishments toward the attainment of world peace
• Verodiano award
• Wateler Peace Prize - awarded by the Carnegie Foundation

For more details on this topic, see List of highest awards in Scouting.

See also: Category:Scout and Guide awards

• Bronze Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
• Chief Scout's Award (Canada)
• Cornwell Decoration
• Crown Scout (Belgium)
• Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
• Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
• Eagle Scout (Philippines)
• Explorer Belt
• Gold Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
• Pramuka Garuda (Eagle Scout, Indonesia)
• Queen's Scout
• Queen's Venturer Award
• Silver Award (Boy Scouts of America)
• Silver Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
• Tiger Scout (Korea Scout Association)

See also: Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)

Main list: Orders, decorations, and medals

• British honours system
• List of people who have declined a British honour
• British and Commonwealth orders and decorations
  • Victoria Cross (VC)
  • Order of the Garter (KG)
• 100 Greatest Britons (result BBC poll in 2002)
• 100 Worst Britons (result Channel 4 poll in 2003)

Main article: Australian Honours System

• Australian of the Year
• Cross of Valour
• Order of Australia
• Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award

• Bir Sreshtho
• Bir Uttom
• Bir Bikrom
• Bir Protik

• Canada's Walk of Fame
• Cross of Valour
• Order of Canada
• Order of Military Merit
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Order of Ontario
• National Order of Quebec
• Pearson Medal of Peace

• Bharat Ratna
• Gandhi Peace Prize
• Padma Vibhushan
• Padma Bhushan
• Padma Shri
• Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Military gallantry awards:

• Param Vir Chakra
• Ashoka Chakra
• Maha Vir Chakra
• Vir Chakra
• Shaurya Chakra
• Kirti Chakra

Military distinguished service awards:

• Param Visisht Seva Medal
• Ati Visisht Seva Medal
• Visisht Seva Medal

Main article: New Zealand Honours System

Main article: Awards and decorations of the military of Sri Lanka

Military gallantry awards:

• Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
• Weerodara Vibhushanaya
• Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
• Rana Wickrama Padakkama
• Rana Sura Padakkama

Military distinguished service awards:

• Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
• Uttama Seva Padakkama
• Videsha Seva Padakkama
• Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal

Main article: South African Orders, Decorations and Medals

• Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich (Austrian Decorations of Honor)
• Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art)
• Imperial and former Austrian Orders of Merit

• Order of Leopold
• Order of the Crown
• Order of Leopold II

• Order of the White Lion
• Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order
• Medal for Heroism
• Medal of Merit

• Order of the Elephant (Elefantordenen)
• Order of the Dannebrog (Dannebrogordenen)

• Order of the National Coat of Arms
• Order of the White Star
• Order of the Cross of the Eagle
• Order of the Estonian Red Cross
• Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
• Protection of Natural Amenities Medal

• Order of the Cross of Liberty
• Pro-Finlandia medal
• Order of the White Rose of Finland
• Order of the Lion of Finland

• Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour)
• Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit)
• Order of Arts and Letters (L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
• Order of the Academic Palm (L'Ordre des Palmes Académiques)

• Pour le Mérite (The "Blue Max")
• Bundesverdienstkreuz
• Iron Cross

• Order of the Redeemer
• Order of Honour
• Order of the Phoenix
• Order of Beneficence

Main article: Hong Kong honours system

• Order of the Falcon

• Israel Prize

Main article: Italian orders of merit

• Gold Medal of Military Valor
• Silver Medal of Military Valor

• Order of the Chrysanthemum (Kikka sho)
• Order of the Rising Sun (Kyokujitsu sho)
• Order of the Precious Crown (Hokan sho)
• Order of the Sacred Treasures (Zuihō sho)
• Order of Culture (Bunka Kunsho)
• Medals of Honor

• Order of the Golden Eagle

• Grand Order of Mugunghwa (Mugunghwa Daehunjang)
• Order of National Foundation Merit (Gunguk Hunjang)
• Order of Civil Merit (Gukmin Hunjang)
• Order of Military Merit (Mugong Hunjang)
• Order of Service Merit (Geunjung Hunjang)
• Order of Diplomatic Merit (Sugyo Hunjang)
• Order of National Security Merit (Boguk Hunjang)
• Order of Industrial Service Merit (Sanup Hunjang)
• Order of Cultural Merit (Munhwa Hunjang)
• Order of Sports Merit (Chaeyuk Hunjang)
• Order of National Redevelopment Merit (Saemaul Hunjang)
• Order of Scientific and Technological Merit (Gwahakgisul Hunjang)

• Order of Kuwait

• Order of the Three Stars

• Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein

• Order of Vytautas the Great
• Order of the Cross of Vytis
• Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
• Order for Merits to Lithuania

Main article: Mexican Honours System

See also: Mexican Imperial Orders

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
• Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo
• Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle

• Order pro merito Melitensi

• Order of William
• Order of the Dutch Lion
• Order of Orange Nassau

• War Cross with sword
• Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement
• The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
• The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
• Haakon VIIs Freedom Cross
• St Olavs medal with Oak Branch
• Medal for Heroism in Gold
• The Kings Medal of Merit in Gold
• St Olavs medal
• War Medal
• Medal of Heroism, Military
• Haakon VIIs Freedom Medal
• Medal for Heroism in Silver
• Medal for Rescue at Sea

• Gorkha Dakshin Bahu/ The Most Puissant Order of the Gurkha Right Arm
• Mahendramala Manapadvi / Order of Mahendra Mala
• Sena Saubhagya Bhaskar
• Nepal Pratap Bhaskar
• Ojasvirajanyako Manapadvi / The Most Glorious Order of Rajanya
• Tribhavan Prajatantra Shripad
• Nepal Shripad
• Nepal Tara / The Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal
• Om Ram Patta
• Trishakti Patta
• Nepal Mahapratap Vardhak
• Nepal Pratap Vardhak
• Suvir Patta
• Nepal Yashovardhak
• Vir Patta
• Mahendra Prahari
• Mahendra Ratna
• Shubha Rajyabishek Padak
• Bahaduri Padak / Bravery Medal
• Suprashamsaniya Patta
• Prashanasaniya Patta
• Seva Patta / Service Medal
• Durgam Sewa Padak
• Paradesa Sewa Padak
• Prahari Ratna
• Prahari Parakrem Padak
• Dirgha Sewa Patta
• Seva Padak / Service Medal
• Nepal Bhushan / Decoration of Nepal
• Gajendra Moksha / Life Saving Medal
• Akash Seva Patta / Air Service Medal
• Varuna Padak
• Lakshaya Bheda Padak
• Shubha Rajyabishek Padak / Coronation of King Mahendra
• Rajata Jayanti Padak
• Coronation of King Bihendra
• Assam Burma Ladain Padak / Assam-Burma Medal
• Maha Bhoonampa Piditoddhara Padak / The Great Earthquake Medal, 1935
• Medal Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V
• Long Service Medal

• Nishan-e-Haider

• Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero

• Order of Sikatuna
• BPI-DOST Science Awards

• Order of the Tower and Sword
• Order of Christ
• Order of Aviz
• Order of Santiago da Espada
• Order of Infante D. Henrique
• Order of Liberty
• Order of Merit
• Order of Public Instruction
• Order of Agricultural, Commercial or Industrial Merit

• Order of the White Eagle
• Virtuti Militari
• Order of Polonia Restituta

Honorary title:

• Hero of the Russian Federation

Orders:

• Order of St. Andrew (highest civil and military award)
• Order of Saint George (highest military award)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland
• Order of Courage
• Order of Zhoukov
• Order of Suvorov
• Order of Ushakov
• Order of Kutuzov
• Order of Alexander Nevsky
• Order of Nakhimov
• Order of Military Merit
• Order of Maritime Merit
• Order of Reverence
• Order of Friendship

Crosses:

• Cross of St George

Medals (main):

• Medal of the Gold Star (for the title "Hero of the Russian Federation")
• Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland
• Medal for Valor
• Medal of Suvorov
• Medal of Nesterov
• Medal of Ushakov
• Medal of Zhukov
• Medal of Pushkin

Main article: Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union

• Hero of the Soviet Union (honorary title)
• Hero of Socialist Labour (honorary title)
• Order of Lenin
• Order of Suvorov
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of Victory

• Order of the Golden Fleece

• Order of Seraphim
• Order of the Sword
• Order of Vasa
• Order of the Polar Star

See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military

• Medal of Honor
• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Congressional Gold Medal
• Honorary Citizen of the United States

• ATOM Award (Australia, New Zealand) - for film, television, and digital multimedia
• Bambi Prize (Germany) - Hubert Burda Media, for television and media
• Jacob's Award (Ireland) - for outstanding contributions to Irish radio and television
• NAACP Image Award - for upstanding portrayals of African-Americans in film, television, music and literature
• People's Choice Award (for television, film and music in the United States)

• The International Andy Awards
• Clio Awards
• Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
• D&AD
• Effie Awards
• Summit International Awards
• The One Show

Main article: Beauty contest

• Miss Universe
• Miss World
• Miss Europe
• Mr. Universe
• Mr. World
• National
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    • Miss Teen Canada International
  • Miss Hong Kong
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  • Miss USA
  • Miss Venezuela

• Adamson Awards
• Alley Award
• Bill Finger Award
• Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
• The Doug Wright Award
• Eagle Awards
• Eisner Award
• Friends of Lulu Award
• Harvey Award
• Haxtur Award
• Ignatz Awards
• Joe Shuster Award
• Kirby Awards
• Kodansha Manga Award
• Max & Moritz Prizes
• National Comics Award (United Kingdom)
• Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
• Prix Saint-Michel
• Prix de la critique
• Russ Manning Award
• Shazam Award
• Squiddy Award
• Urhunden Prizes
• Wizard Fan Awards
• Xeric Foundation - financial grant for self-publishing comic book creators

See also list of film awards, film festival.

• Academy Award (Oscar)
• Amanda Award
• British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
• Cesar Award (France) -
• Crystal Globe - (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
• Crystal Simorgh - (Fajr International Film Festival) (Iran)
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India)
• David di Donatello Awards
• Étalan de Yennenga (Africa) - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
• European Film Awards - European Film Academy
• Genie Awards
• Golden Bear (Germany) - Berlin Film Festival
• Golden Globe Award
• Golden Leopard (Switzerland) - Locarno International Film Festival
• Golden Lion (Italy) - Venice Film Festival
• Goya Award (Spain)
• Guldbagge Award (Sweden)
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Lola Awards - Awarded by the German Film Academy
• Palme d'Or (France) - Cannes Film Festival
• SIGNY award - Adult entertainment industry
• Spencer Tracy Award - UCLA Campus Events Commission
• Screen Actor's Guild Awards

• British Comedy Awards
• Canadian Comedy Awards
• Commie Awards
• Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• Perrier Comedy Award (United Kingdom)
• Premio Quevedos (Spain) - for graphical humor

• Prix Ars Electronica (Austria)
• Webby Award
• New Statesman New Media Awards (UK)

• Akil Koci Prize
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
• ASCAP/CMA Award
• ARIA Awards
• BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award
• BRIT Awards
• Comet - German all music channel Viva
• Echo - German Phonographic Academy
• Eurovision Song Contest
• Festival della canzone italiana (Italy) - Sanremo Music Festival
• GeoMusic Awards[1] - International and National Awards for independent musicians
• George Peabody Medal
• Grammy Award
• Grand Prix du Disque (France)
• Grawemeyer Award - Music Composition of Fame Award
• Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame
• Ivor Novello Award - British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
• Juno Award (Canada)
• Léonie Sonning Music Award^[7]
• MTV Europe Music Award
• MTV Video Music Award
• Polar Music Prize
• Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik - German Record Critics Award
• Prix de Rome
• Pulitzer Prize for Music
• Schock Prize in Musical Arts
• Sibelius Prize

• Drama Desk Awards
• The Eugene O'Neill Award (Sweden)
• Laurence Olivier Awards (United Kingdom)
• Obie Award
• Tony Award

• British Academy Television Awards
• Deutscher Fernsehpreis - German Television Award
• Edward R. Murrow Award
• Emmy Award
• Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
• FIPA d'Or (International) - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
• Gemini Award
• George Foster Peabody Award - Broadcast Journalism
• Golden Globe Award
• Golden Rose of Montreux
• Goldene Kamera
• Grimme Preis
• Logie Award (Australia)
• National Television Awards
• Royal Television Society Awards
• Telly Awards

• Pomme d'Or - European Association of Professional Travel Writers and Journalists
• IAAPA Applause Award - International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
• Thea award - Themed Entertainment Association

• NAB Marconi Radio Awards
• Radio Academy Award

• Egebergs Ærespris
• NACDA Director's Cup
• Laureus World Sports Awards
• James E. Sullivan Award
• Olympic Cup

• Borg-Warner Trophy
• Gordon Bennett Cup
• Vanderbilt Cup
• Category:Auto racing trophies and awards

• Cy Young Award
• Rookie of the Year Award
• Most Valuable Player Award
• Gold Glove Award
• Olympic medalists
• World Series
• Baseball Hall of Fame

• Basketball Hall of Fame
• NBA Most Valuable Player
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year
• NBA Sixth Man Award
• NBA Rookie of the Year
• NBA Coach of the Year
• NBA Executive of the Year
• Naismith Award
• Wooden Award
• NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

• Charles Roberts Award
• Deutscher Spiele Preis
• Origins Award
• Spiel des Jahres

• Golden Gloves
• Olympic medals

• National Chess Champions
• World Chess Champions
• World Junior Chess Champions
• International Grandmasters

• Allan Border Medal
• ICC Awards
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year

• World Figure skating Champions
• European Figure skating Champions
• Four Continents Figure skating Champions
• U.S. Figure skating Champions

• see College football#College Football Awards
• Grey Cup (Canadian football)
• Super Bowl
• Category:American football trophies and awards
• Category:Canadian football trophies and awards
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

• Allan Cup
• Art Ross Trophy
• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
• Calder Cup
• Calder Memorial Trophy
• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
• Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy
• Frank J. Selke Trophy
• Hart Memorial Trophy
• Hobey Baker Award
• Jack Adams Award
• James Norris Memorial Trophy
• King Clancy Memorial Trophy
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
• Les Cunningham Award
• Lester B. Pearson Award
• Lester Patrick Trophy
• Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy
• Memorial Cup
• NHL Plus/Minus Award
• Patty Kazmaier Award
• Presidents' Trophy
• Prince of Wales Trophy
• Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award
• Stanley Cup
• Vezina Trophy
• William M. Jennings Trophy

• Champion's Cup
• Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award
• Founders Cup
• Jack Turnbull Award
• Les Bartley Award
• Les Bartley Award (Toronto Rock)
• Lt. Raymond Enners Award
• Major League Lacrosse Coach of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse Community Service Award
• Major League Lacrosse Defensive player of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse Goaltender of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse Most Improved Player of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse MVP Award
• Major League Lacrosse Offensive player of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse Sportsman of the Year Award
• Major League Lacrosse Weekly Awards
• Mann Cup
• McLaughlin Award
• Minto Cup
• National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award
• National Lacrosse League Executive of the Year Award
• National Lacrosse League GM of the Year Award
• National Lacrosse League Goaltender of the Year Award
• National Lacrosse League Monthly Awards
• National Lacrosse League MVP Award
• National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award
• National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
• National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards
• Presidents Cup
• Schmeisser Award
• Steinfeld Cup
• Tewaaraton Trophy
• Tom Borrelli Award

• Alpine skiing
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• Biathlon
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• Diving
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• Field hockey
• Figure skating
• Football
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• Gymnastics (men) (women)
• Handball
• Ice hockey
• Judo
• Luge
• Modern pentathlon
• Nordic combined
• Rowing (men) (women)
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Short track speed skating
• Skeleton
• Ski jumping
• Snowboarding
• Softball
• Speed skating
• Swimming (men) (women)
• Synchronized swimming
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Water polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

• List of Wimbledon champions
• List of Australian Open champions
• List of French Open champions
• List of US Open champions
• Davis Cup
• Fed Cup
• Hopman Cup

• Interactive Achievement Awards

• America's Cup, the oldest active trophy in international sport, since 1851
• Commonwealth Games
• Alpine Skiing World Cup
• Rugby World Cup
• Cricket World Cup
• The Ashes - the oldest prize in international cricket, since 1882
• FIFA World Cup
• Intercontinental Cup - (soccer)
• Brownlow Medal (Australian football)
• World Championships in Biathlon
• List of winners of the Boston Marathon
• Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality,
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero Award
• Melbourne Cup,
• Cox Plate,
• Caulfield Cup,
• Callahan MVP Award - Ultimate Frisbee^[8]

• The College Bowl
• The Meredith Cup
• The Carper Award

• All-America City Award
• Dickin Medal - the animals' Victoria Cross
• Order of Smile - the only medal awarded internationally by children
• XRCO awards
• Pipe Smoker of the Year
• Evening Standard Pub of the Year - as voted for by the readers of London's Evening Standard

• Big Brother Awards - anti-privacy
• Ig Nobel Prize
• Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzie)
• Golden Turkey Award
• Darwin Awards
• Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
• Foot in Mouth Prize
• Bad Sex in Fiction Award
• Naomi Awards

• List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
• List of awards honoring African Americans
• List of early career awards

• Honorary degree
• International Prize Court
• List of honorary societies
• List of prizes, medals, and awards in Singapore
• List of reference tables
• Literary award
• Prize money

• Canada's Awards Database
• The International Congress of Distinguished Awards (ICDA) Official website
• Provisional 2006 ICDA Official Roster of Distinguished Awards

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