List of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? top prize winners
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Below is a list of the winners of the top prize for each version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
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Khaled al Mulla[1]![]() |
November 21, 2001 | 1,000,000 SR | |
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Mohammad Tanirah[2]![]() |
March 15, 2002 | 1,000,000 SR | |
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Sidi Ahmed weld Ali[3]![]() |
January 2, 2003 | 1,000,000 SR | |
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Kenaan Matar[4]![]() |
May 15, 2007 | 2,000,000 SR | |
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Mohammad Hamzeh[5]![]() |
March 23, 2010 | First SR1,000,000 winner in the new season First winner of the 12-question format. | 1,000,000 SR |
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Rob "Coach" Fulton[6] | October 17, 2005 | First winner in Australia after six and a half years. | A$1,000,000 |
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Martin Flood[6] | November 14, 2005 | Allegations of cheating marred his top prize win, but he was cleared. Also the last winner of the original Australian version. | A$1,000,000 |
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Anton Sutterlüty[7] | February 19, 2001 | öS 10,000,000 | |
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Christiane de Piero[7] | November 11, 2002 | €1,000,000 | |
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Sigrid Weiß-Lutz[7] | May 9, 2003 | €1,000,000 | |
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Monica Weinzettl[7] | October 18, 2003 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Karin Huber[7] | November 3, 2003 | €1,000,000 | |
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Elfriede ("El") Awadalla[7] | March 14, 2005 | €1,000,000 | |
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Heide Gondek[7] | September 18, 2006 | €1,000,000 | |
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Philip Aschner[7] | October 20, 2007 | Junior-Special | €100,000 |
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Marion Eidenhammer[7] | June 28, 2008 | Junior-Special | €100,000 |
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Stefan Schwaiger[7] | May 23, 2009 | Junior-Special | €100,000 |
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Andreas Goldberger and Nina Hartmann[7] | October 24, 2011 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Thomas Geierspichler and Günther Matzinger[7] | October 22, 2012 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Andrea Spatzek[7] | November 26, 2012 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Sonya Kraus[7] | May 13, 2013 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Peter Stöger and Ulrike Kriegler[7] | October 21, 2013 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Stefan Eberharter[7] | December 2, 2013 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Mathias Stockinger[7] | December 9, 2013 | First non-celebrity winner after 7 years | €1,000,000 |
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Kristina Sprenger[7] | February 10, 2014 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Angelika Kirchschlager [8] | February 2, 2015 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Julia Cencig [8] | February 2, 2015 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Dietrich Siegl[9] | November 23, 2015 | Promi-Ausgabe | €75,000 |
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Mir Mohammed Easin | 2011 | ৳ 10,000,000 | |
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Katia Savignano[10] | June 4, 2001 | BEF 10,000,000 | |
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Ingrid Vervaeck[11] | October 10, 2000 | BEF 20,000,000 | |
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Gonzalo Miranda[12] | September 2002 | CLP$100,000,000 | |
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Enrique Carlos Castillo[13] | October 30, 2006 | COP$210,000,000 | |
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David Huertas[14] | October 29, 2011 | COP$300,000,000 | |
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Willy Pérez[15] | June 29, 2010 | Winner of special 2010 World Cup edition | 25,000,000 colón |
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Mira Bićanić[16][17] | 2002 | 1,000,000 kuna | |
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Søren Brøndum Laursen[18] | October 13, 2001 | First winner in the Danish version | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[19] | September 17, 2002 | Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to DCA | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Signe Svendsen and Søren Sko[20] | January 1, 2004 | Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to AIDS Foundation | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Søren Gudbrand and Lis Gudbrand[20] | April 2005 | Winners in Special edition "Me and my best" | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Claus Højbak and Bertel Haarder[20] | October 2005 | Donated half the prize to a school organization | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Peter, Helle and Alexander[21] | October 15, 2007 | Junior edition | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Julie, Ulrik and Sia[22] | November 24, 2007 | Junior edition | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Joachim, Lukkas and Daniel[23] | March 15, 2008 | Junior edition | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Simon, Emil and Marcus[24] | May 9, 2008 | Junior edition | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Mogens Lykketoft and Martin Krasnik[20] | October 11, 2010 | Winners in celebrity edition. The prize donated to Peres Center for Peace | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Jon Mikkel Hansen and Lars Ole Jørgensen[25] | March 12, 2012 | 1,000,000 Danish Krone | |
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Charlotte Bircow and Lasse Rimmer [26] | October 22, 2012 | Winners in celebrity edition. The prize donated to Breast Cancer Society | 2,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Bjarke Refslund and Thure Kjær [27] | April 19, 2013 | Winners in celebrity edition. | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Morten Resen and Ellen Nybo [28] | September 30, 2013 | Winners in 25th channel anniversary. | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[29] | October 28, 2013 | Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to DCA,and they became second millionaires after 17 September 2002 | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Daniel Paske and Jasmin Sharzad[30] | March 3, 2015 | Winners in Dating edition. | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Søren Pilmark and Henrik Koefoed[31] | March 6, 2016 | Winners in celebrity edition. | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Tommy Kenter and Lise Baastrup[32] | May 8, 2016 | Winners in celebrity edition. | 1,000,000 Danish Krone |
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Maria Fernanda Compte[33] | November 24, 2002 | US$25,000 | |
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Frédéric Grégoire[34] | September 30, 2000 | F 4,000,000 | |
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Louis[34] | 2001 | F 4,000,000 | |
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Marie[34] | August 27, 2004 | €1,000,000 | |
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Manana Maisuradze [35] | 2002 | 20,000 Lari | |
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Garry Kasparov and Daria Kasparova[36]![]() |
February 22, 2011 | First celebrity winners. And episode was in Russian with Georgian subtitles | 20,000 Lari |
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Eckhard Freise[37] | December 2, 2000 | DM 1,000,000 | |
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Marlene Grabherr[37] | May 20, 2001 | DM 1,000,000 | |
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Gerhard Krammer[37] | October 18, 2002 | €1,000,000 | |
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Dr. Maria Wienströer[37] | March 29, 2004 | €1,000,000 | |
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Stefan Lang[37] | October 9, 2006 | €1,000,000 | |
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Timur Hahn[37] | January 8, 2007 | €1,000,000 | |
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Oliver Pocher[37] | May 30, 2008 | Celebrity edition | €1,000,000 |
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Thomas Gottschalk[37] | November 20, 2008 | Celebrity edition | €1,000,000 |
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Ralf Schnoor[38] | November 26, 2010 | €1,000,000 | |
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Barbara Schöneberger[39] | May 30, 2011 | Celebrity edition. | €1,000,000 |
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Sebastian Langrock[40] | March 11, 2013 | €1,000,000 | |
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Thorsten Fischer[41] | October 17, 2014 | 15 years special episode | €1,000,000 |
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Nadja Sidikjar[42] | November 13, 2015 | First Winner of Jackpot-Special | €1,538,450 |
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Leon Windscheid[43] | December 7, 2015 | €1,000,000 | |
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Giorgios Georgopoulos[citation needed] | October 2, 2001 | ₯ 50,000,000 | |
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Stelios Stergiou[44] | November 21, 2003 | €150,000 | |
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James Wong and Petrina Fung[45] | July 2001 | Celebrity charity special | HK$1,000,000 |
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Stephen Chow and Lee Man[46] | August 2001 | Shaolin Soccer charity special | HK$1,000,000 |
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Chan Hon-cheung[47] | November 2, 2001 | HK$1,000,000 | |
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Cheng Tak-cheung[48] | February 7, 2003 | Million dollar tournament | HK$1,000,000 |
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Gábor Cserey[49] | March 20, 2006 | 40.000.000 Ft | |
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Sveinn Valgeirsson[50] | March 25, 2002 | 5.000.000 Icelandic Krona | |
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Paolo Turchi[51] | March 31, 2003 | 5.000.000 Icelandic Krona | |
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Jón Steinar and Hannes Hólmsteinn[52] | April 11, 2004 | Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to Childhood Cancer Support Association "SKB" | 5.000.000 Icelandic Krona |
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Harshvardhan Navathe[53] | October 19, 2000 | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) | |
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Vijay Raul and Arundhati[54] | May 2, 2001 | Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Patni | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Ravi Saini[54] | May 14, 2001 | Winner of KBC Junior | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Sushil Kumar[55] | November 2, 2011 | 50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore) | |
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Sanmjeet Kaur Sahani[56] | January 12, 2013 | 50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore) | |
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Achin and Sarthak Narula[57] | September 20, 2014 | Highest Asian top prize in WWTBAM franchise so far, and first 7 crore winners | 70,000,000 Rs. (7 crore) |
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Hussain Basha | April 29, 2013 | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) | |
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Sanooja Rajan[58] | May 1, 2013 | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) | |
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Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao[citation needed] | July 8, 2011 | Celebrity edition | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Rajesh Singh[59] | July 27, 2011 | 10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) | |
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Izhar Nevo[60] | August 7, 2000 | First winner on Israel | 1,000,000 ₪ |
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Francesca Cinelli[61] | March 18, 2001 | ₤ 1,000,000,000 | |
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Davide Pavesi[62] | October 17, 2004 | €1,000,000 | |
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Michela De Paoli[63] | January 27, 2011 | €1,000,000 | |
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Yasuyuki Kunimitsu[64] | July 27, 2000 | First ever Asian WWTBAM top prize winner | ¥10,000,000 |
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Yoshiaki Nagata[citation needed] | August 10, 2000 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Naoko Imao[citation needed] | November 2, 2000 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Hiroshi Hase[citation needed] | November 23, 2000 | Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler | ¥10,000,000 |
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Kazuyuki Nose[citation needed] | February 15, 2001 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Kotaro Kobayashi[citation needed] | September 6, 2001 | Kids Edition | ¥1,000,000 |
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Katsuhiro Minamigawa[citation needed] | September 6, 2001 | Kids Edition | ¥1,000,000 |
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Hitomi Sakamoto[citation needed] | December 13, 2001 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Akishi Kikuchi[citation needed] | June 27, 2002 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Michiko Eguchi[citation needed] | August 1, 2002 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Naomi Osada[citation needed] | November 14, 2002 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Shoko Mishima[citation needed] | May 8, 2003 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Sayu Tanabashi[citation needed] | September 4, 2003 | Kids Edition | ¥1,000,000 |
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Natsumi Kataoka[citation needed] | September 4, 2003 | Kids Edition | ¥1,000,000 |
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Daichi Suzuki[citation needed] | September 18, 2003 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Tsuyoshi Shinjo[65] | January 2, 2004 | Professional baseball player | ¥10,000,000 |
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Jo Kihara[citation needed] | August 26, 2004 | Kids Edition | ¥1,000,000 |
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Takafumi Horie[citation needed] | December 30, 2004 | Former CEO of Livedoor | ¥10,000,000 |
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Kazuko Hosoki[citation needed] | December 30, 2004 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Masaaki Sakai[citation needed] | April 7, 2005 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Yasuo Tanaka[citation needed] | April 7, 2005 | Author and governor of Nagano Prefecture | ¥10,000,000 |
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Kikuchi Tomohisa[citation needed] | April 28, 2005 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Masahiko Hamada[citation needed] | May 26, 2005 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Yukiko Kashiwagi and Hanako Oshima[citation needed] | May 26, 2005 | Pair players (mother and daughter) | ¥10,000,000 |
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Kotaro Koizumi[citation needed] | January 2, 2006 | Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi | ¥10,000,000 |
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Yūko Asano[citation needed] | March 23, 2006 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Junko Nozoe[citation needed] | June 29, 2006 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Keiko Ohi[citation needed] | July 27, 2006 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Dai Tamesue[citation needed] | September 14, 2006 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Mitsugoro Bando X[citation needed] | October 5, 2006 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Dewi Sukarno[citation needed] | October 26, 2006 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Misako Konno[citation needed] | February 15, 2007 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Shōsuke Tanihara[citation needed] | July 5, 2007 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Sumiko Fuji[citation needed] | March 27, 2008 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Kazuo Tokumitsu[citation needed] | March 27, 2008 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Takeshi Kitano[citation needed] | January 30, 2009 | Only person to answer the final question incorrectly once, and later return and win the top prize. | ¥10,000,000 |
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Hikari Ota[citation needed] | April 1, 2009 | ¥10,000,000 | |
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Mana Ashida[66] | January 2, 2013 | Celebrity Kids Edition. Youngest top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. (8 years and 6 months old) | ¥1,000,000 |
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Saule Akhmetova[67] | April 25, 2002 | First Woman won 5,000,000 tenge | 5,000,000 tenge |
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Irina Stalnaya[67] | 2003 | 5,000,000 tenge | |
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Elita Rumpe[68] | December 18, 2002 | 10,000 Lati | |
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Lucía Sánchez[69] | April 22, 2010 | 3,000,000 Mexican Pesos | |
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Rafael Lira[70] | April 21, 2012 | 1,500,000 Mexican Pesos | |
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Hans Peters[71] | January 6, 2001 | NLG 1,000,000 | |
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Aroma Ufodike[72] | September 11, 2009 | ₦10,000,000 | |
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Anne Louise Lien and Hans Erik Borgenvik[73] | March 10, 2003 | First winners in Norway. | 2,000,000 Norwegian krone |
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Bjørn Lien[74] | January 19, 2010 | First winner in the Hot Seat format. | 1,000,000 Norwegian krone |
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Sharon Cuneta[75] | January 9, 2010 | Celebrity contestant who made a second appearance in the franchise. Won P1,000,000 (14th question) during her first appearance in 2001. | 2,000,000 Philippine Pesos |
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Karl Jonathan Aguilar[76] | September 18, 2011 | 2,000,000 Philippine Pesos | |
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Gaeilo Pajinag, Jr.[77] | October 20, 2013 | First winner under Risk format outside Germany. | 2,000,000 Philippine Pesos |
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Krzysztof Wójcik[78] | March 28, 2010 | First and only (so far) winner in Poland. | 1,000,000 zł |
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Renata Morgado[citation needed] | May 2000 | First female top-prize winner in the franchise. Also the first ever European Millionaire winner | 50,000,000 Portuguese escudos |
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Ana Damásio[citation needed] | September 2000 | Second female top-prize winner in the franchise | 50,000,000 Portuguese escudos |
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José Fernandes[citation needed] | April 2001 | 50,000,000 Portuguese escudos | |
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António Franco[citation needed] | December 29, 2003 | €250,000 | |
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José Moura[citation needed] | February 7, 2014 | First winner after 11 years | €100,000 |
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Mihai Popa[79] | April 15, 2001 | 1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu | |
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Tudor Hurezeanu[80] | April 8, 2002 | 1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu | |
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Igor Sazeyev[81] | March 12, 2001 | First Winner on Russia | 1,000,000 Rubles |
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Irina Chudinovskih and Yuriy Chudinovskih[82] | January 18, 2003 | Couples version. | 1,000,000 Rubles |
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Svetlana Yaroslavtseva[83] | February 19, 2006 | First woman who won 3.000.000 Rubles | 3,000,000 Rubles |
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Timur Budayev[84] | April 17, 2010 | First man who won 3.000.000 Rubles | 3,000,000 Rubles |
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Bari Alibasov and Alexander "Danko" Fadeev[85] | November 23, 2013 | First celebrity winners in the Russian version with risk format | 3,000,000 Rubles |
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Peter Lazar[86] | unknown | SIT 10,000,000 | |
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Akim Kysselef[86] | 2002 | SIT 10,000,000 | |
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Matjaž Tanko[86] | 2002 | SIT 10,000,000 | |
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Gorazd Škerbinek[86] | 2002 | SIT 10,000,000 | |
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Aleš Jankovič[citation needed] | 2003 | Firefighters edition | SIT 10,000,000 |
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Jaro Leskovsek[87] | May 16, 2004 | SIT 15,000,000 | |
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Viktor Niko[citation needed] | July 2005 | SIT 15,000,000 | |
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David Paterson[88] | March 19, 2000 | First winner outside the USA | 1,000,000 Rand |
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Apeksha Kumari[89] | February 22, 2013 | First winner | 2,000,000 LKR |
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Per Hörberg[citation needed] | February 17, 2006 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Torgny Segerstedt[citation needed] | March 1, 2008 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Olle Laurell[citation needed] | December 4, 2009 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Jan Sundström[citation needed] | December 17, 2010 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Mattias Östermann[90] | March 2, 2012 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Lena Angviken[91] | September 29, 2012 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Birgitta Hedström[92][93] | April 11, 2014 | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona | |
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Alexandra Pascalidou and Lena Ag[94] | November 15, 2014 | Celebrity Special | 1,000,000 Swedish Krona |
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Enrique Chicote[95] | May 21, 2000 | Used the phone a friend lifeline to call his wife in the last question, letting her know that he'd won, and first winner on Spanish version. | ₧ 50,000,000 |
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Paco Reverte[96] | March 15, 2012 | Third winner in the "Hot Seat" format. First winner in Spain in almost twelve years. | €100,000 |
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Sergei Karabinsky [97] | June 6, 2003 | Won a million Moldovan leu, because of the currency drawing. When the game led Anatoly Borsyuk, winning was not a participant in the Ukrainian currency, and the one for the participant and identify themselves. For this purpose, at the leading standing tank with balls inside them were Trade name. And first winner | 1,000,000 Moldovan leu = 372,000 hryvnia |
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk[98] | January 29, 2005 | First celebrity contestant. And the top-prize has been sent to orphanages in Ukraine. | 1,000,000 hryvnia |
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Nadezhda Beldiy[99] | August 6, 2011 | Second top win in the hot seat format. | 1,000,000 hryvnia |
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Judith Keppel[100] | November 20, 2000 | First female winner in the UK. | £1,000,000 |
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David Edwards[100] | April 21, 2001 | First male winner in the UK. | £1,000,000 |
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Robert Brydges[101] | September 29, 2001 | First contestant to win in the United Kingdom version since the Charles Ingram affair. He had one lifeline at the Million pound question. | £1,000,000 |
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April 24, 2004 | Had two of three lifelines at the million pound question. | £1,000,000 |
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Ingram Wilcox[100] | September 23, 2006 | Last winner in the UK version. Also the last contestant to face the final question under the 15-question format in the UK, and also the last contestant to win the top prize before the clock format was introduced on 3 August 2010. | £1,000,000 |
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John Carpenter[102] | November 19, 1999 | First ever top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. He did not use a lifeline until his fifteenth and final question, when he called his father to tell him he would win the million. | US$1,000,000 |
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Dan Blonsky[102] | January 18, 2000 | US$1,000,000 | |
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Joe Trela[102] | March 23, 2000 | US$1,000,000 | |
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Bob House[102] | June 13, 2000 | US$1,000,000 | |
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Kim Hunt[102] | July 6, 2000 | US$1,000,000 | |
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David Goodman[102] | July 11, 2000 | First Millionaire winner since John Carpenter to go 14 straight questions without using a lifeline. He used all three on the last question, just to be sure to win a million. | US$1,000,000 |
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Kevin Olmstead[103] | April 10, 2001 | Biggest winner on the U.S. version, with a $2.18 million jackpot. He was the biggest top prize winner on a network television game show in U.S. history until Andrew Kravis overtook the record on September 19, 2013. Also the highest winning of Millionaire worldwide so far. | US$2,180,000 |
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Bernie Cullen[104] | April 15, 2001 | Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question. | US$1,000,000 |
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Ed Toutant[105] | September 7, 2001 | Originally ruled to have answered a $16,000 question incorrectly in January 2001 and left with $1,000. It was later discovered that there was a mistake in his $16,000 question and was invited back to play for the $1.86 million he originally was going for. | US$1,860,000 |
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Kevin Smith[106] | February 18, 2003 | First man winner of the syndicated series. | US$1,000,000 |
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Nancy Christy[107] | May 9, 2003 | First and so far only female top-prize winner in the United States. | US$1,000,000 |
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Sam Murray[108] | November 20, 2009 | Murray did not go all the way to a million the first time, winning $50,000; then returned to win the question in the "Million Dollar Tournament of Ten." He was also 8th seed in the tournament at the time of his winning. First and last millionaire of the clock format in the franchise. | US$1,000,000 |
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Giovanni Grosso[109] | March 20, 2002 | First ever top-prize winner in South America. | 100,000,000 Bs. |
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Antonio Ríos[109] | May 22, 2002 | 100,000,000 Bs. | |
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Eugenio Vargas[109] | December 22, 2004 | 100,000,000 Bs. | |
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Zulay Marcano[110] | March 29, 2006 | 200,000,000 Bs. | |
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Luis Olavarrieta[citation needed] | December 31, 2008 | Celebrity edition | 200,000 Bs. |
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María Alejandra Requena[citation needed] | December 31, 2008 | Celebrity edition | 200,000 Bs. |
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Phương Thanh[111] | September 6, 2013 | VTV's 43rd anniversary special. Rather than a monetary prize, Thanh was offered the opportunity to "work as an editor of Ai là triệu phú for one day". | — |
Elimination of winnings
Some players had answered the top prize question correctly, but did not actually win the prize because of ineligibility, legal issues, or elimination from a contest.
Edition | Name of player | Date | Notes |
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Asen Angelov[112] | June 13, 2002 | His daughter, Iskra Angelova, worked for Nova TV, which airs the show, a violation of the eligibility requirements, and was forced to return the prize money. Employees of the local broadcaster, production company or distributor, sponsors, and Sony (which owns the franchise) are not eligible to participate in the show. As Angelov is the only Bulgarian to answer the final question correctly, no one in this version actually won the top prize. |
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Lertlak Panchanawaporn[113][114] | March 22, 2002 | A computer error led the player to being fed all the right answers. The cable feeding the player the answers on the computer screen was supposed to be hooked up to the presenter's computer. The player had noticed that the right answers were constantly highlighted on her computer screen and won the million this way. The show's producers took the million away from the player, but she was allowed to play again, but won only 25,000 baht (answered five questions). |
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Charles Ingram[100] | April 21, 2003 | He was accused of cheating by using different coughing patterns from fellow contestant Tecwen Whittock while playing the game. He was found guilty of fraud in the 2001 scandal and was stripped of his winnings. The episode was originally scheduled to air September 18, 2001 but did not actually air until April 21, 2003. |
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