Franklin Medal

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| caption1 = The Franklin Medal, "founded in 1914 by Samuel Insull … awarded by the Franklin Institute for signal and eminent service in science"

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| caption2 = Presentation of the first Franklin Medal in Philadelphia on May 19, 1915. Front row: Samuel Insull, Walton Clark, recipient Thomas Edison and his wife Mina Miller, Chevalier Van Rappard, accepting the award for Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. Back row: Robert Bowie Owens, John J. Carty, Frank J. Sprague, William Stanley, R. Tait McKenzie.

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{{Other uses|Benjamin Franklin Medal (disambiguation){{!}}Benjamin Franklin Medal}}

The Franklin Medal was a science award presented from 1915 until 1997 by the Franklin Institute located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It was founded in 1914 by innovator Samuel Insull, and it was the most prestigious of the various awards presented by the Franklin Institute.{{cite news |last=Flam |first=Faye |date=April 29, 1996 |title=Five to Get Franklin Institute Honors |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-04-29/living/25662733_1_buckyballs-william-d-phillips-atoms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922091814/http://articles.philly.com/1996-04-29/living/25662733_1_buckyballs-william-d-phillips-atoms |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=2015-05-08 }} Together with the other eight historical awards, it was merged into the Benjamin Franklin Medal, initiated in 1998.{{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates-search |title=Laureates Search |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2015-05-08 }}

Laureates

Recipients are listed in a database on The Franklin Institute website.

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Year ! Country ! Recipient ! Discipline ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1915 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Thomas\|Edison}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/thomas-alva-edison \|title=Thomas Alva Edison \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=14 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1915 \| {{flagcountry\|NLD}} \| {{sortname\|Heike Kamerlingh\|Onnes}} \| Physics \|
1916 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|John J.\|Carty}} \| Engineering \|
1916 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Theodore William\|Richards}} \| Chemistry \|
1917 \| {{flagcountry\|NLD}} \| {{sortname\|Hendrik\|Lorentz}} \| Physics \|
1917 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|David W.\|Taylor}} \| Engineering \|
1918 \| {{flagcountry\|ITA\|1861}} \| {{sortname\|Guglielmo\|Marconi}} \| Engineering \|
1918 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Thomas Corwin\|Mendenhall}} \| Physics \|
1919 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|James\|Dewar}} \| Physics \|
1919 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|George Owen\|Squier}} \| Engineering \|
1920 \| {{flagcountry\|SWE}} \| {{sortname\|Svante\|Arrhenius}} \| Chemistry \|
1920 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Charles Algernon\|Parsons}} \| Engineering \|
1921 \| {{flagcountry\|FRA}} \| {{sortname\|Charles\|Fabry}} \| Physics \|
1921 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Frank J.\|Sprague}} \| Engineering \|
1921 \| {{flagcountry\|POL}} \| {{sortname\|Ralph\|Modjeski}} \| Engineering \|
1922 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|J. J.\|Thomson}} \| Physics \|
1923 \| {{flagcountry\|FRA}} \| {{sortname\|Gustave-Auguste\|Ferrié}} \| Engineering/Computer and Cognitive Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/auguste-g-ferrie \|title=Auguste G. Ferrie \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1923 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Albert A.\|Michelson}} \| Physics \|
1924 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Ernest\|Rutherford}} \| Chemistry \|
1924 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Edward\|Weston\|Edward Weston (chemist)}} \| Engineering \|
1925 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Elihu\|Thomson}} \| Engineering \|
1925 \| {{flagcountry\|NLD}} \| {{sortname\|Pieter\|Zeeman}} \| Physics \|
1926 \| {{flagcountry\|DEN}} \| {{sortname\|Niels\|Bohr}} \| Physics \|
1926 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Samuel\|Rea}} \| Engineering \|
1927 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|George Ellery\|Hale}} \| Physics \|
1927 \| {{flagcountry\|GER\|1919}} \| {{sortname\|Max\|Planck}} \| Physics \|
1928 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Charles F.\|Brush}} \| Engineering \|
1928 \| {{flagcountry\|GER\|1919}} \| {{sortname\|Walther\|Nernst}} \| Chemistry \|
1929 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Emile\|Berliner}} \| Engineering \|
1929 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Charles Thomson Rees\|Wilson}} \| Physics \|
1930 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|William Henry\|Bragg}} \| Physics \|
1930 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|John Frank\|Stevens}} \| Engineering \|
1931 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|James Hopwood\|Jeans}} \| Physics \|
1931 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Willis R.\|Whitney}} \| Engineering \|
1932 \| {{flagcountry\|GER\|1919}} \| {{sortname\|Philipp\|Lenard}} \| Physics \|
1932 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Ambrose\|Swasey}} \| Engineering \|
1933 \| {{flagcountry\|FRA}} \| {{sortname\|Paul\|Sabatier\|Paul Sabatier (chemist)}} \| Chemistry \|
1933 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Orville\|Wright\|Wright brothers}} \| Engineering \|
1934 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Irving\|Langmuir}} \| Chemistry \|
1934 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Henry Norris\|Russell}} \| Physics \|
1935 \| {{flagcountry\|SWI}}{{efn\|Einstein acquired Swiss citizenship in 1901 and held it for the rest of his life. A German until shortly before emigrating to the United States and becoming affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1933, he surrendered his passport and formally renounced his German citizenship on March 28 of that year, in response to Adolf Hitler's rise to power.{{Cite book \|last=Isaacson \|first=Walter \|author-link=Walter Isaacson \|date=2007 \|title=Einstein: His Life and Universe \|pages=407-410\|publisher=Simon & Schuster Paperbacks \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-7432-6473-0}} In 1935, he decided to remain in the U.S. permanently and became an American citizen in 1940.}} \| {{sortname\|Albert\|Einstein}} \| Physics \|
1935 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|John Ambrose\|Fleming}} \| Engineering \|
1936 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Frank B.\|Jewett}} \| Engineering \|
1936 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Charles F.\|Kettering}} \| Engineering \|
1937 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Peter\|Debye}} \| Chemistry \|
1937 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Robert Andrews\|Millikan}} \| Physics \|
1938 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|William F.\|Durand}} \| Engineering \|
1938 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Charles A.\|Kraus}} \| Chemistry \|
1939 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Edwin\|Hubble}} \| Physics \|
1939 \| {{flagcountry\|BEL}} \| {{sortname\|Albert\|Sauveur}} \| Engineering \|
1940 \| {{flagcountry\|BEL}} \| {{sortname\|Leo\|Baekeland}} \| Engineering \|
1940 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Arthur\|Compton}} \| Physics \|
1941 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Edwin H.\|Armstrong}} \| Engineering \|
1941 \| {{flagcountry\|British India}} \| {{sortname\|C. V.\|Raman}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/chandrasekhara-venkata-raman \|title=Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1942 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Jerome Clarke\|Hunsaker}} \| Engineering \|
1942 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Paul Dyer\|Merica}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/paul-dyer-merica \|title=Paul Dyer Merica \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1943 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|G. W.\|Pierce}} \| Engineering \|
1943 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Harold\|Urey}} \| Physics \|
1944 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|William D.\|Coolidge}} \| Engineering \|
1944 \| {{flagcountry\|USSR\|1936}} \| {{sortname\|Peter\|Kapitza\|Pyotr Kapitsa}} \| Physics \|
1945 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Harlow\|Shapley}} \| Physics \|
1946 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Henry Clapp\|Sherman}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/henry-clapp-sherman \|title=Henry Clapp Sherman \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1946 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Henry\|Tizard}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/henry-thomas-tizard \|title=Henry Thomas Tizard \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1946 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Enrico\|Fermi}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/enrico-fermi \|title=Enrico Fermi \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1947 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Robert\|Robinson\|Robert Robinson (organic chemist)}} \| Chemistry \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/robert-robinson \|title=Robert Robinson \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1948 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Wendell Meredith\|Stanley}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/wendell-meredith-stanley \|title=Wendell Meredith Stanley \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1948 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Theodore von\|Kármán}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/theodor-von-karman \|title=Theodor Von Karman \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1949 \| {{flagcountry\|SWE}} \| {{sortname\|Theodor\|Svedberg}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/svedberg \|title=The Svedberg \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1950 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Eugene\|Wigner}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/eugene-p-wigner \|title=Eugene P. Wigner \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1951 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|James\|Chadwick}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/james-chadwick \|title=James Chadwick \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1952 \| {{flagcountry\|AUT}} \| {{sortname\|Wolfgang\|Pauli}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/wolfgang-pauli \|title=Wolfgang Pauli \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1953 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|William Francis\|Gibbs}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/william-francis-gibbs \|title=William Francis Gibbs \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=14 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1954 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Kenneth\|Mees}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/charles-edward-kenneth-mees \|title=Charles Edward Kenneth Mees \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1955 \| {{flagcountry\|SWE}} \| {{sortname\|Arne\|Tiselius}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/arne-tiselius \|title=Arne Tiselius \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1956 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Frank\|Whittle}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/frank-whittle \|title=Frank Whittle \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1957 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Hugh Stott\|Taylor}} \| Chemistry \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hugh-scott-taylor \|title=Hugh Stott Taylor \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1958 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1912}} \| {{sortname\|Donald Wills\|Douglas\|Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/donald-wills-douglas \|title=Donald Wills Douglas \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1959 \| {{flagcountry\|USA\|1959}} \| {{sortname\|Hans\|Bethe}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hans-albrecht-bethe \|title=Hans Albrecht Bethe \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1960 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Roger\|Adams}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/roger-adams \|title=Roger Adams \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=10 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1961 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Detlev\|Bronk}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/detlev-w-bronk \|title=Detlev W. Bronk \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1962 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|G. I.\|Taylor}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/geoffrey-ingram-taylor \|title=Geoffrey Ingram Taylor \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1963 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Glenn T.\|Seaborg}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/glenn-t-seaborg \|title=Glenn T. Seaborg \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1964 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Gregory\|Breit}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/gregory-breit \|title=Gregory Breit \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1965 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Frederick\|Seitz}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/frederick-seitz \|title=Frederick Seitz \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1966 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Britton\|Chance}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/britton-chance \|title=Britton Chance \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1967 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Murray\|Gell-Mann}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/murray-gell-mann \|title=Murray Gell-Mann \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30 \|archive-date=2021-02-23 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223024441/https://www.fi.edu/laureates/murray-gell-mann \|url-status=dead }}
1968 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Marshall Warren\|Nirenberg}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/marshall-warren-nirenberg \|title=Marshall Warren Nirenberg \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1969 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|John Archibald\|Wheeler}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/john-archibald-wheeler \|title=John Archibald Wheeler \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1970 \| {{flagcountry\|GER}} \| {{sortname\|Wolfgang K. H.\|Panofsky}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/wolfgang-kh-panofsky \|title=Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1971 \| {{flagcountry\|SWE}} \| {{sortname\|Hannes\|Alfvén}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hannes-alfven \|title=Hannes Alfven \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1972 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|George\|Kistiakowsky}} \| Chemistry \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/george-b-kistiakowsky \|title=George Kistiakowsky \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1973 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Theodosius\|Dobzhansky}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/theodosius-grigorevich-dobzhansky \|title=Theodosius Grigorevich Dobzhansky \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1974 \| {{flagcountry\|USSR}} \| {{sortname\|Nikolay\|Bogolyubov}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/nikolai-nikolaevich-bogoliubov \|title=Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1975 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|John\|Bardeen}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/john-bardeen \|title=John Bardeen \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=14 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1976 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Mahlon\|Hoagland}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/mahlon-b-hoagland \|title=Mahlon B. Hoagland \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1977 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Cyril M.\|Harris}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/cyril-manton-harris \|title=Cyril Manton Harris \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1978 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Elias James\|Corey}} \| Chemistry \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/elias-j-corey \|title=Elias J. Corey \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1979 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|G. Evelyn\|Hutchinson}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/g-evelyn-hutchinson \|title=G. Evelyn Hutchinson \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1980 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Avram\|Goldstein}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/avram-goldstein \|title=Avram Goldstein \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1980 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Lyman\|Spitzer}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/lyman-jr-spitzer \|title=Lyman Spitzer Jr. \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1981 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Stephen\|Hawking}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/stephen-w-hawking \|title=Stephen W. Hawking \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1982 \| {{flagcountry\|ARG}} \| {{sortname\|César\|Milstein}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/cesar-milstein \|title=Cesar Milstein \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1982 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Kenneth G.\|Wilson}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/kenneth-geddes-wilson \|title=Kenneth Geddes Wilson \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1984 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Verner E.\|Suomi}} \| Engineering \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/verner-e-suomi \|title=Verner E. Suomi \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1985 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|George C.\|Pimentel}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/george-claude-pimentel \|title=George Claude Pimentel \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1986 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Benoît\|Mandelbrot}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/benoit-mandelbrot \|title=Benoît Mandelbrot \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1987 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Stanley\|Cohen\|Stanley Cohen (biochemist)}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/stanley-cohen \|title=Stanley Cohen \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1988 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Donald\|Knuth}} \| Computer and Cognitive Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/donald-ervin-knuth \|title=Donald Ervin Knuth \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1990 \| {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| {{sortname\|Hugh\|Huxley}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hugh-e-huxley \|title=Hugh E. Huxley \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1990 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|David\|Turnbull\|David Turnbull (materials scientist)}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/david-turnbull \|title=David Turnbull \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1992 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Frederick\|Reines}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/frederick-reines \|title=Frederick Reines \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1995 \| {{flagcountry\|NLD}} \| {{sortname\|Gerard\|'t Hooft}} \| Physics \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/gerard-t-hooft \|title=Gerard 't Hooft \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1996 \| {{flagcountry\|USA}} \| {{sortname\|Richard\|Smalley}} \| Chemistry \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/richard-e-smalley \|title=Richard E. Smalley \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
1997 \| {{flagcountry\|ITA}} \| {{sortname\|Mario\|Capecchi}} \| Life Science \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/mario-renato-capecchi \|title=Mario Renato Capecchi \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=15 January 2014 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2016-01-30}}
\| \| \| \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/nader-engheta \|title=Nader Engheta \|website=The Franklin Institute Awards \|date=18 January 2023 \|publisher=Franklin Institute \|access-date=2023-01-28}}

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Year

! Country

! Recipient

! Discipline

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1915

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Thomas|Edison}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/thomas-alva-edison |title=Thomas Alva Edison |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=14 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1915

| {{flagcountry|NLD}}

| {{sortname|Heike Kamerlingh|Onnes}}

| Physics

1916

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|John J.|Carty}}

| Engineering

1916

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Theodore William|Richards}}

| Chemistry

1917

| {{flagcountry|NLD}}

| {{sortname|Hendrik|Lorentz}}

| Physics

1917

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|David W.|Taylor}}

| Engineering

1918

| {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}

| {{sortname|Guglielmo|Marconi}}

| Engineering

1918

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Thomas Corwin|Mendenhall}}

| Physics

1919

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|James|Dewar}}

| Physics

1919

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|George Owen|Squier}}

| Engineering

1920

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| {{sortname|Svante|Arrhenius}}

| Chemistry

1920

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Charles Algernon|Parsons}}

| Engineering

1921

| {{flagcountry|FRA}}

| {{sortname|Charles|Fabry}}

| Physics

1921

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Frank J.|Sprague}}

| Engineering

1921

| {{flagcountry|POL}}

| {{sortname|Ralph|Modjeski}}

| Engineering

1922

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|J. J.|Thomson}}

| Physics

1923

| {{flagcountry|FRA}}

| {{sortname|Gustave-Auguste|Ferrié}}

| Engineering/Computer and Cognitive Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/auguste-g-ferrie |title=Auguste G. Ferrie |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1923

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Albert A.|Michelson}}

| Physics

1924

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Ernest|Rutherford}}

| Chemistry

1924

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Edward|Weston|Edward Weston (chemist)}}

| Engineering

1925

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Elihu|Thomson}}

| Engineering

1925

| {{flagcountry|NLD}}

| {{sortname|Pieter|Zeeman}}

| Physics

1926

| {{flagcountry|DEN}}

| {{sortname|Niels|Bohr}}

| Physics

1926

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Samuel|Rea}}

| Engineering

1927

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|George Ellery|Hale}}

| Physics

1927

| {{flagcountry|GER|1919}}

| {{sortname|Max|Planck}}

| Physics

1928

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Charles F.|Brush}}

| Engineering

1928

| {{flagcountry|GER|1919}}

| {{sortname|Walther|Nernst}}

| Chemistry

1929

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Emile|Berliner}}

| Engineering

1929

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Charles Thomson Rees|Wilson}}

| Physics

1930

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|William Henry|Bragg}}

| Physics

1930

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|John Frank|Stevens}}

| Engineering

1931

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|James Hopwood|Jeans}}

| Physics

1931

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Willis R.|Whitney}}

| Engineering

1932

| {{flagcountry|GER|1919}}

| {{sortname|Philipp|Lenard}}

| Physics

1932

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Ambrose|Swasey}}

| Engineering

1933

| {{flagcountry|FRA}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Sabatier|Paul Sabatier (chemist)}}

| Chemistry

1933

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Orville|Wright|Wright brothers}}

| Engineering

1934

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Irving|Langmuir}}

| Chemistry

1934

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Henry Norris|Russell}}

| Physics

1935

| {{flagcountry|SWI}}{{efn|Einstein acquired Swiss citizenship in 1901 and held it for the rest of his life. A German until shortly before emigrating to the United States and becoming affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1933, he surrendered his passport and formally renounced his German citizenship on March 28 of that year, in response to Adolf Hitler's rise to power.{{Cite book |last=Isaacson |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Isaacson |date=2007 |title=Einstein: His Life and Universe |pages=407-410|publisher=Simon & Schuster Paperbacks |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7432-6473-0}} In 1935, he decided to remain in the U.S. permanently and became an American citizen in 1940.}}

| {{sortname|Albert|Einstein}}

| Physics

1935

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|John Ambrose|Fleming}}

| Engineering

1936

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Frank B.|Jewett}}

| Engineering

1936

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Charles F.|Kettering}}

| Engineering

1937

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Debye}}

| Chemistry

1937

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Robert Andrews|Millikan}}

| Physics

1938

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|William F.|Durand}}

| Engineering

1938

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Charles A.|Kraus}}

| Chemistry

1939

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Edwin|Hubble}}

| Physics

1939

| {{flagcountry|BEL}}

| {{sortname|Albert|Sauveur}}

| Engineering

1940

| {{flagcountry|BEL}}

| {{sortname|Leo|Baekeland}}

| Engineering

1940

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Arthur|Compton}}

| Physics

1941

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Edwin H.|Armstrong}}

| Engineering

1941

| {{flagcountry|British India}}

| {{sortname|C. V.|Raman}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/chandrasekhara-venkata-raman |title=Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1942

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Jerome Clarke|Hunsaker}}

| Engineering

1942

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Paul Dyer|Merica}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/paul-dyer-merica |title=Paul Dyer Merica |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1943

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|G. W.|Pierce}}

| Engineering

1943

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Harold|Urey}}

| Physics

1944

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|William D.|Coolidge}}

| Engineering

1944

| {{flagcountry|USSR|1936}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Kapitza|Pyotr Kapitsa}}

| Physics

1945

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Harlow|Shapley}}

| Physics

1946

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Henry Clapp|Sherman}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/henry-clapp-sherman |title=Henry Clapp Sherman |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1946

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Henry|Tizard}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/henry-thomas-tizard |title=Henry Thomas Tizard |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1946

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Enrico|Fermi}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/enrico-fermi |title=Enrico Fermi |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1947

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Robinson|Robert Robinson (organic chemist)}}

| Chemistry

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/robert-robinson |title=Robert Robinson |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1948

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Wendell Meredith|Stanley}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/wendell-meredith-stanley |title=Wendell Meredith Stanley |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1948

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Theodore von|Kármán}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/theodor-von-karman |title=Theodor Von Karman |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1949

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| {{sortname|Theodor|Svedberg}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/svedberg |title=The Svedberg |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1950

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Eugene|Wigner}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/eugene-p-wigner |title=Eugene P. Wigner |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1951

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|James|Chadwick}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/james-chadwick |title=James Chadwick |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1952

| {{flagcountry|AUT}}

| {{sortname|Wolfgang|Pauli}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/wolfgang-pauli |title=Wolfgang Pauli |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1953

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|William Francis|Gibbs}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/william-francis-gibbs |title=William Francis Gibbs |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=14 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1954

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Mees}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/charles-edward-kenneth-mees |title=Charles Edward Kenneth Mees |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1955

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| {{sortname|Arne|Tiselius}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/arne-tiselius |title=Arne Tiselius |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1956

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Whittle}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/frank-whittle |title=Frank Whittle |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1957

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Hugh Stott|Taylor}}

| Chemistry

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hugh-scott-taylor |title=Hugh Stott Taylor |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1958

| {{flagcountry|USA|1912}}

| {{sortname|Donald Wills|Douglas|Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/donald-wills-douglas |title=Donald Wills Douglas |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1959

| {{flagcountry|USA|1959}}

| {{sortname|Hans|Bethe}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hans-albrecht-bethe |title=Hans Albrecht Bethe |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1960

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Roger|Adams}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/roger-adams |title=Roger Adams |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=10 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1961

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Detlev|Bronk}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/detlev-w-bronk |title=Detlev W. Bronk |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1962

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|G. I.|Taylor}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/geoffrey-ingram-taylor |title=Geoffrey Ingram Taylor |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1963

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Glenn T.|Seaborg}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/glenn-t-seaborg |title=Glenn T. Seaborg |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1964

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Gregory|Breit}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/gregory-breit |title=Gregory Breit |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1965

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Frederick|Seitz}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/frederick-seitz |title=Frederick Seitz |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1966

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Britton|Chance}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/britton-chance |title=Britton Chance |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1967

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Murray|Gell-Mann}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/murray-gell-mann |title=Murray Gell-Mann |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30 |archive-date=2021-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223024441/https://www.fi.edu/laureates/murray-gell-mann |url-status=dead }}

1968

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Marshall Warren|Nirenberg}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/marshall-warren-nirenberg |title=Marshall Warren Nirenberg |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1969

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|John Archibald|Wheeler}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/john-archibald-wheeler |title=John Archibald Wheeler |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1970

| {{flagcountry|GER}}

| {{sortname|Wolfgang K. H.|Panofsky}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/wolfgang-kh-panofsky |title=Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1971

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| {{sortname|Hannes|Alfvén}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hannes-alfven |title=Hannes Alfven |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1972

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|George|Kistiakowsky}}

| Chemistry

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/george-b-kistiakowsky |title=George Kistiakowsky |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1973

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Theodosius|Dobzhansky}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/theodosius-grigorevich-dobzhansky |title=Theodosius Grigorevich Dobzhansky |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1974

| {{flagcountry|USSR}}

| {{sortname|Nikolay|Bogolyubov}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/nikolai-nikolaevich-bogoliubov |title=Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1975

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|John|Bardeen}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/john-bardeen |title=John Bardeen |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=14 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1976

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Mahlon|Hoagland}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/mahlon-b-hoagland |title=Mahlon B. Hoagland |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1977

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Cyril M.|Harris}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/cyril-manton-harris |title=Cyril Manton Harris |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1978

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Elias James|Corey}}

| Chemistry

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/elias-j-corey |title=Elias J. Corey |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1979

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|G. Evelyn|Hutchinson}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/g-evelyn-hutchinson |title=G. Evelyn Hutchinson |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1980

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Avram|Goldstein}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/avram-goldstein |title=Avram Goldstein |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1980

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Lyman|Spitzer}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/lyman-jr-spitzer |title=Lyman Spitzer Jr. |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1981

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Hawking}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/stephen-w-hawking |title=Stephen W. Hawking |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1982

| {{flagcountry|ARG}}

| {{sortname|César|Milstein}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/cesar-milstein |title=Cesar Milstein |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1982

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth G.|Wilson}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/kenneth-geddes-wilson |title=Kenneth Geddes Wilson |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1984

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Verner E.|Suomi}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/verner-e-suomi |title=Verner E. Suomi |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1985

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|George C.|Pimentel}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/george-claude-pimentel |title=George Claude Pimentel |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1986

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Benoît|Mandelbrot}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/benoit-mandelbrot |title=Benoît Mandelbrot |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1987

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Stanley|Cohen|Stanley Cohen (biochemist)}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/stanley-cohen |title=Stanley Cohen |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1988

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Donald|Knuth}}

| Computer and Cognitive Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/donald-ervin-knuth |title=Donald Ervin Knuth |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1990

| {{flagcountry|GBR}}

| {{sortname|Hugh|Huxley}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/hugh-e-huxley |title=Hugh E. Huxley |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1990

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|David|Turnbull|David Turnbull (materials scientist)}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/david-turnbull |title=David Turnbull |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1992

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Frederick|Reines}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/frederick-reines |title=Frederick Reines |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1995

| {{flagcountry|NLD}}

| {{sortname|Gerard|'t Hooft}}

| Physics

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/gerard-t-hooft |title=Gerard 't Hooft |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1996

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Smalley}}

| Chemistry

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/richard-e-smalley |title=Richard E. Smalley |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

1997

| {{flagcountry|ITA}}

| {{sortname|Mario|Capecchi}}

| Life Science

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/mario-renato-capecchi |title=Mario Renato Capecchi |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2016-01-30}}

| {{cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/nader-engheta

|title=Nader Engheta |website=The Franklin Institute Awards |date=18 January 2023 |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date=2023-01-28}}

Notes

References

External links

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