| Award | People (all schools) | Schools |
|---|
| Guggenheim Fellowship |
13,760 |
322 |
| Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
5,652 |
209 |
| Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
3,535 |
146 |
| Legionnaire of Legion of Merit |
3,125 |
176 |
| Bronze Star Medal |
2,156 |
165 |
| Fulbright Scholarship |
2,053 |
153 |
| Fellow of the American Physical Society |
1,668 |
81 |
| MacArthur Fellows Program |
1,342 |
104 |
| Fellow of the American Mathematical Society |
1,218 |
58 |
| IEEE Fellow |
1,216 |
77 |
| Air Medal |
1,202 |
106 |
| Fellow of the American Statistical Association |
1,190 |
82 |
| ACM Fellow |
1,174 |
59 |
| Purple Heart |
1,115 |
111 |
| Silver Star |
947 |
74 |
| Rhodes Scholarship |
926 |
63 |
| Distinguished Flying Cross |
904 |
81 |
| Fellow of the Econometric Society |
877 |
38 |
| star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |
716 |
99 |
| National Medal of Science |
673 |
52 |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom |
546 |
59 |
| Distinguished Service Medal |
504 |
37 |
| Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
500 |
36 |
| Rome Prize |
486 |
55 |
| Legion of Merit |
403 |
37 |
| Eagle Scout |
397 |
67 |
| Berlin Prize |
396 |
42 |
| NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
384 |
47 |
| Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers |
379 |
42 |
| Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics |
374 |
39 |
| George Polk Award |
374 |
41 |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame |
368 |
43 |
| American Book Awards |
364 |
47 |
| Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering |
359 |
30 |
| Fellow of the American Geophysical Union |
358 |
34 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
355 |
27 |
| Clarivate Citation Laureates |
352 |
33 |
| Foreign Member of the Royal Society |
348 |
32 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society |
324 |
28 |
| Wilbur Cross Medal |
319 |
23 |
| Medal of Honor |
304 |
32 |
| Knight of the Legion of Honour |
295 |
29 |
| Air Force Distinguished Service Medal |
286 |
29 |
| Navy Cross |
286 |
14 |
| Navy Distinguished Service Medal |
279 |
20 |
| Meritorious Service Medal |
278 |
37 |
| AAAI Fellow |
258 |
24 |
| Theatre World Award |
258 |
37 |
| National Book Award |
257 |
28 |
| Defense Superior Service Medal |
251 |
32 |
| Canada Gairdner International Award |
249 |
33 |
| Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
243 |
33 |
| Officer of the Order of Canada |
230 |
23 |
| APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology |
225 |
28 |
| Bancroft Prize |
223 |
24 |
| National Humanities Medal |
221 |
32 |
| Fellow of the American Institute of Architects |
216 |
22 |
| Anonymous Was A Woman Award |
211 |
33 |
| honorary doctor of the University of Miami |
206 |
30 |
| Fellow of the British Academy |
204 |
16 |
| Emmy Award |
201 |
33 |
| honorary doctorate |
200 |
29 |
| Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
196 |
22 |
| National Medal of Arts |
195 |
31 |
| Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America |
192 |
18 |
| William James Fellow Award |
189 |
26 |
| John Scott Award |
185 |
25 |
| Fellow of the American Craft Council |
181 |
33 |
| Member of the Order of Canada |
179 |
24 |
| Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association |
175 |
18 |
| National Women's Hall of Fame |
174 |
28 |
| Fellow of the Ecological Society of America |
174 |
25 |
| Time 100 |
172 |
24 |
| Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards |
168 |
26 |
| Arts and Letters Award in Music |
162 |
22 |
| Benjamin Franklin Medal |
158 |
18 |
| Distinguished Eagle Scout Award |
158 |
30 |
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology |
158 |
26 |
| National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship |
158 |
34 |
| National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
157 |
25 |
| Humboldt Prize |
153 |
22 |
| Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award |
152 |
18 |
| honorary doctor of Harvard University |
151 |
17 |
| Golden Plate Award |
150 |
23 |
| Great Immigrants Award |
149 |
21 |
| Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
148 |
16 |
| Inkpot Award |
144 |
26 |
| Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
144 |
23 |
| National Aviation Hall of Fame |
144 |
23 |
| Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society |
138 |
23 |
| Edgar Awards |
137 |
24 |
| North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame |
132 |
9 |
| Fellow of the Optical Society |
132 |
16 |
| Writers Guild of America Award |
132 |
17 |
| Nobel Prize in Physics |
129 |
15 |
| National Defense Service Medal |
127 |
19 |
| Stanley Cup |
127 |
22 |
| Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award |
127 |
26 |
| Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine |
127 |
19 |
| Legion of Honour |
122 |
15 |
| Officer of the Legion of Honour |
121 |
15 |
| honorary degree from Spelman College |
120 |
19 |
| Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research |
118 |
21 |
| Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
118 |
20 |
| United States Astronaut Hall of Fame |
117 |
19 |
| Peabody Awards |
115 |
24 |
| World War II Victory Medal |
115 |
16 |
| BBC 100 Women |
114 |
19 |
| Lambda Literary Award |
114 |
17 |
| Harvard Centennial Medal |
114 |
9 |
| APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology |
113 |
16 |
| Pulitzer Prize for History |
113 |
15 |
| Sloan Fellowship |
109 |
14 |
| Margaret Brent Award |
109 |
19 |
| Knight Bachelor |
109 |
11 |
| Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society |
108 |
14 |
| ACM Distinguished Member |
105 |
23 |
| International Swimming Hall of Fame |
105 |
15 |
| Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics |
105 |
20 |
| Defense Distinguished Service Medal |
104 |
12 |
| Elliott Cresson Medal |
103 |
16 |
| Carnegie Fellow |
102 |
15 |
| Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
102 |
14 |
| Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic |
101 |
14 |
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
100 |
14 |
| Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel |
100 |
11 |
| Fellow of the American Psychological Association |
99 |
22 |
| Marshall Scholarship |
99 |
7 |
| Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry |
97 |
15 |
| Heinz Award |
96 |
13 |
| Centenary Prize |
96 |
12 |
| Library Hall of Fame |
94 |
14 |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame |
94 |
20 |
| Israel Prize |
93 |
14 |
| Willard Gibbs Award |
93 |
14 |
| William H. Nichols Medal |
91 |
15 |
| IEEE Medal of Honor |
90 |
13 |
| Sterling Professor |
89 |
6 |
| Maryland Women's Hall of Fame |
88 |
18 |
| James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award |
87 |
15 |
| Commendation Medal |
86 |
13 |
| International Space Hall of Fame |
84 |
16 |
| Spingarn Medal |
84 |
15 |
| Michigan Women's Hall of Fame |
84 |
12 |
| Fellow of the Geological Society of America |
83 |
16 |
| Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize |
82 |
11 |
| George M. Kober Medal |
82 |
11 |
| Defense Meritorious Service Medal |
81 |
14 |
| Pulitzer Prize for Biography |
81 |
10 |
| New Jersey Hall of Fame |
80 |
14 |
| Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres |
80 |
16 |
| National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award |
80 |
12 |
| Presidential Young Investigator Award |
80 |
12 |
| ACS Award in Pure Chemistry |
79 |
8 |
| Pew Fellowship in the Arts |
79 |
15 |
| Humboldt Research Fellowship |
76 |
15 |
| Congressional Gold Medal |
76 |
17 |
| White House Fellows |
76 |
13 |
| Turing Award |
75 |
11 |
| Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award |
74 |
15 |
| Commander of the Legion of Honour |
74 |
10 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
73 |
13 |
| Howard Crosby Warren Medal |
73 |
11 |
| Rosenstiel Award |
73 |
10 |
| Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship |
72 |
10 |
| Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
72 |
12 |
| BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award |
71 |
13 |
| Shelley Memorial Award |
71 |
10 |
| EMBO Membership |
71 |
14 |
| honorary doctorate at the Laval University |
71 |
9 |
| William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement |
71 |
14 |
| Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award |
70 |
11 |
| American Library Association Honorary Membership |
70 |
10 |
| Colorado Women's Hall of Fame |
70 |
11 |
| NAS Public Welfare Medal |
70 |
14 |
| Computer Pioneer Award |
69 |
12 |
| Companion of the Order of Canada |
68 |
8 |
| Kennedy Center Honors |
67 |
12 |
| Penrose Medal |
67 |
12 |
| Dan David Prize |
66 |
10 |
| James B. Macelwane Medal |
66 |
9 |
| NAS Award in Molecular Biology |
66 |
11 |
| Lillian Smith Book Award |
65 |
12 |
| Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists |
65 |
11 |
| Pulitzer Prize for Music |
65 |
11 |
| Ohio Women's Hall of Fame |
65 |
14 |
| Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology |
65 |
13 |
| Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres |
65 |
10 |
| ACM Software System Award |
65 |
9 |
| Chicago Tribune Silver Football |
64 |
9 |
| honorary degree |
63 |
13 |
| Women in Technology Hall of Fame |
63 |
13 |
| Computer History Museum Fellow |
62 |
11 |
| Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award |
61 |
11 |
| Kurt Lewin Award |
61 |
10 |
| Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
61 |
11 |
| Priestley Medal |
61 |
9 |
| doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris |
61 |
7 |
| Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame |
61 |
8 |
| Franklin Medal |
61 |
11 |