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
References
External links Official Lorentz Medal site at the Royal Academy Lorentz Medal site at the Institute Lorentz