FieldsMedal

A prize awarded to up to four MathematicianS (under forty) at each InternationalCongressOfMathematics since 1936 and regularly since 1948 at the iniative of the Canadian mathematican Fields. IMU Fields Medal pages

The purpose is to give recognition and support to young mathematical researchers having already made important contributions.

• 2002 (Beijing, China): bets are open
• 1998 (Berlin, Germany): Richard Borcherds, William T. Gowers, Maxim Kontsevich, Curtis McMullen
• 1994 (Zurich, Switzerland): Efim Zelmanov, Jacques-Louis Lions, Jean Bourgain, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
• 1990 (Kyoto, Japan): Vladimir Drinfeld, Vaughan F.R. Jones, Shigefumi Mori, Edward Witten
• 1986 (Berkeley, CA)Simon Donaldson, Gerd Faltings, Michael Freedman
• 1983 (Warsawa, Poland): Alain Connes, William Thurston, ShingTungYau
• 1978 (Vancouver, Canada): Pierre Deligne, Charles Fefferman, Grigory Margulis, Daniel Quillen
• 1974 (Helsinki, Finland): Enrico Bombieri, David Mumford
• 1970 (Nice, France): Alan Baker, Heisuke Hironaka, Sergei Novikov, John G Thompson
• 1966 (Moskva, Russia): Michael Atiyah, Paul J. Cohen, Alexander Grothendieck, Stephen Smale
• 1962 ((Stockholm, Sweden): Lars Hormander, John Milnor
• 1958 : Klaus Roth, Rene Thom
• 1954 : Kunihiko Kodaira, Jean-Pierre Serre
• 1950 : Laurent Schwartz, Atle Selberg
• 1936 : Lars Ahlfors, Jesse Douglas

Famous contemporary mathematicians not having received this award:

ErdösPal (which could have shared Selberg medal for instance), VladimirArnold.

Don't forget the NevanlinnaPrize.