List of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? top prize winners
Below is a list of the winners of the top prize for each version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Top prize winners
Name |
Date |
Notes |
Prize |
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Man sa yarbah al malyoon |
Khaled al Mulla |
1,000,000 SR |
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Man sa yarbah al malyoon |
Mohammad Tanirah |
1,000,000 SR |
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Man sa yarbah al malyoon |
Sidi Ahmed weld A'ala |
1,000,000 SR |
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Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon |
Kenaan Matar |
2,000,000 SR |
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Man sa yarbah al malyoon |
Mohammad Hamzeh |
First SR1,000,000 winner in the new season |
1,000,000 SR |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
First winner in Australia after six and a half years. |
A$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Martin Flood |
Allegations of cheating marred his top prize win, but he was cleared. |
A$1,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Anton Sutterlüty |
öS 10,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Christiane de Piero |
€1,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Sigrid Weiß-Lutz |
€1,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Karin Huber |
€1,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Elfriede ("El") Awadalla |
€1,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Heide Gondek |
€1,000,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Philip Aschner |
Junior-Special |
€100,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Marion Eidenhammer |
Junior-Special |
€100,000 |
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Die Millionenshow |
Stefan Schwaiger |
Junior-Special |
€100,000 |
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Qui sera millionnaire? |
Katia Savignano |
BFr 10,000,000 |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Gonzalo Miranda |
CLP$100,000,000 |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Enrique Carlos Castillo |
COP$210,000,000 |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
David Huertas |
COP$300,000,000 |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Willy Pérez |
Winner of special 2010 World Cup edition |
25,000,000 colón |
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Tko želi biti milijunaš? |
Mira Bićanić |
1,000,000 kuna |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Søren Brøndum Laursen |
First winner in the Danish version |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Anders and Peter Lund Madsens |
Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to DCA |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Signe Svendsen and Søren Sko |
Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to AIDS Foundation |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Søren Gudbrand and Lis Gudbrand |
Winners in Special edition "Me and my best" |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Claus Højbak and Bertel Haarder |
Donated half the prize to a school organization |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Peter, Helle and Alexander |
Junior edition |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Julie, Ulrik and Sia |
Junior edition |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Joachim, Lukkas and Daniel |
Junior edition |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Simon, Emil and Marcus |
Junior edition |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Mogens Lykketoft and Martin Krasnik |
Winners in celebrity edition. The prize donated to Peres Center for Peace |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Jon Mikkel Hansen and Lars Ole Jørgensen |
1,000,000 kr |
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Hvem vil være millionær? |
Charlotte Bircow and Lasse Rimmer |
Winners in celebrity edition. The prize donated to Breast Cancer Society |
2,000,000 kr |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Maria Fernanda Compte |
US$25,000 |
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Qui Veut Gagner des Millions? |
Frédéric Grégoire |
4,000,000 ₣ |
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Qui Veut Gagner des Millions? |
Louis |
4,000,000 ₣ |
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Qui Veut Gagner des Millions? |
Marie |
€1,000,000 |
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Vis Unda 20000? |
Garry Kasparov, Daria Kasparova |
20,000 Lari |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Eckhard Freise |
1,000,000 DM |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Marlene Grabherr |
1,000,000 DM |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Gerhard Krammer |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Dr. Maria Wienströer |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Stefan Lang |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Timur Hahn |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Oliver Pocher |
Celebrity edition |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Thomas Gottschalk |
Celebrity edition |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Ralf Schnoor |
€1,000,000 |
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Wer wird Millionär? |
Barbara Schöneberger |
Celebrity edition. |
€1,000,000 |
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Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos |
Giorgios Georgopoulos |
50,000,000 ₯ |
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Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos |
Stelios Stergiou |
€150,000 |
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Baak Maan Fu Yung |
Wong Jim and Fung Po Po |
Celebrity charity special |
HK$1,000,000 |
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Baak Maan Fu Yung |
Stephen Chow and Lee Man |
Shaolin Soccer charity special |
HK$1,000,000 |
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Baak Maan Fu Yung |
Chan Hon-cheung |
HK$1,000,000 |
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Legyen Ön is milliomos! |
Gábor Cserey |
40,000,000 Ft |
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Viltu vinna milljón? |
Sveinn Valgeirsson |
5.000.000 ISK |
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Kaun Banega Crorepati |
Harshvardhan Navathe |
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Kaun Banega Crorepati |
Vijay Raul and Arundhati |
Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Patni |
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Kaun Banega Crorepati |
Ravi Saini |
Winner of KBC Junior |
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Kaun Banega Crorepati |
Sushil Kumar |
50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore) |
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Kaun Banega Crorepati |
Sanmjeet Kaur Sahani |
50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore) |
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Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti |
Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao |
Celebrity edition. |
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Ke Bani Crorepati |
Rajesh Singh |
10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore) |
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Mi Rotseh Lehiot Mylyoner? |
Izhar Nevo |
1,000,000 ₪ |
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Chi vuol essere miliardario? |
Francesca Cinelli |
₤1,000,000,000 |
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Chi vuol essere milionario? |
Davide Pavesi |
€1,000,000 |
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Chi vuol essere milionario? |
Michela De Paoli |
€1,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Yasuyuki Kunimitsu |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Yoshiaki Nagata |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Naoko Imao |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Hiroshi Hase |
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Kazuyuki Nose |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Hitomi Sakamoto |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Kikuchi Akishi |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Michiko Eguchi |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Naomi Osada |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Shoko Mishima |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Daichi Suzuki |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Tsuyoshi Shinjo |
Professional baseball player |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Takafumi Horie |
Former CEO of Livedoor |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Kazuko Hosoki |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Masaaki Sakai |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Yasuo Tanaka |
Author and governor of Nagano Prefecture |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Kikuchi Tomohisa |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Masahiko Hamada |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Kotaro Koizumi |
Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Yuko Asano |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Junko Nozoe |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Keiko Ohi |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Dai Tamesue |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Mitsugoro Bando |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Dewi Sukarno |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Misako Konno |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Shōsuke Tanihara |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Shumiko Fuji |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Kazuo Tokumitsu |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Takeshi Kitano |
Only person to answer the final question incorrectly once, and later return and win the top prize. |
¥10,000,000 |
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Quiz $ Millionaire |
Hikari Ota |
¥10,000,000 |
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Kto vozmyot million |
Saule Akhmetova |
5,000,000 tenge |
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Kto vozmyot million |
Irina Stal'naya |
5,000,000 tenge |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Lucía Sánchez |
3,000,000 pesos |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Rafael Lira |
1,500,000 pesos |
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Lotto Weekend Miljonairs |
Hans Peters |
ƒ1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Aroma Ufodike |
₦10,000,000 |
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Vil du bli millionær? |
Anne Louise Lien & Hans Erik Borgenvik |
First winners in Norway. |
2,000,000 kr |
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Vil du bli millionær? |
Bjørn Lien |
First winner in the Hot Seat format. |
1,000,000 kr |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Sharon Cuneta |
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 pesos |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Karl Jonathan Aguilar |
2,000,000 pesos |
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Milionerzy |
Krzysztof Wójcik |
1,000,000 zł |
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Quem quer ser milionário? |
Renata Morgado |
First female top-prize winner in the franchise |
50 000 000 $ |
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Quem quer ser milionário? |
Ana Damásio |
50 000 000 $ |
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Quem quer ser milionário? |
José Fernandes |
50 000 000 $ |
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Quem quer ser milionário? |
António Franco |
€250,000 |
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Vrei să fii miliardar? |
Mihai Popa |
1,000,000,000 ROL |
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Vrei să fii miliardar? |
Tudor Hurezeanu |
1,000,000,000 ROL |
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Kto khochet stat' millionerom? |
Igor Sazeyev |
1,000,000 roubles |
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Kto khochet stat' millionerom? |
Irina and Yuriy Chudinovskikh |
1,000,000 roubles |
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Kto khochet stat' millionerom? |
Svetlana Yaroslavtseva |
3,000,000 roubles |
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Kto khochet stat' millionerom? |
Timur Budayev |
3,000,000 roubles |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Peter Lazar |
unknown |
10,000,000 SIT |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Akim Kysselef |
10,000,000 SIT |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Matjaž Tanko |
10,000,000 SIT |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Gorazd Škerbinek |
10,000,000 SIT |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Aleš Jankovič |
Firefighters edition |
10,000,000 SIT |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Jaro Leskovsek |
15,000,000 SIT |
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Lepo je biti milijonar |
Viktor Niko |
15,000,000 SIT |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
David Paterson |
First winner outside the USA |
1,000,000 R |
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Postkodmiljonären |
Per Hörberg |
1,000,000 kr |
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Postkodmiljonären |
Torgny Segerstedt |
1,000,000 kr |
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Postkodmiljonären |
Olle Laurell |
1,000,000 kr |
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Postkodmiljonären |
Jan Sundström |
1,000,000 kr |
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Postkodmiljonären |
Mattias Östermann |
1,000,000 kr |
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Postkodmiljonären |
Lena Angviken |
1,000,000 kr |
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¿Quiere ser millonario? 50 por 15 |
Enrique Chicote |
Used the phone a friend lifeline to call his wife in the last question, letting her know that he'd won. |
50,000,000 ₧ |
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El Millonario / ¿Quién Quiere Ser El Millonario? |
Paco Reverte |
Third winner in the "Hot Seat" format. First winner in Spain in almost twelve years. |
€100 000 |
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Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon |
Serhiy Karabynskyy |
Won 1,000,000 Moldovan lei, because of the currency drawing |
1,000,000 Moldovan lei |
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Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon |
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk |
First celebrity contestant outside of Japan to win top prize |
1,000,000 hryvnia |
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Milyoner - Garyache Krislo |
Nadejda Beldiy |
Second top win in hot seat. |
1,000,000 hryvnia |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Judith Keppel |
First winner in the UK. |
£1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
David Edwards |
First male winner in the UK. |
£1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Robert Brydges |
First contestant to win in the United Kingdom version since the Charles Ingram affair. |
£1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Pat Gibson |
Had two of three lifelines at the Million pound question. |
£1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Ingram Wilcox |
Most recent winner in the UK version. |
£1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
John Carpenter |
First ever top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Dan Blonsky |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Joe Trela |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Bob House |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Kim Hunt |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
David Goodman |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Kevin Olmstead |
Biggest winner on the U.S. version, with a $2.18 million jackpot. |
US$2,180,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Bernie Cullen |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Ed Toutant |
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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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Kevin Smith |
First winner of the syndicated series. |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Nancy Christy |
First and so far only female top-prize winner in the United States. |
US$1,000,000 |
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
Sam Murray |
Murray did not go all the way to a million the first time, winning US$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. |
US$1,000,000 |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Giovanni Grosso |
100,000,000 Bs. |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Antonio Ríos |
100,000,000 Bs. |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Eugenio Vargas |
100,000,000 Bs. |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Zulay Marcano |
100,000,000 Bs. |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
Luis Olavarrieta |
Celebrity edition |
200,000 Bs. |
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¿Quién quiere ser millonario? |
María Alejandra Requena |
Celebrity edition |
200,000 Bs. |
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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 |
Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Koi iska da stane bogat |
Asen Angelov |
June 13, 2002 |
His daughter, Iskra Angelova, worked for Nova TV, which airs the show, a violation of game show rules, so he returned all prizes as he was not eligible because Nova TV donated the 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. |
เกมเศรษฐี |
Lertlak Panchanawaporn |
The whole affair was shown to the public on 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). |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Charles Ingram |
Scheduled for September 18, 2001 but not actually broadcast until April 21, 2003 |
He was accused of cheating by using different coughing patterns from the audience while playing the game. He was found guilty of fraud in the 2001 scandal and was stripped of his winnings. |
References
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