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CNRS Gold medallists
Since it was created in 1954, the CNRS Gold Medal is awarded annually to scientific figures who have made an exceptional contribution, in a range of disciplines, to the innovation and influence of French research. It is presented to eminent, internationally renowned scientists for their career and work.
















2002
Claude Lorius
Claude Lorius
& Jean Jouzel
Climatology

2001
Maurice Godelier
Maurice Godelier
Anthropology

2000
Michel Lazdunski
Michel Lazdunski
Biochemistry

1999
Jean-Claude Risset
Jean-Claude Risset
Computer music

1998
Pierre Potier
Pierre Potier
Chemistry

1997
Jean Rouxel
Jean Rouxel
Chemistry

1996
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Physics | Nobel Prize in physics 1997

1995
Claude Hagege
Claude Hagege
Linguistics

1994
Claude Allegre
Claude Allegre
Earth physics

1993
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu
Sociology

1992
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Neurobiology

1991
Jacques Le Goff
Jacques Le Goff
History

1990
Marc Julia
Marc Julia
Chemistry

1989
Michel Jouvet
Michel Jouvet
Biology

1988
Philippe Nozieres
Philippe Nozieres
Physics

1987
Georges Canguilhem
Georges Canguilhem
Philiosophy

1987
Jean-Pierre Serre
Jean-Pierre Serre
Mathematics | Fields medal 1954

1986
Nicole
Nicole
Le Douarin
Embryology

1985
Piotr Slonimsky
Piotr Slonimsky
Genetics

1984
Jean Brossel
Jean Brossel
Physics

1984
Jean-Pierre Vernant
Jean-Pierre Vernant
History

1983
Evry Schatzman
Evry Schatzman
Astrophysics

1982
Pierre Joliot
Pierre Joliot
Biochemistry

1981
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn
Chemistry | Nobel Prize in chemistry 1987

1981
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
Archeology

1980
Pierre-Gille
Pierre-Gille
de Gennes
Physics | Nobel Prize in physics 1991

1979
Pierre Chambon
Pierre Chambon
Biology

1978
Maurice Allais
Maurice Allais
Economics | Nobel Prize in economics 1988

1978
Pierre Jacquinot
Pierre Jacquinot
Physics

1977
Charles Fehrenbach
Charles Fehrenbach
Astronomy

1976
Henri Cartan
Henri Cartan
Mathematics

1975
Raymond Castaing
Raymond Castaing
Physics

1975
Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt
Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt
Egyptology

1974
Edgar Lederer
Edgar Lederer
Biochemistry

1973
André
André
Leroi-Gourhan
Ethnology

1972
Jacques Oudin
Jacques Oudin
Immunology

1971
Bernard Halpern
Bernard Halpern
Immunology

1970
Jacques Friedel
Jacques Friedel
Physics

1969
Georges Chaudron
Georges Chaudron
Chemistry

1968
Boris Ephrussi
Boris Ephrussi
Genetics

1967
Claude
Claude
Levy-Strauss
Ethnologie

1966
Paul Pascal
Paul Pascal
Chemistry

1965
Louis Neel
Louis Neel
Physics | Nobel Prize in physics 1970

1964
Alfred Kastler
Alfred Kastler
Physics | Nobel Prize in physics 1966

1963
Robert Courrier
Robert Courrier
Biology

1962
Marcel Delepine
Marcel Delepine
Chemistry

1961
Pol Bouin
Pol Bouin
Physiology

1960
Raoul Blanchard
Raoul Blanchard
Geography

1959
Andre Danjon
Andre Danjon
Astrophysics

1958
Gaston Ramon
Gaston Ramon
Immunology

1957
Gaston Dupouy
Gaston Dupouy
Physics

1956
Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Hadamard
Mathematics

1955
Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie
Physics | Nobel Prize in physics 1929

1954
Emile Borel