List of top prize winners in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

The winners of the top prize for each version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? are

Australia

Rob "Coach" Fulton, October 17, 2005
Martin Flood, November 14, 2005

Austria

Anton Sutterlüty, February 19, 2001 (won 10,000,000 ATS)
Christiane de Piero, November 11, 2002
Sigrid weiß-lutz, May 9, 2003
Karin Huber, November 3, 2003
El-Awadalla, March 14, 2005
Heide Gondek, September 18, 2006

Bulgaria

Asen Angelov answered the major prize question and was awarded 100,000 levs, but soon returned them, when it became clear that his daughter - Iskra Angelova, was working in Nova TV (the TV channel that airs the show), which is against the rules.

Chile

Gonzalo Miranda, 2002 (won 100,000,000 CLP)
Melly Shields, 2003 (won 65,000,000 CLP)

Colombia

Enrique Carlos, 2006

Croatia

Mira Bićanić, 2002

Ecuador

Maria Fernanda Compte, November 24, 2002

Estonia

Fred Piirimäe, September 2, 2003

France

Frédéric ???, September 30, 2000 (won 4,000,000₣)
Louis ???, 2001 (won 4,000,000₣)
Marie ???, August 28, 2004 (won €1,000,000)

(French contestants' surnames aren't mentioned on the show)

Germany

Eckhard Freise, December 2, 2000 (won DM1,000,000)
Marlene Grabherr, May 20, 2001 (won DM1,000,000)
Gerhard Krammer, October 18, 2002 (won €1,000,000, as did the next three winners)
Dr. Maria Wienströer, March 29, 2004
Stefan Lang, October 6, 2006
Timur Hahn, January 8, 2007

Hong Kong

Wong Jim (黃霑) and Fung Po Po (馮寶寶), July 2001 (celebrity and charity edition)
Stephen Chow (周星馳) and Lee Man (李敏), August 2001 (celebrity and charity edition) Last 2 questions
Chan Hon-cheung (陳漢翔), November 2, 2001

Hungary

Gábor Cserey, March 20, 2006 (won 40,000,000 forint)

India

Harshvardhan Navathe (winner of KBC started in 2000)
Brajesh Dubey (First winner of 1 crore rupees in KBC2; started in 2005 with a maximum prize money of 2 crore rupees)
Ravi Saini (winner of KBC Junior)
unknown couple from Orissa (won 1 crore rupees on KBC1)

Israel

Yizhar Nevo 2000

Italy

Francesca Cinelli March 18, 2001 (only winner of 1,000,000,000 Lira)
Davide Pavesi October 17, 2004 (€1,000,000)

Japan

Yasuyuki Kunimitsu (國光恭幸), July 27, 2000
Yoshiaki Nagata (永田喜彰), August 10, 2000
Naoko Imao (今尾奈緒子), November 2, 2000
Hiroshi Hase (馳浩), member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler, November 23, 2000 (Celebrity Edition)
Kazuyuki Nose (能勢一幸), nicknamed "The Quiz King", February 15, 2001
Hitomi Sakamoto (坂本ひとみ), December 13, 2001
Kikuchi Akishi (菊地晃史), June 27, 2002
Michiko Eguchi (江口みち子), August 1, 2002
Naomi Osada (長田直美), November 14, 2002
Shoko Mishima (三島祥子), May 8, 2003
Daichi Suzuki (鈴木大地), September 18, 2003
Tsuyoshi Shinjo (新庄剛志), pro baseball player, January 2, 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
Takafumi Horie (堀江貴文), former CEO of Livedoor, Inc, December 30, 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
Kazuko Hosoki (細木数子), fortune teller, December 30, 2004　 (Celebrity Edition)
Masaaki Sakai (堺正章), April 7, 2005 (Celebrity Edition)
Yasuo Tanaka (田中康夫), author and governor of Nagano Prefecture, April 7, 2005 (Celebrity Edition)
Kikuchi Tomohisa (菊池友久), April 28, 2005
Masahiko Hamada (濱田敏彦), May 26, 2005
Kotaro Koizumi (小泉孝太郎), Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, January 2, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Yuko Asano (浅野ゆう子), Japanese actress, March 23, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Junko Nozoe (野添潤子), June 29, 2006
Keiko Ohi (大井恵子), July 27, 2006
Dai Tamesue (為末大), Japanese athlete, September 14, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Mitsugoro Bando (坂東三津五郎), "Kabuki" Actor, October 5, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Dewi Sukarno (デヴィ・スカルノ), Japanese socialite and widow of Sukarno, October 26, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Misako Konno(紺野美沙子), Japanese actress, February 15, 2007 (Celebrity Edition)
Shōsuke Tanihara(谷原章介), Japanese actor, July 5, 2007 (Celebrity Edition)

Kazakhstan

Saule Akhmetova (Сауле Ахметова), 2002
Irina Stal'naya (Ирина Стальная), 2003

Latvia

Elita Rumpe, 2003 (won 10,000 Lats, as then 10,000, not 20,000 Lats was value of 15th question)

Middle East and North Africa

Khaled al-Mulla (خالد الملا), doctor from United Arab Emirates, November 21, 2001
Mohammad Tanirah (محمد تنيرة), student of pharmacy from Gaza strip, March 15, 2002
Sidi Ahmed weld A'ala(سيدي أحمد ولد أعلى), journalist from Mauritania January 2, 2003
Marwa Anachar (مروة النشار), from Egypt won 1.000.000 Saudi riyals, the second highest prize on the new version of the show "who will win 2 million" March 14, 2006.
Mustapha Tammam (مصطفى تمّام), social studies teacher from Kingdom of Bahrain won 1.000.000 Saudi Riyals, 2nd highest prize in arabian millionaire May 1, 2007
Kenaan Matar (كنعان مطر), lawyer from Lebanon, the first 2.000.000 Saudi Riyals winner on the new version of the show May 15 2007

Netherlands

Hans Peters, January 6, 2001 (won 1,000,000 NLG)

Nigeria

Toyin Dina, November 18, 2006 (won ₦2,000,000)
Sorosola Barton, August 26, 2006 (won ₦1,000,000)
Bamidele Oyinloye, December 9, 2006 (won ₦1,000,000)
Bagana Mohammed and Sharon, February 10, 2007 (won ₦1,000,000)

Portugal

Renata Morgado, May 2000 (The first female millionaire in the entire series, won 50,000,000 escudos)
Ana Damásio, September 2000
José Fernandes, April 2001
Antônio Franco, December 2003 (won €250,000)

Russia

Igor Sazejev (Игорь Сазеев), March 21, 2001
Jurij and Irina Chudinovskih (Юрий и Ирина Чудиновских), 18 January 2003 (Couple Edition)
Svetlana Yaroslavtseva (Светлана Ярославцева), 19 February 2006

Slovenia

Peter Lazar
Akim Kysselef, 2002
Matjaž Tanko, newscaster, 2002 (Celebrity Edition for Humanitarian purposes)
Gorazd Škerbinek
Jaro Leskovsek, 2004 (first winner of 15,000,000 Slovenian tolars)

South Africa

David Paterson
Anna Tran

Sweden

Per Hörberg, February 17, 2006

Spain

Enrique Chicote, 2000 (won 50,000,000₧)

Ukraine

Sergey Karabinskiy (Сергий Карабиньскiй)
Svyatoslav Vakorchuk (Святослав Вакорчук) (Celebrity Special), 2005

United Kingdom

Judith Keppel, November 20, 2000
David Edwards, April 21, 2001
Charles Ingram (Prize retracted after found guilty of fraud), scheduled for September 18, 2001 but not actually broadcast until April 21 2003.
Robert Brydges, September 29, 2001
Pat Gibson, April 24, 2004
Ingram Wilcox, September 23, 2006

United States (prime time and syndicated versions)

John Carpenter, November 19, 1999 (the first millionaire of the entire series)
Dan Blonsky, January 18, 2000
Joe Trela, March 23, 2000
Bob House, June 13, 2000
Kim Hunt, July 6, 2000
David Goodman, July 11, 2000
Kevin Olmstead, ($2.18 Million) April 10, 2001
Bernie Cullen, April 15, 2001
Ed Toutant, ($1.86 Million) September 7, 2001
Kevin Smith (First winner of the syndicated version), February 18, 2003
Nancy Christy (First woman to win the million dollars in the U.S. version), May 8, 2003

In addition, Robert Essig won $1,000,000 on Super Millionaire on 23 February 2004, but did not win the top prize of $10,000,000.

Venezuela

Eugenio Vargas
Zulay Marcano, July, 2007

In March 2002, Paddy Spooner became the first and only person to sit in the hot seat in three countries when he won in Republic of Ireland, having previously won $250k in Australia and £250k in the United Kingdom. In Ireland though, he didn't make it to the €32,000 level, according to an Australian game show website.