Templeton Prize#laureates

{{Short description|International award for affirming life's spiritual dimension}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Templeton Prize

| awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works

| image = Bernard D'Espagnat receives prize from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace (4440879448).jpg

| image_upright = 1.13

| caption = Bernard d'Espagnat receiving the Templeton Prize from the Duke of Edinburgh in 2009

| image2 = File:Templeton Prize Award website logo.jpg

| image2size =

| presenter = Templeton Foundation

| country = United States

| reward = £1.1 million (2019)

| year = 1973

| holder = Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

| website = {{official URL}}

}}

The Templeton Prize is an annual award granted to a living person, in the estimation of the judges, "whose exemplary achievements advance Sir John Templeton's philanthropic vision: harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind's place and purpose within it." It was established, funded and administered by John Templeton starting in 1972. It is co-funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, and Templeton World Charity Foundation, and administered by the John Templeton Foundation.Online: https://templetonreligiontrust.org/areas-of-focus/

The prize was originally awarded to people working in the field of religion (Mother Teresa was the first winner), but in the 1980s the scope broadened to include people working at the intersection of science and religion.{{cite journal |last1=Waldrop |first1=M. Mitchell |title=Religion: Faith in Science |journal=Nature |date=17 February 2011 |volume=470 |issue=7334 |pages=323–325 |doi=10.1038/470323a |doi-access=free |pmid=21331019|bibcode=2011Natur.470..323W }} Until 2001, the name of the prize was "Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion", and from 2002 to 2008 it was called the "Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities".{{Cite web| url = http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=894efb53-74d6-4b64-b275-ee22c7a296e0| agency = Ottawa Citizen| date = 8 July 2008| first = Charles| last = Enman| access-date = 9 July 2009| work = Canada.com| title = Templeton Dies| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509223008/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=894efb53-74d6-4b64-b275-ee22c7a296e0| archive-date = 9 May 2012}}{{Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1119787.ece | work = The Times | location = London | access-date=2 July 2009|date=15 March 2003|title = Just Because Science Looks Forward, Religion Isn't Backward | first=Daniel | last=Crewe}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Hindus, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Muslims have been on the panel of judges and have been recipients of the prize.{{Cite web | url = http://www.templetonprize.org/judges.html | title =Judges |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher =Templeton Foundation|access-date=2 July 2009}}

The monetary value of the prize is adjusted so that it exceeds that of the Nobel Prizes; Templeton felt, according to The Economist, that "spirituality was ignored" in the Nobel Prizes.{{Cite news | url = http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11745591 |newspaper = The Economist |location=London | title= Obituary – John Templeton | access-date=2 July 2009|date=17 July 2008}} {{As of|2019}}, it is £1.1 million.{{cite web |title=Sir John Templeton, 1912–2008 |url=http://templetonprize.org/sirjohntempleton.html |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania |publisher=Templeton Foundation |access-date=18 November 2019}} It was typically presented by Prince Philip, during his lifetime, in ceremonies held at Buckingham Palace.{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Nathan |title=God, Science and Philanthropy |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/god-science-and-philanthropy/ |work=The Nation |location=New York |date=3 June 2010}}

The prize has been referred to as prestigious{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Colin |title=Marcelo Gleiser Wins Templeton Prize For Quest To Confront 'Mystery Of Who We Are' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/704419486/marcelo-gleiser-wins-templeton-prize-for-quest-to-confront-mystery-of-who-we-are |access-date=13 July 2019 |publisher=NPR |date=19 March 2019}} and coveted,{{cite news |last1=Overbye |first1=Dennis |title=Math Professor Wins a Coveted Religion Award |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/science/16prize.html |access-date=13 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=16 March 2006}} with The Washington Post calling it the most prestigious award in religion.{{cite news |title=Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize for work on science, religion |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/dalai-lama-wins-templeton-prize-for-work-on-science-religion/2012/03/29/gIQALwT1iS_story.html |access-date=13 July 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=29 March 2012}} Atheist scientists Richard Dawkins, Harry Kroto{{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/for-the-love-of-god-scientists-in-uproar-at-1631m-religion-prize-2264181.html| work = The Independent | location = London | title = For the Love of God... Scientists in Uproar at £1m Religion Prize | date= 7 April 2011 | first = Steve | last = Connor| access-date = 11 March 2019}} and Jerry Coyne have criticized the prize as "blurring [religion's] well-demarcated border with science" and being awarded "to scientists who are either religious themselves or say nice things about religion",{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2011/apr/08/templeton-foundation-science-jerry-coyne | title = The Templeton Foundation Is Not an Enemy of Science | first= Dan | last= Jones| work = The Guardian | location = London | date = 8 April 2011 | access-date = 11 March 2019}} a criticism rejected by 2011 laureate Martin Rees, who pointed to his own and other laureates' atheism and that their research in fields such as psychology, evolutionary biology, and economy can hardly be classified as the "promotion of religion".

Laureates

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!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col" colspan=2|Laureate

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref(s)

1973

|{{sort|Mother Teresa|File:MotherTeresa 090.jpg}}

|Mother Teresa

|Founder of the Missionaries of Charity; 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

|{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4333801.stm |title = US Scientist Wins Religion Prize | publisher = BBC News | access-date = 2 July 2009 | date=9 March 2005}}

1974

| {{sort|Frere Roger|File:Mk Frère Roger.jpg}}

| Frère Roger

| Founder of the Taizé Community

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/philosopher-wins-163800000-award-for-spiritual-focus-440262.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080405092926/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/philosopher-wins-163800000-award-for-spiritual-focus-440262.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 5 April 2008| work=The Independent |location=London|access-date=2 July 2009 | date= 15 March 2007|first=Arifa|last=Akbar|title=Philosopher Wins £800,000 Award for Spiritual Focus}}

1975

| {{sort|Radhakrishnana|100px}}

| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

| Former President of India, advocate of non-aggression with Pakistan

1976

| {{sort|Suenens|100px}}

| Leo Joseph Suenens

| Pioneer in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement

| {{Cite book | title = The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God |first=John|last=Templeton |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-890151-17-1 |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Templeton Foundation Press|pages=170–172}}

1977

| {{sort|Lubich|File:Chiara Lubich.JPG}}

| Chiara Lubich

| Founder of the Focolare Movement

| {{Cite encyclopedia |url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/350399/Chiara-Lubich|title = Lubich, Chiara | access-date=2 July 2009|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}

1978

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| Thomas F. Torrance

| Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

1979

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| Nikkyō Niwano

| Co-founder of the Risshō Kōsei Kai

1980

| {{center|{{sort|Burhoe|—}}}}

| Ralph Wendell Burhoe

| Founder of the journal Zygon

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/16/us/ralph-wendell-burhoe-85-reconciled-science-and-faith.html | work = The New York Times | access-date= 2 July 2009| date=16 May 1997| title = Ralph Wendell Burhoe, 85; Reconciled Science and Faith |first=Wolfgang| last=Saxon}}

1981

| {{sort|Saunders|100px}}

| Cicely Saunders

| Founder of the hospice and palliative care movement

| {{Cite book|year=2005| page=131| isbn=978-0-19-856969-5 |location=Oxford |publisher = Oxford University Press| title = Cicely Saunders – Founder of the Hospice Movement: Selected Letters 1959–1999 |first=David|last=Clark}}

1982

| {{sort|Graham|File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg}}

| Billy Graham

| Evangelist

1983

| {{sort|Solzhenitsyn| File:Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, December 1998.jpg}}

| Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

| Soviet dissident novelist; Nobel laureate

1984

| {{center|{{sort|Bourdeaux|—}}}}

| Michael Bourdeaux

| Founder of the Keston Institute

1985

| {{center|{{sort|Hardy|—}}}}

| Sir Alister Hardy

| Founder of the Religious Experience Research Centre

| {{Cite book | title = The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach | edition = 3rd | first = Ralph Jr. | last = Hood | author-link = Ralph W. Hood | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-1-57230-116-0 | location = New York | publisher = Guilford Press | page = [https://archive.org/details/psychologyofreli0000unse/page/248 248] | url = https://archive.org/details/psychologyofreli0000unse/page/248 }}

1986

| {{center|{{sort|McCord|—}}}}

| James I. McCord

| Former president, Princeton Theological Seminary

| {{Cite web | work = The New York Times | access-date= 2 July 2009 | title = Princeton Theologian Wins Templeton Prize of $250,000 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/27/us/princeton-theologian-wins-templeton-prize-of-250000.html | first=Joseph|last=Berger|date=27 February 1986}}

1987

| {{sort|Father Jaki|100px}}

| Stanley Jaki

| Benedictine priest; professor of astrophysics, Seton Hall University

| {{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1872637.stm | title = British Physicist Wins Religious Prize| publisher = BBC News | access-date=2 July 2009 | date=14 March 2002}}

1988

| {{center|{{sort|Khan|—}}}}

| Inamullah Khan

| Former secretary-general, Modern World Muslim Congress

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/30/nyregion/religion-notes-prize-winner-accused-of-bias-collects-award.html| work = The New York Times| access-date=2 July 2009 | date=30 October 1988| first=Peter|last=Steinfels|title = Religion Notes; Prize Winner, Accused of Bias, Collects Award}}

rowspan="2" | 1989

| {{sort|Weizsacker|100px}}

| Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker{{efn|name=1989 laureates|Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and Lord MacLeod of Fuinary were jointly awarded the prize in 1989.{{Cite web | url = http://www.templetonprize.org/previouswinner.html |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher = Templeton Foundation|access-date=3 July 2007| title = Previous Winners}}}}

| Physicist and philosopher

{{center|{{sort|MacLeod|—}}}}

| George MacLeod{{efn|name=1989 laureates}}

| Founder of the Iona Community

| {{Cite book | title = Daily Readings with George Macleod | first=George|last=MacLeod|author-link=George MacLeod|year=1991|editor-last=Ferguson|editor-first=Ronald|page=15|isbn=978-0-00-627513-8 |location=London|publisher=Fount}}

rowspan="2" | 1990

|{{sort|Baba Amte|100px}}

| Baba Amte{{efn|name=1990 laureates|Baba Amte and Charles Birch were jointly awarded the prize in 1990.}}

| Developer of modern communities for people suffering from leprosy

| {{Cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/world/asia/17amte.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/T/Templeton%20Prize | title = Baba Amte, 93, Dies; Advocate for Lepers | work= The New York Times | access-date=2 July 2009 | date = 17 February 2008 | first=Haresh | last=Pandya}}

{{center|{{sort|Birch|—}}}}

| Charles Birch{{efn|name=1990 laureates}}

| Emeritus professor, University of Sydney

| {{Cite web | url = http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/committees/advisoryBirch.shtml | title = Emeritus Professor Louis Charles Birch |location=Sydney | publisher = University of Sydney| access-date=2 July 2009}}

1991

| {{sort|Jakobvits|100px}}

| Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

| Former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth

1992

| {{sort|Han|100px}}

| Kyung-Chik Han

| Evangelist and founder of Youngnak Presbyterian Church, Seoul. From northern Korea.

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/12/style/chronicle-516492.html | work = The New York Times | access-date= 2 July 2009| date=12 March 1992|first=Nadine|last=Brozan | title = Chronicle}}

1993

| {{sort|Colson|100px}}

| Charles Colson

| Founder of the Prison Fellowship

1994

| {{sort|Novak|File:MichaelNovak.jpg}}

| Michael Novak

| Philosopher and diplomat

1995

| {{sort|Davies| 100px}}

| Paul Davies

| Theoretical physicist

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/09/us/scientist-wins-religion-prize-of-1-million.html |work = The New York Times|date=9 March 1995|access-date=2 July 2009|title = Scientist Wins Religion Prize of $1 Million| first=Gustav|last=Niebuhr}}

1996

| {{sort|Bright|100px}}

| Bill Bright

| Founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/09/us/scientist-wins-religion-prize-of-1-million.html |work = The New York Times|date=6 March 1997|access-date=2 July 2009|title = Leader of Spiritual Movement Wins $1.2 Million Religion Prize| first=Gustav|last=Niebuhr}}

1997

| {{center|{{sort|Athavale|—}}}}

| Pandurang Shastri Athavale

| Social reformer and philosopher, founder of the Swadhyay Movement

1998

| {{center|{{sort|Sternberg|—}}}}

| Sir Sigmund Sternberg

| Philanthropist; founder of the Three Faith Forum

1999

| {{center|{{sort|Barbour|—}}}}

| Ian Barbour

| Former professor of science, technology and society, Carleton College

2000

| {{sort|Dyson| 100px}}

| Freeman Dyson

| Theoretical and mathematical physicist, mathematician, and statistician

|{{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/600000-prize-for-physicist-who-urges-ethics-in-science-284361.html | work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=2 July 2009|date=23 March 2000|first=Steve |last=Connor|title = £600,000 Prize for Physicist Who Urges Ethics in Science}}

2001

| {{center|{{sort| Peacocke|—}}}}

| Arthur Peacocke

| Former dean, Clare College, Cambridge

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/09/us/religion-prize-won-by-priest-much-involved-with-science.html|title = Religion Prize Won by Priest Much Involved with Science| work=The New York Times|access-date=2 July 2009|date=9 March 2001|first=Gustav|last=Niebuhr}}

2002

| {{sort|Polkinghorne| 100px}}

| John Polkinghorne

| Physicist and theologian

2003

| {{sort|Rolston| 100px}}

| Holmes Rolston III

| Philosopher

| {{Cite web | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2864845.stm | title = Environmentalist Wins $1m Prize|first=Helen|last=Sewell| access-date=2 July 2009|date=19 March 2003|publisher= BBC News}}

2004

| {{sort|Ellis|100px}}

| George F. R. Ellis

| Cosmologist and philosopher

| {{Cite web |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3603898/Sacred-mysteries.html | work = The Daily Telegraph |location=London | access-date=2 July 2009|title= Sacred Mysteries|first= Christopher|last= Howse|date=20 March 2004 }}

2005

| {{sort|Townes|100px}}

| Charles Hard Townes

| Nobel laureate and physicist

2006

| {{sort|Barrow|100px}}

| John D. Barrow

| Cosmologist and theoretical physicist

| {{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4811266.stm |title = British Scientist Wins $1m Prize |access-date= 2 July 2009|date=15 March 2006| publisher=BBC News}}

2007

| {{sort|Taylor|File:Charles Taylor (philosopher).jpg}}

| Charles Taylor

| Philosopher

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/society1| work = The Guardian | location = London | access-date=2 July 2009 | first=Stuart|last=Jeffries| title =Is That All There Is?|date= 8 December 2007}}

2008

| {{sort|Heller|100px}}

| Michał Heller

| Physicist and philosopher

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cosmologist-wins-largest-monetary-award-794673.html| work = The Independent |location=London | access-date=2 July 2009 | first=John|last=Hall| title =Cosmologist Wins World's Largest Monetary Award|date= 12 March 2008}}

2009

| {{sort|d'Espagnat|100px}}

| Bernard d'Espagnat

| Physicist

| {{Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5918050.ece | work = The Times | location = London | access-date=2 July 2009 | first=Ruth |last=Gledhill | title =Bernard d'Espagnat Wins £1m Templeton Prize |date= 16 March 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

2010

|{{sort|Ayala|100px}}

|Francisco J. Ayala

|Biologist

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/science/26templeton.html?ref=science| work = The New York Times| access-date=25 March 2010 | first=Cornelia |last=Dean | title =Biologist Wins Templeton Prize |date= 25 March 2010}}

2011

|{{sort|Rees|100px}}

|Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow

|Cosmologist and astrophysicist

| {{Cite web | url =https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13306742 |publisher=ABC News | title = UK Astrophysicist Wins $1.6 Million Religion Prize | first = Raphael | last=Satter|access-date=6 April 2011|date=6 April 2011}}

2012

|{{sort|Tenzin|100px}}

|14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

|Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

| {{cite news|title=Dalai Lama Wins 2012 Templeton Prize|url=http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=375500002|access-date= 30 March 2012|newspaper=Philanthropy News Daily|date=30 March 2012}}

2013

|{{sort|Tutu|100px}}

|Desmond Tutu

|Nobel laureate, social rights activist and retired Anglican archbishop

| {{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22022982 | title = Archbishop Desmond Tutu Wins £1.1m Templeton Prize| date= 4 April 2013 | access-date = 4 April 2013 |publisher = BBC News}}

2014

|{{sort|Halik|100px}}

|Tomáš Halík

|Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher

| {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10694559/Czech-priest-and-former-dissident-Toma-Halik-wins-1.1m-Templeton-prize.html|title=Czech Priest and Former Dissident Tomáš Halík Wins £1.1m Templeton Prize|last=Bingham|first=John |date=13 March 2014|work=The Telegraph|location=London|access-date=13 March 2014}}

2015

|{{sort|Vanier|100px}}

|Jean Vanier

|Catholic theologian, humanitarian and founder of L'Arche and Faith and Light

|{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jean-vanier-templeton-prize-disability_n_7607382 | title = For Jean Vanier, Templeton Prize Winner, Loving People With Disabilities Is A Religious Experience | first = Antonia | last= Blumberg | date = 19 June 2015 | access-date = 5 October 2018 | work = The Huffington Post}}

2016

|{{sort|Sacks|100px}}

|Jonathan Sacks

|Former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism

|{{cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-templeton-sacks-idUKKCN0W413T|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302233338/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-templeton-sacks-idUKKCN0W413T|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2016| publisher = Reuters | title = Former British Chief Rabbi Wins $1.5 Million Templeton Prize | first = Georgina | last = Cooper | access-date = 5 October 2018 | date = 2 March 2016}}

2017

|{{sort|Plantinga|100px}}

|Alvin Plantinga

|American scholar, philosopher, and writer

|{{cite web |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/alvin-plantinga-templeton-prize/ | work = The Times Literary Supplement |location=London | title = Alvin Plantinga and the Templeton Prize | first = Rupert | last = Shortt |date=2 May 2017 | access-date = 5 October 2018}}

2018

|{{sort|Abdullah|100px}}

|Abdullah II of Jordan

|King of Jordan

|{{cite web |url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/king-announced-2018-templeton-prize-laureate-interfaith-intrafaith-harmony-efforts | work = The Jordan Times | title = King Announced 2018 Templeton Prize Laureate for Interfaith, Intrafaith Harmony Efforts | date= 28 June 2018 | access-date = 5 October 2018}}

2019

|{{sort|Gleiser|100px}}

|Marcelo Gleiser

|Brazilian physicist and astronomer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College

|{{cite web |url=http://www.templetonprize.org/currentwinner.html | work = Templeton Prize | title = Current Winner | location = West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher = John Templeton Foundation | date= 19 March 2019 | access-date = 19 March 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-templeton/brazilian-physicist-wins-1-4-million-templeton-prize-idUSKCN1R010K | work = Reuters | title = Brazilian Physicist Wins $1.4 Million Templeton Prize | date= 19 March 2019 | access-date = 19 March 2019}}

2020

|{{sort|Collins|100px}}

|Francis Collins

|Geneticist and physician

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.templetonprize.org/francis-collins-awarded-2020-templeton-prize/|title=Francis Collins Awarded 2020 Templeton Prize|date=20 May 2020|website=Templeton Prize|access-date=20 May 2020}}

2021

|{{sort|Goodall|100px}}

|Jane Goodall

|Ethologist, activist and renowned chimpanzee researcher

|{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/20/naturalist-jane-goodall-wins-2021-templeton-prize-for-lifes-work |title=Naturalist Jane Goodall wins 2021 Templeton prize for life's work|first1=Harriet|last1=Sherwood|work=The Guardian|date=20 May 2021}}

2022

|{{sort|Wilczek|100px}}

|Frank Wilczek

|Theoretical physicist

|{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/science-entertainment-religion-jane-goodall-f3b19b187755f675603dd90c9cd3c151|title=Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize|work=AP News|first=Luis Andres|last=Henao|date=11 May 2022|access-date=9 August 2023}}

2023

|{{sort|Ismail|100px}}

|Edna Adan Ismail

|Health care advocate

|{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/prominent-foe-of-female-genital-mutilation-wins-prestigious-templeton-prize-/7096118.html|title=Prominent Foe of Female Genital Mutilation Wins Prestigious Templeton Prize|work=VOA News|date=16 May 2023|access-date=9 August 2023}}

2024

|{{sort|Gobodo-Madikizela|100px}}

|Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

|Psychologist

|{{cite web|url=https://time.com/6985071/pumla-gobodo-madikizela-templeton-prize/|title=This Psychologist Just Won $1.3 Million for Her Work on Trauma and Repair|work=Time|first=Belinda|last=Luscombe|date=4 June 2024|access-date=19 June 2024}}

2025

|{{sort|Bartholomew|100px}}

|Patriarch Bartholomew

|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

|https://hellenicnews.com/the-2025-templeton-prize-to-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew/

Notes

References

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{{Cite web | url = http://www.templetonprize.org/previouswinner.html |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher = Templeton Foundation|access-date=3 July 2007| title = Previous Winners}}

External links

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