Has there been a contestant on "who wants to be a millionare" who has won a million dollars?

Question

If so, do you have a name or when about it happened.

Answer 1

Lots actually.

Million winners

Winners of the major prize for each version of the show are:

Australia

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

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 that airs the show), which is against the rules.

Croatia

* Mira Bicanic, 2002

Germany

* Eckhard Freise, 2 December 2000
* Marlene Grabherr, 20 May 2001
* Gerhard Krammer, 18 October 2002
* Dr. Maria Wienströer, 29 March 2004

Hungary

* Cserey Gábor, 20 March 2006

India

* Harshwardhan 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)

Italy

* Davide Vincita

Japan

* Yasuyuki Kunimitsu (國光恭幸), 27 July 2000
* Yoshiaki Nagata (永田喜彰), 10 August 2000
* Naoko Imao (今尾奈緒子), 2 November 2000
* Hiroshi Hase (馳浩), member of the Japanese House of Representatives, 23 November 2000 (Celebrity Edition)
* Kazuyuki Nose (能勢一幸), nicknamed "The Quiz King", 15 February 2001
* Hitomi Sakamoto (坂本ひとみ), 13 December 2001
* Kikuchi Akishi (菊地晃史), 27 June 2002
* Michiko Eguchi (江口みち子), 1 August 2002
* Naomi Osada (長田直美), 14 November 2002
* Shoko Mishima (三島祥子) 8 May 2003
* Daichi Suzuki (鈴木大地), 18 September 2003
* Tsuyoshi Shinjo (新庄剛志), pro baseball player, 2 January 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
* Kazuya Tanaka (田中一也) and Chiyo Tanaka (田中ちよ), 10 June 2004 (Couples Edition)
* Takafumi Horie (堀江貴文), former CEO of Livedoor, Inc, 30 December 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
* Kazuko Hosoki (細木数子), fortune teller, 30 December 2004　 (Celebrity Edition)
* Masaaki Sakai (堺正章), 7 April 2005 (Celebrity Edition)
* Yasuo Tanaka (田中康夫), author and governor of Nagano Prefecture, 7 April 2005 (Celebrity Edition)
* Kikuchi Tomohisa (菊池友久), 28 April 2005
* Masahiko Hamada (濱田敏彦), 26 May 2005
* Kotaro Koizumi(小泉孝太郎), Japanese actor and the eldest son of the current Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, 2 January 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
* Yuko Asano(浅野ゆう子), Japanese actress, 23 March 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
* Junko Nozoe(野添潤子), 29 June 2006
* Keiko Ohi(大井恵子), 27 July 2006

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), from United Arab Emirates, 21 November 2001
* Mohammad Tanirah (محمد تنيرة), student of pharmacy from Gaza strip, March 2002
* Marwa Anachar (مروة النشار) won 1.000.000 Saudi riyals, the second highest prize on the new version of the show "who will win 2 million" [March 2006]. Marwa is a Software Developer from Egypt (Port Said) and she owns a software company in Egypt called Vision Soft. She also speaks two languages (English and French) and has two boys (twins).

Philippines

* Amy Lopez-Forbes, July 2001
* Sharon Cuneta, movie actress and singer, December 2001 (Celebrity Edition)

Portugal

* Renata Morgado, May 2000
* Ana Damásio, September 2000
* José Fernandes, April 2001
* Antônio Franco, December 2003

Russia

* Igor Sazejev, 21 March 2001
* Jurij Chudinovsikih and Irina Chudinovskih, 18 January 2003 (Couple Edition)
* Svetlana Yaroslavtseva, 19 February 2006

Slovenia

* Jaro Leskovsek, 2004

South Africa

* David Patterson
* Anna Tran

Sweden

* Per Hörberg, 17 February 2006

United Kingdom (In chronological order, together with original broadcast date)

* Judith Keppel, 20 November 2000
* David Edwards, 21 April 2001
* Robert Brydges, 29 September 2001
* Pat Gibson, 24 April 2004

Another UK contestant Charles Ingram was denied his £1 million prize, after it was discovered that he had cheated. Ingram would repeat each possible answer in turn and receive a signal in the form of a cough from accomplice Tecwen Whittock, who was in the audience. The show would have been broadcast on 18 September 2001.

United States (Prime time and Syndicated versions) in order of winning

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

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

Answer 2

Yes, there has been a few:

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

Answer 3

Actually, there has been several who have won a million dollars, but they have all been men. No woman has won the grand prize. I can't remember names, but I can remember seeing it. One guy acted like he did not know the answer and wanted to call his dad. When his dad got on the phone the guy said" hey dad. I was just calling to let you know that I am about to win a million dollars because the answer is C. Final asnwer." I thought that was pretty cool. Another guy won with a question about computers.

Answer 4

The one similar to this in India and called 'Kaun Banega Karorepati'* (translated to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire) had been very popular and was won by one Mr Harsh Vardhan who was an aspiring Indian Civil Service candidate. It was in the year 2001 and I have seen this episode live in the Indian TV and subsequently, perhaps on public demand this was cast again as KBC-II which ran into controversies and had to be stopped because the Anchor (Dr Amitabh Bachchan) fell ill and the channel was struggling to keep at bay thousands of people who felt they were duped.
* Rs One Crore or ten million (10,000,000 is equivalent to roughly to USD 222,222.22, @ conv. rate of 1 USD : Indian Rupees 44)

Answer 5

I don't recall names and dates, but there were several people who won a million dollars during that show's run. The lights would come on and balloons and confetti would fall from the ceiling whenever someone won.

Answer 6

Yes, I think there has been at least 2 contestants to win a million dollars.

Answer 7

One guy used his call a freidn on the 1000000 dollar question and instead of asking the guy the question he said, "Stay on the line I'm about to win a million dollars." And he answered the question correctly. He was the first million dollar winner but I don't know his name.

Answer 8

actually no, there has been people that have made it to the last question and won the "million" dollars, but after taxes and the government has ther share they only walk out with a little over $600,000

Answer 9

john carpenter(not the director) won the first million back in 1998 or 1999. it was like the 7th or 8th show.

Answer 10

several. The coolest one was the IRS guy who did it without using a life line. Actually, he did use a lifeline, but only to call his dad and tell him he was about to win $1,000,000.

Answer 11

The funny thing is some people couldnt even get the first answer right its a lol moment.