The Gold medal of CNRS is decreed every year, since its creation in 1954. It rewards “a scientific personality which contributed in an exceptional way to the dynamism and the radiation of research”. Note that CNRS decrees also several medals of money and bronze each year.

• 1954 Emile Borel (Mathematical)

• 1955 Louis de Broglie (Physical) (Nobel Prize of physics 1929)
• 1956 Jacques Hadamard (mathematical)
• 1957 Gaston Dupouy (physical)
• 1958 Gaston Ramon (Immunology)
• 1959 Andre Danjon (Astrophysical)
• 1960 Raoul Blanchard (Geography)
• 1961 pol. Bouin (Physiology)
• 1962 Marcel Delépine (Chemistry)
• 1963 Robert Mail (Biology)
• 1964 Alfred Kastler (physical) (Nobel Prize of physics 1966)
• 1965 Louis Néel (physical) (Nobel Prize of physics 1970)
• 1966 Paul Pascal (chemistry)
• 1967 Claude Lévi-Strauss (Ethnology)
• 1968 Boris Ephrussi (Genetic)
• 1969 Georges Cauldron (chemistry)
• 1970 Jacques Friedel (physical)
• 1971 Bernard Halpern (immunology)
• 1972 Jacques Oudin (immunology)
• 1973 Andre Leroi-Gourhan (ethnology)
• 1974 Edgar Lederer (Biochemistry)
• 1975
• Raimond Castaing (physical)
• Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (Egyptology)
• 1976 Henri Cartan (mathematical)
• 1977 Charles Fehrenbach (Astronomy)
• 1978
• Maurice Went (economy) (" Nobel Prize of économie" 1988)
• Pierre Jacquinot (physical)
• 1979 Pierre Chambon (biology)
• 1980 Pierre-Gilles of Genoa (physical) (Nobel Prize of physics 1991)
• 1981
• Jean-Marie Lehn (chemistry) (Nobel Prize of chemistry 1987)
• Roland Martin (Archeology)
• 1982 Pierre Joliot (biochemistry)
• 1983 Évry Schatzman (astrophysical)
• 1984
• Jean Brossel (physical)
• Jean-Pierre Vernant (History)
• 1985 Piotr Slominski (genetic)
• 1986 Nicole Douarin (Embryology)
• 1987
• Georges Canguilhem (philosophy)
• Jean-Pierre Tightens (mathematical) (Médaille Fields 1954)
• 1988 Philippe Nozières (physical)
• 1989 Michel Jouvet (biology)
• 1990 Marc Julia (chemistry)
• 1991 Jacques Le Goff (history)
• 1992 Jean-Pierre Changeux (Neurobiology)
• 1993 Pierre Bourdieu (sociology)
• 1994 Claude Allègre (Physical of the sphere)
• 1995 Claude Hagège (Linguistic)
• 1996 Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (physical) (Nobel Prize of physics 1997)
• 1997 Jean Rouxel (chemist) (chemistry)
• 1998 Pierre Potter (chemistry)
• 1999 Jean-Claude Risset (Data-processing musical)
• 2000 Michel Lazdunski (biochemistry)
• 2001 Maurice Godelier (Anthropology)
• 2002 Claude Lorius and Jean Jouzel (Climatology)
• 2003 Albert Fert (physical) (Nobel Prize of physics 2007)
• 2004 Alain Connes (mathematical) (Medal Fields 1982)
• 2005 Alain Aspect (quantum physics)
• 2006 Jacques Stern (Cryptology)
• 2007 Jean Tirole (economy)

See also

• Medal of money of CNRS
• Bronze medal of CNRS

External bond

• List of the gold medal of CNRS on the official site of CNRS.