Honouring those who have led by example & inspired through selflessness

The Scheherazade Foundation

Gold Medal Awards

Recipients

H.H. The Dalai Lama

Mother Teresa

President Hamid Karzai

H.R.H. Prince Hassan bin Talal

Carl Sagan

Doris Lessing

Sir David Attenborough

President Nelson Mandela

Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Maya Angelou

Jorge Luis Borges

Annie Leibowitz

Dame Zandra Rhodes

Commander Chris Hadfield

Idries Shah

Isabel Allende

Luciano Pavarotti

First Lady Graça Machel

Gloria Steinem

Sir Michael Palin

Paulo Coelho

Emmeline Pankhurst

Sir Stephen Fry

Sir Wilfred Thesiger

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Joan Baez

Terence Stamp

Dr. Denis Mukwege

Geoffrey Hinton

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Steve McCurry

Sir Roger Daltrey

Erik Weihenmayer

Robyn Davidson

Sir Don McCullin

At The Scheherazade Foundation we believe that in order to recalibrate society we do well to draw inspiration from those who have pioneered change with their vision, determination, and selflessness.

The Scheherazade Foundation makes Gold Medal Awards both to living people from all backgrounds and walks of life, as well as posthumously, to individuals who have led by their extraordinary and outstanding example.

Crafted by Thomas Fattorini, medal makers to His Majesty King Charles III, the awards are octagonal gilded ormolu medallions, presented with a suspension ribbon.

Nominees are selected by a panel of youth hailing from six continents. In most cases, the awards are presented without great fanfare, but rather through a low-key private presentation.

Recipients of The Scheherazade Foundation Gold Medal Awards include:

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Mother Teresa of Calcutta