The prize has generally been awarded every two years; the following is a partial list of recipients: • 1916 -
Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), soldier and poet (awarded posthumously) • 1918 -
Jean-Julien Lemordant (1882–1968), artist • 1924 -
Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer • 1925 -
Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), scenic designer • 1929 -
Arthur Salter (1881–1975), diplomat involved in the
League of Nations • 1930 -
Ragnar Ostberg (1866–1945), architect • 1933 -
Philip John Noel-Baker (1889–1982), politician and diplomat who later won the
Nobel Peace Prize • 1937 -
Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), diplomat and historian • 1939 -
John Bell Condliffe (1891–1981), economist • 1940 -
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer • 1943 -
Joseph C. Grew (1880–1965), diplomat • 1944 -
Field Marshal Sir John Dill (1881–1944), British representative on the
Combined Chiefs of Staff • 1949 -
Sven Markelius (1889–1972), architect • 1952 -
John Hersey (1914–1993), author • 1954 -
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer • 1955 -
Sir Owen Dixon (1886–1972), judge and diplomat • 1958 -
Sir Hector Hetherington (1888–1965), Principal of the University of Glasgow • 1966 -
Tyrone Guthrie (1900–1971), theatre director • 1967 -
Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), Prime Minister of India • 1970 -
Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer • 1971 -
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), conductor • 1977 -
Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), journalist and broadcaster • 1980 - Warren J. Haas (1924–2016), president of the Association of Research Libraries • 1989 -
Russell Baker (1925–2019), author • 2008 -
Tony Blair (b. 1953), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom • 2010 -
Paul Krugman (b. 1953), economist There are other Howland Fellowships and Prizes, including the Charles P. Howland Fellowship, at Yale, established in 1947 by Frances L. Howland as a tribute to her brother
Charles P. Howland, Class of 1891, and the
American Pediatric Society's John Howland Medal honoring another brother, Dr. John Howland, professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School. ==See also==