The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is jointly awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics for outstanding work in astrophysics. It is funded by the Heineman Foundation in honour of Dannie Heineman.
The Heineman awardees are:
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. |
| 1981 | Riccardo Giacconi |
| 1982 | P. James E. Peebles |
| 1983 | Irwin I. Shapiro |
| 1984 | Martin Rees |
| 1985 | Sandra M. Faber |
| 1986 | Hyron Spinrad |
| 1987 | David L. Lambert |
| 1988 | James E. Gunn |
| 1989 | Carl E. Heiles |
| 1990 | Richard McCray |
| 1991 | Wallace L. W. Sargent |
| 1992 | Bohdan Paczynski |
| 1993 | John C. Mather |
| 1994 | John N. Bahcall |
| 1995 | Jerry E. Nelson |
| 1996 | Roger A. Chevalier |
| 1997 | Scott D. Tremaine |
| 1998 | Roger D. Blandford |
| 1999 | Kenneth C. Freeman |
| 2000 | Frank H. Shu |
| 2001 | Bruce G. Elmegreen |
| 2002 | J. Richard Bond |
| 2003 | Rashid Sunyaev |
| 2004 | Bruce T. Draine |
| 2005 | George Efstathiou, Simon White |
| 2006 | Marc Davis |
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