List of Ramon Magsaysay Award winners
The following is a partial list of the awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. See External links at bottom of this page for a complete list. Awardees' individual nationality or country of origin and citizenship are indicated.
GS Government Service
PS Public Service
CL Community Leadership
JLCCA Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
PIU Peace and International Understanding
EL Emergent Leadership
Magsaysay awardees
Emergent Leadership
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or Base Country | 1958 | Acharaya Vinoba Bhavey | India |
| 1996 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | India | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Oung Chanthol | Cambodia | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Dita Indah Sari | Indonesia | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Sandeep Pandey | India | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Aniceto Guterres Lopes | East Timor | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Benjamin Abadiano | Philippines | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Hye-Ran Yoon | South Korea | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Arvind Kejriwal | India | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Chen Guangcheng | China | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Chung To | United States in Hong Kong | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Ananda Galappatti | Sri Lanka | - | - | - |
| 2009 | Ka Hsaw Wa | Myanmar | - | - | - |
| 2011 | Nileema Mishra | India | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto | Indonesia | - | - | - |
| 2014 | Randy Halasan | Philippines | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Sanjiv Chaturvedi | India | - | - | - |
| 2016 | Thodur Madabusi Krishna | India | - | - | - |
Uncategorized
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or Base Country |
| 2009 | Antonio Oposa, Jr. | Philippines |
| 2009 | Krisana Kraisintu | Thailand |
| 2009 | Deep Joshi | India |
| 2009 | Ma Jun | China |
| 2009 | Yu Xiaogang | China |
| 2010 | Tadatoshi Akiba | Japan |
| 2010 | Huo Daishan | China |
| 2010 | A.H.M. Noman Khan | Bangladesh |
| 2010 | Christopher Bernido | Philippines |
| 2010 | Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido | Philippines |
| 2010 | Pan Yue | China |
| 2010 | Fu Qiping | China |
| 2011 | Hasanain Juaini | Indonesia |
| 2011 | Tri Mumpuni | Indonesia |
| 2011 | Harish Hande | India |
| 2011 | Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. | Philippines |
| 2011 | Koul Panha | Cambodia |
| 2012 | Chen Shu-chu | Taiwan |
| 2012 | Kulandei Francis | India |
| 2012 | Yang Saing Koma | Cambodia |
| 2012 | Syeda Rizwana Hasan | Bangladesh |
| 2012 | Romulo Davide | Philippines |
| 2013 | Habiba Sarobi | Afghanistan |
| 2013 | Lahpai Seng Raw | Myanmar |
| 2013 | Shakti Samuha | Nepal |
| 2013 | Ernesto Domingo | Philippines |
| 2013 | Corruption Eradication Commission | Indonesia |
| 2014 | Hu Shuli | China |
| 2014 | Wang Canfa | China |
| 2014 | Saur Marlina Manurung | Indonesia |
| 2014 | Omara Khan Massoudi | Afghanistan |
| 2014 | The Citizens Foundation | Pakistan |
| 2015 | Kommaly Chanthavong | Laos |
| 2015 | Ligaya Fernando | Philippines |
| 2015 | Anshu Gupta And Sanjiv Chaturvedi | India |
| 2015 | Kyaw Thu | Myanmar |
| 2016 | Conchita Carpio-Morales | Philippines |
| 2016 | Vientiane Rescue | Laos |
| 2017 | Gethsie Shanmugam | Sri Lanka |
| 2017 | Yoshiaki Ishizawa | Japan |
| 2017 | Lilia de Lima | Philippines |
| 2017 | Abdon Nababan | Indonesia |
| 2017 | Tony Tay | Singapore |
| 2017 | Philippine Educational Theater Association | Philippines |
| 2018 | Howard Dee | Philippines |
| 2018 | Sonam Wangchuk | India |
| 2018 | Bharat Vatwani | India |
| 2018 | Youk Chhang | Cambodia |
| 2018 | Vo Thi Hoang | Vietnam |
| 2018 | Maria de Lourdes Martins | East Timor |
| 2019 | Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab | Philippines |
| 2019 | Kim Jong-ki | South Korea |
| 2019 | Ko Swe Win | Myanmar |
| 2019 | Angkhana Neelaphaijit | Thailand |
Government Service
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or Base Country |
| 1959 | Jose Vasquez Aguilar | Philippines |
| 1961 | Raden Kodijat | Indonesia |
| 1962 | Francisca Reyes-Aquino | Philippines |
| 1963 | Akhtar Hameed Khan | Pakistan |
| 1964 | Yukiharu Miki | Japan |
| 1965 | Puey Ungphakorn | Thailand |
| 1966 | Phon Sangsingkeo | Thailand |
| 1967 | Keo Viphakone | Laos |
| 1968 | Kwoh-Ting Li | Taiwan |
| 1969 | Hsu Shih-chu | Taiwan |
| 1971 | Ali Sadikin | Indonesia |
| 1972 | Goh Keng Swee | Singapore |
| 1973 | B. C. Shekhar | Malaysia |
| 1974 | Hiroshi Kuroki | Japan |
| 1975 | Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim | Malaysia |
| 1976 | Elsie Tu | United Kingdom in Hong Kong |
| 1977 | Bejamin Galstaun | Indonesia |
| 1978 | Dato Shahrum bin Yub | Malaysia |
| 1979 | Raden Wasito | Indonesia |
| 1980 | Muhammed Alias | Malaysia |
| 1981 | Prawase Wasi | Thailand |
| 1982 | Arturo Alcaraz | Philippines |
| 1983 | Su Nan-cheng | Taiwan |
| 1984 | Ta-You Wu | Taiwan |
| 1985 | Tan Sri Noordin | Malaysia |
| 1987 | Haji Hanafiah | Malaysia |
| 1988 | Miriam Santiago | Philippines |
| 1989 | Zakiah Hanum | Malaysia |
| 1991 | Alfredo R. A. Bengzon | Philippines |
| 1992 | Chamlong Srimuang | Thailand |
| 1993 | Võ Tòng Xuân | Vietnam |
| 1994 | Kiran Bedi | India |
| 1995 | Morihiko Hiramatsu | Japan |
| 1996 | T. N. Seshan | India |
| 1997 | Anand Panyarachun | Thailand |
| 1998 | Syed Adibul Hasan Rizvi | Pakistan |
| 1999 | Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui | Pakistan |
| 2000 | Jesse Robredo | Philippines |
| 2001 | Yuan Longping | China |
| 2002 | Hilario G. Davide, Jr. | Philippines |
| 2003 | James Michael Lyngdoh | India |
| 2004 | Haydee Yorac | Philippines |
| 2005 | Jon Ungpakorn | Thailand |
| 2006 | Ek Sonn Chan | Cambodia |
| 2007 | Jovito R. Salonga | Philippines |
| 2008 | Grace Padaca | Philippines |
Public Service
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or Base Country |
| 1958 | Mary H. Rutnam | Sri Lanka |
| 1959 | Joaquin Vilallonga | Spain in Philippines |
| 1959 | Tee Tee Luce | Myanmar |
| 1960 | Henry Holland | United Kingdom in Pakistan |
| 1960 | Ronald Holland | United Kingdom in Pakistan |
| 1961 | Nilawan Pintong | Thailand |
| 1962 | Horace Kadoorie | United Kingdom in Hong Kong |
| 1962 | Lawrence Kadoorie | United Kingdom in Hong Kong |
| 1963 | Helen Kim | South Korea |
| 1964 | Augustine Nguyen Lac Hoa | South Vietnam |
| 1965 | Jayaprakash Narayan | India |
| 1966 | Kim Yong-ki | South Korea |
| 1967 | Sithiporn Kridakorn | Thailand |
| 1968 | Seiichi Tobata | Japan |
| 1969 | Kim Hyung-Seo | South Korea |
| 1971 | Pedro Orata | Philippines |
| 1972 | Cecile Guidote | Philippines |
| 1972 | Gilopez Kabayao | Philippines |
| 1973 | Antonio Fortich | Philippines |
| 1973 | Benjamin Gaston | Philippines |
| 1974 | M.S. Subbulakshmi | India |
| 1975 | Phra Parnchand | Thailand |
| 1976 | Hermenegild Fernandez | France in Sri Lanka |
| 1977 | Fe del Mundo | Philippines |
| 1978 | Prateep Ungsongtham Hata | Thailand |
| 1979 | Chang Kee-ryo | South Korea |
| 1980 | Ohm Dae-sup | South Korea |
| 1981 | Johanna Nasution | Indonesia |
| 1982 | Manibhai Desai | India |
| 1983 | Fua Hariphitak | Thailand |
| 1984 | Thongbai Thongpao | Thailand |
| 1985 | Baba Amte | India |
| 1986 | Abdul Sattar Edhi | Pakistan |
| 1986 | Bilquis Edhi | Pakistan |
| 1987 | Hans Jassin | Indonesia |
| 1988 | Masanobu Fukuoka | Japan |
| 1989 | Lakshmi Chand Jain | India |
| 1991 | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn | Thailand |
| 1992 | Angel Alcala | Philippines |
| 1993 | Banoo Jehangir Coyaji | India |
| 1994 | Mechai Viravaidya | Thailand |
| 1995 | Asma Jahangir | Pakistan |
| 1996 | John Woong-Jin Oh | South Korea |
| 1997 | Mahesh Chandra Regmi | Nepal |
| 1998 | Sophon Suphapong | Thailand |
| 1999 | Rosa Rosal | Philippines |
| 2000 | Liang Congjie | China |
| 2001 | Wu Qing | China |
| 2002 | Ruth Pfau | Pakistan |
| 2003 | Gao Yaojie | China |
| 2004 | Jiang Yanyong | China |
| 2005 | Teten Masduki | Indonesia |
| 2005 | V. Shanta | India |
| 2006 | Park Won-soon | South Korea |
| 2007 | Kim Sun-tae | South Korea |
| 2008 | Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions | Philippines |
| 2008 | Therdchai Jivacate | Thailand |
Community Leadership
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or Base Country |
| 1958 | Vinoba Bhave | India |
| 1959 | 14th Dalai Lama | Tibet |
| 1960 | Tunku Abdul Rahman | Malaysia |
| 1961 | Gus Borgeest | United Kingdom in Hong Kong |
| 1962 | Palayil Narayanan | Malaysia |
| 1962 | Koesna Poeradiredja | Indonesia |
| 1963 | Verghese Kurien | India |
| 1963 | Dara Nusserwanji Khurody | India |
| 1963 | Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel | India |
| 1964 | Pablo Torres Tapia | Philippines |
| 1965 | Lim Kim San | Singapore |
| 1966 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | India |
| 1967 | Abdul Razak Hussein | Malaysia |
| 1968 | Rosario Encarnacion | Philippines |
| 1968 | Silvino Encarnacion | Philippines |
| 1969 | Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne | Sri Lanka |
| 1971 | M.S. Swaminathan | India |
| 1972 | Hans Westenberg | Indonesia |
| 1973 | Krasae Chanawongse | Thailand |
| 1974 | Fusaye Ichikawa | Japan |
| 1975 | Lee Tai-Young | South Korea |
| 1976 | Toshikazu Wakatsuki | Japan |
| 1977 | Ela Bhatt | India |
| 1978 | Tahrunessa Abdullah | Bangladesh |
| 1979 | Mabelle Arole | India |
| 1979 | Rajanikant Arole | India |
| 1980 | Fazle Hasan Abed | Bangladesh |
| 1981 | Pramod Karan Sethi | India |
| 1982 | Chandi Prasad Bhatt | India |
| 1983 | Anton Soedjarwo | Indonesia |
| 1984 | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh |
| 1985 | Zafrullah Chowdhury | Bangladesh |
| 1986 | John Vincent Daly | United States in South Korea |
| 1986 | Paul Jeong Gu Jei | South Korea |
| 1987 | Aree Valyasevi | Thailand |
| 1988 | Mohammed Yeasin | Bangladesh |
| 1989 | Kim Im-soon | South Korea |
| 1991 | Ven. Cheng Yen | Taiwan |
| 1992 | Shoaib Sultan Khan | Pakistan |
| 1993 | Abdurrahman Wahid | Indonesia |
| 1994 | Sima Samar | Afghanistan in Pakistan |
| 1994 | Fei Xiaotong | China |
| 1995 | Ho Ming-Teh | Taiwan |
| 1996 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | India |
| 1997 | Eva Fidela Maamo | Philippines |
| 1998 | Nuon Phaly | Cambodia |
| 1999 | Angela Gomes | Bangladesh |
| 2000 | Aruna Roy | India |
| 2001 | Rajendra Singh | India |
| 2002 | Cynthia Maung | Myanmar |
| 2003 | Shantha Sinha | India |
| 2004 | Prayong Ronnarong | Thailand |
| 2005 | Sombath Somphone | Laos |
| 2006 | Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation | Philippines |
| 2006 | Antonio Meloto | Philippines |
| 2007 | Mahabir Pun | Nepal |
| 2008 | Prakash Amte | India |
| 2008 | Mandakini Amte | India |
| 2016 | Bezwada Wilson | India |
Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or base country |
| 1958 | Robert Dick | United Kingdom in Philippines |
| 1958 | Mochtar Lubis | Indonesia |
| 1959 | Tarzie Vittachi | Sri Lanka |
| 1959 | Edward Michael Law-Yone | Myanmar |
| 1961 | Amitabha Chowdhury | India |
| 1962 | Chang Chun-ha | South Korea |
| 1964 | Richard Wilson | United Kingdom in Hong Kong |
| 1964 | Kayser Sung | China in Hong Kong |
| 1965 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| 1967 | Satyajit Ray | India |
| 1968 | Tôn Thất Thiện | South Vietnam |
| 1969 | Mitoji Nishimoto | Japan |
| 1971 | Prayoon Chanyavongs | Thailand |
| 1972 | Yasuji Hanamori | Japan |
| 1973 | Michiko Ishimure | Japan |
| 1974 | Zacarias Sarian | Philippines |
| 1975 | Boobli George Verghese | India |
| 1976 | Sombhu Mitra | India |
| 1977 | Mahesh Chandra Regmi | Nepal |
| 1978 | Yoon Suk-joong | South Korea |
| 1979 | L. T. P. Manju Sri | Sri Lanka |
| 1980 | F. Sionil José | Philippines |
| 1981 | Gour Kishore Ghosh | India |
| 1982 | Arun Shourie | India |
| 1983 | Fr. Marcelline Jayakody | Sri Lanka |
| 1984 | R. K. Laxman | India |
| 1985 | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| 1986 | Radio Veritas | Philippines |
| 1987 | Diane Ying | Taiwan |
| 1988 | Ediriweera Sarachchandra | Sri Lanka |
| 1989 | James Reuter | Philippines |
| 1991 | K. V. Subbanna | India |
| 1992 | Ravi Shankar | India |
| 1993 | Bienvenido Lumbera | Philippines |
| 1994 | Abdul Samad Ismail | Malaysia |
| 1995 | Pramoedya Ananta Toer | Indonesia |
| 1996 | Nick Joaquin | Philippines |
| 1997 | Mahasweta Devi | India |
| 1998 | Ruocheng Ying | China |
| 1999 | Raul Locsin | Philippines |
| 1999 | Lin Hwai-min | Taiwan |
| 2000 | Atmakusumah Astraatmadja | Indonesia |
| 2001 | W. D. Amaradeva | Sri Lanka |
| 2002 | Bharat Koirala | Nepal |
| 2003 | Sheila Coronel | Philippines |
| 2004 | Abdullah Abu Sayeed | Bangladesh |
| 2005 | Matiur Rahman | Bangladesh |
| 2006 | Eugenia Duran Apostol | Philippines |
| 2007 | Palagummi Sainath | India |
| 2008 | Akio Ishii | Japan |
| 2019 | Ravish Kumar | India |
Peace and International Understanding
| Year | Recipient | Nationality or Base Country |
| 1958 | Operation Brotherhood | Philippines |
| 1960 | Y.C. James Yen | Taiwan |
| 1961 | Genevieve Caulfield | United States in Thailand |
| 1962 | Mother Teresa | India |
| 1963 | Peace Corps | United States |
| 1964 | Welthy Fisher | United States in India |
| 1965 | Bayanihan Folk Arts Center and its Supporting Entities | Philippines |
| 1966 | Mekong Committee and Cooperating Entities | Cambodia |
| 1967 | Shiroshi Nasu | Japan |
| 1968 | Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere | Philippines |
| 1969 | International Rice Research Institute | United States in Philippines |
| 1971 | Saburo Okita | Japan |
| 1973 | Summer Institute of Linguistics | Philippines |
| 1974 | William Masterson | Philippines |
| 1975 | Patrick James McGlinchey | Ireland in South Korea |
| 1976 | Henning Holck-Larsen | Denmark in India |
| 1977 | College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Baños | Philippines |
| 1978 | Soedjatmoko | Indonesia |
| 1979 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Indonesia |
| 1980 | Shigeharu Matsumoto | Japan |
| 1981 | Augustine Joung Kang | South Korea |
| 1983 | Aloysius Schwartz | United States in South Korea |
| 1984 | Jiro Kawakita | Japan |
| 1985 | Harold Ray Watson | Philippines |
| 1986 | International Institute of Rural Reconstruction | Philippines |
| 1987 | Richard William Timm | Bangladesh, United States |
| 1988 | The Royal Project | Thailand |
| 1989 | Asian Institute of Technology | Thailand |
| 1991 | Press Foundation of Asia | Philippines |
| 1992 | Washington SyCip | Philippines, United States |
| 1993 | Noboru Iwamura | Japan |
| 1994 | Eduardo Jorge Anzorena | Argentina in Japan |
| 1995 | Asian Institute of Management | Philippines |
| 1996 | Toshihiro Takami | Japan |
| 1997 | Sadako Ogata | Japan |
| 1998 | Corazon Aquino | Philippines |
| 2000 | Jockin Arputham | India |
| 2001 | Ikuo Hirayama | Japan |
| 2002 | Pomnyun | South Korea |
| 2003 | Tetsu Nakamura | Japan |
| 2003 | Seiei Toyama | Japan |
| 2004 | Laxminarayan Ramdas | India |
| 2004 | Ibn Abdur Rehman | Pakistan |
| 2006 | Sanduk Ruit | Nepal |
| 2007 | Tang Xiyang | China |
| 2008 | Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif | Indonesia |