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List of awards named after people
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This is a list of awards that are named after people.
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| Award | Named after | Field | Achievement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdus Salam Award | Abdus Salam | Science | Awarded to Pakistani nationals for achievement in the field of chemistry, mathematics, physics, or biology | |
| Abel Prize | Niels Henrik Abel | Mathematics | Awarded for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, often described as the "mathematician's Nobel prize" | |
| Jack Adams Award | Jack Adams | Ice hockey | The National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." | |
| Aga Khan Trophy | Aga Khan III | Equestrianism | ||
| Aga Khan Award for Architecture | Aga Khan IV | Architecture | Architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design | |
| Alexander Agassiz Medal | Alexander Agassiz | Oceanography | Original contributions in the science of oceanography | |
| John Agro Special Teams Award | John Agro | Canadian football | Most outstanding special teams player in the Canadian Football League | |
| Akatsuka Award | Fujio Akatsuka | Manga | To new manga artists, in the category of comedic manga | |
| Michelle Akers Player of the Year Award | Michelle Akers | Football (soccer) | Most valuable player in Women's Professional Soccer (league and award defunct) | |
| Akutagawa Prize | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Literature | The best serious literary story published in a newspaper or magazine by a new or rising author | |
| Ali–Frazier Award | Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier | Boxing | Fight of the year, as determined by the Boxing Writers Association of America | |
| Antim Cup | Antim Iverianul | Rugby union | Victory in a senior international rugby union match, other than World Cup matches or qualifiers, between the teams of Romania and Georgia | |
| Edward Appleton Medal and Prize | Edward Victor Appleton | Physics | Distinguished research in environmental, earth or atmospheric physics | |
| Archibald Prize | J. F. Archibald | Portraiture | The best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by an artist resident in Australia | |
| Arjuna Award | Arjuna | Sports | Outstanding achievement in national sports in India | |
| Arthur Ashe Courage Award | Arthur Ashe | Sports | Significant or compelling humanitarian contribution, transcending sports, by a sports-related figure. One of the ESPY Awards. | |
| Astor Cup | Vincent Astor | Auto racing | Originally awarded to winners of the Astor Challenge Cup races (1915–1916), now used as the championship trophy for the IndyCar Series. | [1] |
| Ayukawa Tetsuya Award | Tetsuya Ayukawa | Mystery fiction | For unpublished mystery novels | |
| Az-Zubair Prize for Innovation and Scientific Excellence | Az-Zubair Mohammed Salih | Science | For scientific innovation and creativity in applied and technological fields | |
| Aziz Sancar Science Awards | Aziz Sancar | Health Sciences | Significant contributions to health sciences and technologies at the international level in Turkey |
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| Award | Named after | Field | Achievement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award | Charles Babbage | Computer Science | Significant contributions in the field of parallel computing | [2] |
| Hobey Baker Award | Hobey Baker | Ice hockey | Outstanding player in NCAA men's college hockey | |
| Baly Medal | William Baly | Physiology | £400 to provide a gold medal for the person deemed to have most distinguished himself in the science of physiology, especially during the previous two years. | |
| Lorenzo Bandini Trophy | Lorenzo Bandini | Auto racing | ||
| Bartolozzi Prize | Giuseppe Bartolozzi | |||
| Batchelor Prize | George Batchelor | Fluid dynamics | Awarded once every four years to a single scientist for outstanding research in the field of fluid dynamics | |
| Sammy Baugh Trophy | Sammy Baugh | American football | Outstanding passing quarterback in Division I FBS college football | |
| Beal Prize | Andrew Beal | Mathematics | $1 million prize is awarded for either a proof or a counterexample of the Beal conjecture, a generalization of Fermat's Last Theorem, published in a refereed and respected mathematics publication | [3] |
| Becquerel Prize | Edmond Becquerel | Solar Energy | Individual with outstanding contributions to solar energy | |
| Beazley Medal | Kim Edward Beazley | |||
| Chuck Bednarik Award | Chuck Bednarik | American football | Outstanding defensive player in Division I FBS | |
| Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award | Clair Bee | Basketball | Positive contributions by an NCAA Division I men's head coach | |
| IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal | Alexander Graham Bell | Telecommunications | Exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering in the field of telecommunications | |
| Gordon Bennett Cup | James Gordon Bennett, Jr. | Auto racing | ||
| Gordon Bennett Cup | James Gordon Bennett, Jr. | Ballooning | ||
| Marcel Benoist Prize | Marcel Benoist | |||
| Jun Bernardino Trophy | Jun Bernardino | Basketball | PBA Philippine Cup championship trophy | |
| Fred Biletnikoff Award | Fred Biletnikoff | American football | Outstanding wide receiver in Division I FBS | |
| Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal | Vilhelm Bjerknes | Meteorology | "distinguished research in atmospheric sciences." | [4] |
| Elizabeth Blackwell Medal | Elizabeth Blackwell | Medicine | Woman physician "who has made the most outstanding contributions to the cause of women in the field of medicine." | [5] |
| Bledisloe Cup | Charles Bathurst | Rugby union | Challenge trophy between the national teams of Australia and New Zealand | |
| Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize | Katharine Burr Blodgett | Physics | Contributions to the organisation or application of physics in an industrial or commercial context | |
| Tom W. Bonner Prize | Tom W. Bonner | |||
| Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket | Challenge trophy between the national teams of Australia and India | |
| Max Born Medal and Prize | Max Born | Physics | Outstanding contributions to Physics | |
| Fernando Botero Prize | Fernando Botero | Art | Latin American artists aged under 35, administered by the Foundation of Young Colombian Artists | [6] |
| The National Bobby Bowden Award | Bobby Bowden | American football | Outstanding achievement by a Division I FBS player on the field, as a student, and as a "faith model" in the community | |
| Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award | Bobby Bowden | American football | Outstanding head coach in Division I FBS | |
| Bradbury Award | Ray Bradbury | Screenwriting | Excellence in screenwriting | |
| Bouclier de Brennus | Charles Brennus | Rugby union | French Top 14 championship trophy | |
| Chris Bristow Trophy | Chris Bristow | Auto racing | ||
| Peter Brock Trophy | Peter Brock | Motorsport | Winners of the Bathurst 1000 race | |
| Brownlow Medal | Charles Brownlow | Australian rules football | "Fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League | |
| Broyles Award | Frank Broyles | American football | Outstanding assistant coach in Division I FBS | |
| Bruce Medal | Catherine Wolfe Bruce | Astronomy | Outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy. | |
| W. S. Bruce Medal | William Spiers Bruce | Geography | Contributions to polar zoology, botany, geology, meteorology, oceanography or geography. | |
| Buck Buchanan Award | Buck Buchanan | American football | Outstanding defensive player in Division I FCS | |
| John Bunn Award | John Bunn | Basketball | Significant lifetime achievement in any role within the sport, as determined by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Burlsworth Trophy | Brandon Burlsworth | American football | Most outstanding player in Division I FBS who began his college career as a walk-on | |
| Vannevar Bush Award | Vannevar Bush | |||
| Butkus Award | Dick Butkus | American football | Outstanding linebackers in the NFL, college, and high school | |
| Walter Byers Scholarship | Walter Byers | Sports | Outstanding student-athletes, male and female, across all NCAA sports | |
| Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | Evelyn Byng | Ice hockey | NHL "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability" |