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! Year !! Name(s) |
| 1953 | Georges Lemaître[{{cite journal | bibcode = 1953MNRAS.113....2L | title=Announcement of Eddington Medal award | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=113 | pages=1–2 | year=1953| last1=Lemaître | first1=Georges | doi=10.1093/mnras/113.1.1 | doi-access=free }}] |
| 1955 | Hendrik C. van de Hulst[{{Citation | title = Address on the award of the Eddington Medal to Professor H. C. van de Hulst | year = 1955 | journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 115 | issue = 2 | pages = 202–203| bibcode = 1955MNRAS.115..202.| doi = 10.1093/mnras/115.2.202 | last1 = Jackson | first1 = J. | doi-access = free }}] |
| 1958 | Horace W. Babcock[{{Citation | title = Society Business: Address on award of Eddington Medal | year = 1958 | journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 118 | issue = 4 | pages = 404–405| bibcode = 1958MNRAS.118..404.| doi = 10.1093/mnras/118.4.404 | last1 = Steavenson | first1 = W. H. | doi-access = free}}] |
| 1959 | James Stanley Hey[{{Citation | title = Society Business: Eddington Medal Address on award of | year = 1959 | journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 119 | issue = 4 | pages = 447–454| bibcode = 1959MNRAS.119..447.| doi = 10.1093/mnras/119.4.447 | last1 = Saiedy | first1 = F. | doi-access = free }}] |
| 1960 | Robert d'Escourt Atkinson[{{Citation | title = The award of The Eddington Medal to Dr R. d'E. Atkinson (address) | year = 1960 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 1 | pages = 26| bibcode = 1960QJRAS...1...26.}}] |
| 1961 | Hans Albrecht Bethe[{{Citation | title = The award of The Eddington Medal to Professor H. A. Bethe (address) | year = 1961 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 2 | pages = 107| bibcode = 1961QJRAS...2..107.}}] |
| 1962 | André Lallemand[{{Citation | title = The award of The Eddington Medal to Professor André Lallemand (address) | year = 1962 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 3 | pages = 84| bibcode = 1962QJRAS...3...84.}}] |
| 1963 | J. A. R. Sandage, Martin Schwarzschild[{{Citation | title = Award of Eddington Medal jointly to A. R. Sandage and M. Schwarzschild (address) | year = 1963 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 4 | pages = 180| bibcode = 1963QJRAS...4..180.}}] |
| 1964 | Herbert Friedman, Richard Tousey[{{Citation | title = Tousey R. awarded Eddington Medal | year = 1964 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 5 | pages = S108| bibcode = 1964QJRAS...5S.108.}}] |
| 1965 | Robert Pound, Glen A. Rebka[{{Citation | title = Pound R. V. awarded Eddington Medal | year = 1965 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 6 | pages = R123| bibcode = 1965QJRAS...6R.123.}}] |
| 1966 | Rupert Wildt[{{Citation | title = Award of Eddington Medal to R. Wildt (address) | year = 1966 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 7 | pages = 120| bibcode = 1966QJRAS...7..120.}}] |
| 1967 | Robert F. Christy[{{Citation | title = Award of Eddington Medal to R. F. Christy (address) | year = 1967 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 8 | pages = 129| bibcode = 1967QJRAS...8..129.}}] |
| 1968 | Robert Hanbury Brown, Richard Q. Twiss[{{Citation | title = Award of Eddington Medal to Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Quintin Twiss (address) | year = 1968 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 9 | pages = 277| bibcode = 1968QJRAS...9..277.}}] |
| 1969 | Antony Hewish[{{Citation | title = Meetings of the Society | year = 1969 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 10 | pages = 1| bibcode = 1969QJRAS..10....1.}}] |
| 1970 | Chūshirō Hayashi[{{Citation | last1 = Lovell | first1 = B. | title = C. Hayashi received the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society | year = 1970 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 11 | pages = 88| bibcode = 1970QJRAS..11...88L}}] |
| 1971 | Desmond George King-Hele[{{Citation | last1 = Lovell | first1 = B. | title = 8D. G. King-Hele received the Eddington Medal | year = 1971 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 12 | pages = 138| bibcode = 1971QJRAS..12..138L}}] |
| 1972 | Paul Ledoux[{{Citation | last1 = Hoyle | first1 = F. | title = P. Ledoux received the Eddington Medal | year = 1972 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 13 | pages = 485| bibcode = 1972QJRAS..13..485H}}] |
| 1975 | Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose[{{Citation | last1 = Blackwell | first1 = D. E. | title = Presidential Addresses on the Society's Awards | year = 1975 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 16 | pages = 356| bibcode = 1975QJRAS..16..356B}}] |
| 1978 | William A. Fowler[{{Citation | last1 = Cook | first1 = A. H. | title = W. Fowler received the Eddington Medal | year = 1979 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 20 | pages = 3| bibcode = 1979QJRAS..20....3C}}] |
| 1981 | Philip James Edwin Peebles[{{Citation | last1 = Wolfendale | first1 = A. W. | title = Peebles P.J.E. / 1981 Eddington Medal / 1981MAY8 / Address of President | year = 1981 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 22 | pages = 350| bibcode = 1981QJRAS..22..350W}}] |
| 1984 | Donald Lynden-Bell[{{Citation | last1 = Hide | first1 = R. | title = Presentation of the Eddington Medal to Lynden-Bell 1984FEB10 | year = 1984 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 25 | pages = 231| bibcode = 1984QJRAS..25..231H}}] |
| 1987 | Bohdan Paczyński[{{Citation | last1 = Davies | first1 = R. D. | title = Eddington Medal to Paczynski 1987OCT9 | year = 1988 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 29 | pages = 97| bibcode = 1988QJRAS..29...97D}}] |
| 1990 | Icko Iben[{{Citation | last1 = Pounds | first1 = K. A. | title = R.A.S. Eddington Medal to Iben-Jr - 1991MAY10 | year = 1991 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 32 | pages = 353| bibcode = 1991QJRAS..32..353P}}] |
| 1993 | Leon Mestel[{{Citation | title = Eddington Medal to Mestel | year = 1993 | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 34 | pages = 275| bibcode = 1993QJRAS..34..275.}}] |
| 1996 | Alan Guth[{{cite web|title=Eddington Medal Winners|url=https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/eddington_medallists_0.pdf|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|access-date=15 January 2016}}] |
| 1999 | Roger Blandford |
| 2002 | Douglas O. Gough[{{Citation | title = News: Society for the History of Astronomy; short-term contract information sought; more asteroids than ever; state of the union; Society medals for Jacobs Mestel and Gough; RAS grants announcement; spidermen; new faces for the Planetary Forum; an RAS Council member | year = 2002 | journal = Astronomy and Geophysics | volume = 43 | issue = 3 | pages = 3.04–3.08| bibcode = 2002A&G....43c...4.| doi = 10.1046/j.1468-4004.2002.43304.x | doi-access = free }}] |
| 2005 | Rudolph Kippenhahn[{{cite web |url=http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/products/journals/aag/AAG_April05/aag_46239.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130102545/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/products/journals/aag/AAG_April05/aag_46239.htm |archive-date=2009-01-30 |title=Astronomy & Geophysics}}] |
| 2007 | Igor D. Novikov[{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/products/journals/aag/AAG_February07/aag_48141.htm#seq3|title=Wiley: Home|website=www.blackwellpublishing.com|access-date=2016-07-21|archive-date=2010-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204110032/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/products/journals/aag/AAG_February07/aag_48141.htm#seq3|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2009 | Jim Pringle[{{Citation | title = RAS Awards and Prizes: RAS Awards 2009; Gold Medal: Prof. David Williams; Gold Medal: Prof. Eric Priest; Price Medal: Prof. Malcolm Sambridge; Eddington Medal: Prof. James Pringle | year = 2009 | journal = Astronomy and Geophysics | volume = 50 | issue = 1 | pages = a34| bibcode = 2009A&G....50a..34.| doi = 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50134.x | doi-access = free }}] |
| 2011 | Gilles Chabrier[
]{{cite web|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/217-news2011/1912-ras-honours-outstanding-astronomers-and-geophysicists|title=RAS honours outstanding astronomers and geophysicists |date=2011-01-14|access-date=2016-08-02}} |
| 2013 | James Binney[{{cite web|title=2013 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2211-2013-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|date=10 January 2013|access-date=12 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120022826/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2211-2013-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes|archive-date=2013-01-20|url-status=dead}}] |
| 2014 | Andrew King[[http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027102259/http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes |date=2016-10-27 }}] |
| 2015 | Rashid Sunyaev[{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2552-2015-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes | title=2015 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes | publisher=Royal Astronomical Society | date=9 January 2015 | access-date=9 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110101806/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2552-2015-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes | archive-date=10 January 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}] |
| 2016 | Anthony Bell[{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/264-news-2016/2760-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists | title=RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists | publisher=Royal Astronomical Society | date=8 January 2016 | access-date=9 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720215653/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/264-news-2016/2760-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists | archive-date=20 July 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}] |
| 2017 | Cathie Clarke[{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2943-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists-2017 | title=RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists | date=January 11, 2017 | access-date=January 17, 2017 | publisher=Royal Astronomical Society}}] |
| 2018 | Claudia Maraston[[http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2018/01/ras-eddington-prize-claudia-maraston/ ras-2018-eddington-prize-claudia-maraston]] |
| 2019 | Bernard F. Schutz[{{cite web | url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists-honoured-royal-astronomical-society | title=Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured by Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Royal Astronomical Society | date=11 January 2019 }}] |
| 2020 | Steven Balbus[{{cite web |url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists-honoured-ras-bicentenary-year-0 |title=Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured in RAS bicentenary year |last=Massey |first=Robert |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |date=2020-01-10 |access-date=2020-01-13 }}] |
| 2021 | Hiranya Peiris[{{cite web |url=https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-01/Peiris_Hiranya_Eddington_Medal.pdf |title=Eddington Medal 2021 – Professor Hiranya Peiris |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |access-date=2021-01-11 }}] |
| 2022 | Alan Heavens[{{Citation | title = RAS Awards 2022 | year = 2022 | journal = Astronomy and Geophysics | volume = 63 | issue = 1 | pages = 1.9–1.10| bibcode = 2022A&G....63..1.9.| doi = 10.1093/astrogeo/atac004 | doi-access = }}] |
| 2023 | Monika Mościbrodzka[{{cite web |url=https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-01/Eddington%20Medal%20-%20Dr%20Monika%20Moscibrodzka.pdf |title=The 2023 Eddington Medal is awarded to Dr Monika Moscibrodzka|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |access-date=2023-01-13 }}] |
| 2024 | Pedro Ferreira[{{cite press release |last1=Tonkin |first1=Sam |title=Royal Astronomical Society unveils 2024 award winners |url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/royal-astronomical-society-unveils-2024-award-winners |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |date=12 January 2024|access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en}}] |
| 2025 | Douglas C. Heggie[{{cite press release |last1=Tonkin |first1=Sam |title=Pioneering physicist and galaxy luminary among 2025 RAS award winners |url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/pioneering-physicist-and-galaxy-luminary-among-2025-ras-award-winners |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |date=10 January 2025|access-date=13 January 2025 |language=en}}] |