Fields Medal

The International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, better known as the Fields Medal, is a distinction awarded since 1936 by the International Mathematical Union on a quadrennial basis, being the highest award given by the international mathematical community. It is named in honor of Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields and is only awarded to mathematicians under the age of 40, with a reward of C$15,000.

Given the non-existence of the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, this award was established for the best mathematicians, being awarded to one or more people.

The gold-plated medal was designed by Robert T. McKenzie in 1933. On the obverse is the head of the Greek mathematician Archimedes and the inscription "Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri" ("Go beyond yourself and rule the world"). The reverse features a sphere inscribed in a cylinder and the inscription "Congregati ex toto orbe mathematici ob scripta insignia tribuere" ("Mathematicians from all over the world gathered to give this medal for excellent writing").

Fields Medal Winners

Year	Winners
1936	Lars AhlforsFinlandFinland), Harvard University Jesse Douglas (United States), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1950	Laurent Schwartz (France), University of Nancy
	Atle Selberg (Atle Selberg)Norway Norway), Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
1954	Kunihiko KodairaJapanJapan), Princeton University
	Jean-Pierre Serre (France), University of Paris
1958	Klaus Friedrich Roth (United KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of London
	René ThomFrance), University of Strasbourg
1962	Lars V. Hörmander (Sweden Sweden), University of Stockholm
	John Willard Milnor (United States), Princeton University
1966	Michael Francis Atiyah (United KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of Oxford
	Paul Joseph Cohen (United States of America, Stanford University
	Alexander Grothendieck (France), University of Paris
	Stephen Smale (United States), University of Berkeley
1970	Alan BakerUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of Cambridge
	Heisuke HironakaJapanJapan), Harvard University
	Sergéi Nóvikov (Soviet Union), University of Moscow
	John Griggs Thompson (United States), University of Cambridge
1974	Enrico BombieriItalyItaly), University of Pisa
	David Bryant MumfordUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom), Harvard University
1978	Pierre René DeligneBelgiumBelgium), Institut des hautes études scientifiques
	Charles Louis Fefferman (United States), Princeton University
	Grigori MargulisSoviet Union), University of Moscow
	Daniel G. Quillen (United States), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1982	Alain Connes (Alain Connes)France), Institut des hautes études scientifiques
	William P. Thurston (United States), Princeton University
	Shing-Tung YauUnited States, Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
1986	Simon Donaldson (United KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of Oxford
	Gerd FaltingsGermanyGermany), Princeton University
	Michael Freedman (United States), University of San Diego
1990	Vladimir Drinfeld (Soviet Union), Institute of Physics of Kharkov
	Vaughan Jones (New ZealandNew Zealand), University of Berkeley
	Shigefumi MoriJapanJapan), Kyoto University
	Edward Witten (United States, Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
1994	Pierre-Louis LionsFrance), Université de Paris-Dauphine
	Jean-Christophe YoccozFrance), Université de Paris-Sud
	Jean BourgainBelgiumBelgium), Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
	Yefim ZelmánovRussia Russia), University of Wisconsin
1998	Richard Ewen BorcherdsSouth Africa), University of Cambridge
	W. Timothy Gowers (United KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of Cambridge
	Maxim KontsevichRussia Russia), Institut des hautes études scientifiques
	Curtis T. McMullenUnited States), Harvard University
2002	Vladimir VoevodskyRussia Russia), Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
	Laurent LafforgueFrance), Institut des hautes études scientifiques
2006	Andrei OkounkovRussia Russia), Princeton University
	Grigori Perelmán (Russia Russia), Steklov Mathematical Institute (rejected the award)
	Terence TaoAustralia), University of California, Los Angeles
	Wendelin WernerFrance), Université de Paris-Sud
2010	Elon LindenstraussIsraelIsrael), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
	Ngô B emblemo Châu (VietnamVietnam and France), Paris-Sud 11 University and Institute for Advanced Study
	Stanislav SmirnovRussia Russia), University of Geneva
	Cédric VillaniFrance), Henri Poincaré Institute
2014	Artur ÁvilaBrazilBrazil and France), National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics
	Manjul Bhargava (CanadaCanada and United States), Princeton University
	Martin HairerAustriaAustria), Imperial College London
	Maryam MirzajaniIranIran), Stanford University
2018	Caucher BirkarIranIran and United KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of Cambridge
	Alessio Figalli (Alessio Figalli)ItalyItaly), Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich
	Peter Scholze (GermanyGermany), University of Bonn
	Akshay VenkateshAustralia), Stanford University
2022	Hugo Duminil-Copin (France), Institut des hautes études scientifiques
	June Huh (South KoreaSouth Korea), Princeton University
	James Maynard (United KingdomUnited Kingdom), University of Oxford
	Maryna ViazovskaUkraine Ukraine), Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne

Reverso of the medal