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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

All winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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1,901Henry Dunant(1828–1910)Switzerland
Frédéric Passy(1822–1912)France"for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration."
1,902Élie Ducommun(1833–1906)Switzerland
Charles Albert Gobat(1843–1914)"for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union."—
1,903William Randal Cremer(1828–1908)United Kingdom
1,904Institute of International Law(founded 1873)Belgium
1,905Bertha von Suttner(1843–1914)Austria-Hungary
1,906Theodore Roosevelt(1858–1919)United States
1,907Ernesto Teodoro Moneta(1833–1918)Italy
Louis Renault(1843–1918)France"for his decisive influence upon the conduct and outcome of the Hague and Geneva Conferences."
1,908Klas Pontus Arnoldson(1844–1916)Sweden
Fredrik Bajer(1837–1922)Denmark—
1,909Auguste Beernaert(1829–1912)Belgium
Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant(1852–1924)France—
1,910Permanent International Peace Bureau(founded 1891)Several
1,911Tobias Asser(1838–1913)Netherlands
Alfred Fried(1864–1921)Austria-Hungary"for his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations."
1,912Elihu Root(1845–1937)United States
1,913Henri La Fontaine(1854–1943)Belgium
1,914Not awarded due to World War I.——
1,917International Committee of the Red Cross(founded 1863)International Committee of the Red Cross
1,918Not awarded due to World War I.——
1,919Woodrow Wilson(1856–1924)United States
1,920Léon Bourgeois(1851–1925)France
1,921Hjalmar Branting(1860–1925)Sweden
Christian Lange(1869–1938)Norway—
1,922Fridtjof Nansen(1861–1930)Norway
1,923Not awarded——
1,925Sir Austen Chamberlain(1863–1937)United Kingdom
Charles G. Dawes(1865–1951)United States"for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan."
1,926Aristide Briand(1862–1932)France
Gustav Stresemann(1878–1929)Germany—
1,927Ferdinand Buisson(1841–1932)France
Ludwig Quidde(1858–1941)Germany—
1,928Not awarded——
1,929Frank Billings Kellogg(1856–1937)United States
1,930Nathan Söderblom(1866–1931)Sweden
1,931Jane Addams(1860–1935)United States
Nicholas Murray Butler(1862–1947)——
1,932Not awarded——
1,933Sir Norman Angell(1872–1967)United Kingdom
1,934Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)United Kingdom
1,935Carl von Ossietzky(1889–1938)Germany
1,936Carlos Saavedra Lamas(1878–1959)Argentina
1,937The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood(1864–1958)United Kingdom
1,938Nansen International Office for Refugees(1930–1939)League of Nations
1,939Not awarded due to World War II.——
1,944International Committee of the Red Cross(founded 1863)International Committee of the Red Cross
1,945Cordell Hull(1871–1955)United States
1,946Emily Greene Balch(1867–1961)United States
John Raleigh Mott(1865–1955)"for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries."—
1,947The Quakers (represented by Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee)(started during the mid-17th century)United States & United Kingdom
1,948Not awarded because "there was no suitable living candidate." (A tribute to the recently assassinated Mohandas Gandhi in India.)——
1,949Lord Boyd-Orr(1880–1971)United Kingdom
1,950Ralph Bunche(1904–1971)United States
1,951Léon Jouhaux(1879–1954)France
1,952Albert Schweitzer(1875–1965)France (born in Alsace-Lorraine)
1,953George Catlett Marshall Jr.(1880–1959)United States
1,954Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(founded 1950)United Nations
1,955Not awarded——
1,957Lester Bowles Pearson(1897–1972)Canada
1,958Dominique Pire(1910–1969)Belgium
1,959Philip Noel-Baker(1889–1982)United Kingdom
1,960Albert Luthuli(1898–1967)South Africa
1,961Dag Hammarskjöld(1905–1961)Sweden
1,962Linus Pauling(1901–1994)United States
1,963International Committee of the Red Cross(founded 1863)ICRC & IFRC
League of Red Cross Societies(founded 1919)——
1,964Martin Luther King Jr.(1929–1968)United States
1,965United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(founded 1946)United Nations
1,966Not awarded——
1,968René Cassin(1887–1976)France
1,969International Labour Organization(founded 1919)United Nations
1,970Norman Ernest Borlaug(1914–2009)United States
1,971Willy Brandt(1913–1992)West Germany
1,972Not awarded——
1,973Henry Kissinger(1923–2023)United States
Lê Đức Thọ(1911–1990)North Vietnam—
1,974Seán MacBride(1904–1988)Ireland
Eisaku Satō(1901–1975)Japan"for his contribution to stabilize conditions in the Pacific rim area and for signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty."
1,975Andrei Sakharov(1921–1989)Soviet Union
1,976Betty Williams(1943–2020)United Kingdom
Mairead Corrigan(born 1944)——
1,977Amnesty International(founded 1961)United Kingdom
1,978Anwar Sadat(1918–1981)Egypt
Menachem Begin(1913–1992)Israel—
1,979Mother Teresa(1910–1997)Albania
1,980Adolfo Pérez Esquivel(born 1931)Argentina
1,981Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(founded 1950)United Nations
1,982Alva Myrdal(1902–1986)Sweden
Alfonso García Robles(1911–1991)Mexico—
1,983Lech Wałęsa(born 1943)Poland
1,984Desmond Tutu(1931–2021)South Africa
1,985International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War(founded 1980)United States
1,986Elie Wiesel(1928–2016)United States (born in Romania)
1,987Óscar Arias(born 1940)Costa Rica
1,988United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces(founded 1945)United Nations
1,989Tenzin Gyatso,14th Dalai Lama(born 1935)India (born in Tibet)
1,990Mikhail Gorbachev(1931–2022)Soviet Union
1,991Aung San Suu Kyi(born 1945)Myanmar
1,992Rigoberta Menchú(born 1959)Guatemala
1,993Nelson Mandela(1918–2013)South Africa
Frederik Willem de Klerk(1936–2021)——
1,994Yasser Arafat(1929–2004)Palestine
Yitzhak Rabin(1922–1995)Israel—
Shimon Peres(1923–2016)——
1,995Joseph Rotblat(1908–2005)Poland
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsCanada—
1,996Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo(born 1948)East Timor
José Ramos-Horta(born 1949)East Timor—
1,997International Campaign to Ban Landmines(founded 1992)Switzerland
Jody Williams(born 1950)United States—
1,998John Hume(1937–2020)Ireland
David Trimble(1944–2022)United Kingdom—
1,999Médecins Sans FrontièresSwitzerland
2,000Kim Dae-jung(1924–2009)South Korea
2,001United NationsUnited Nations
Kofi Annan(1938–2018)Ghana—
2,002Jimmy Carter(1924–2024)United States
2,003Shirin Ebadi(born 1947)Iran
2,004Wangari Muta Maathai(1940–2011)Kenya
2,005International Atomic Energy Agency(founded 1957)United Nations
Mohamed ElBaradei(born 1942)Egypt—
2,006Muhammad Yunus(born 1940)Bangladesh
Grameen Bank(founded 1983)——
2,007Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(founded 1988)United Nations
Al Gore(born 1948)United States—
2,008Martti Ahtisaari(1937–2023)Finland
2,009Barack Obama(born 1961)United States
2,010Liu Xiaobo(1955–2017)China
2,011Ellen Johnson Sirleaf(born 1938)Liberia
Leymah Gbowee(born 1972)——
Tawakkol Karman(born 1979)Yemen—
2,012European Union(founded 1958)European Union
2,013Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(founded 1997)Netherlands
2,014Kailash Satyarthi(born 1954)India
Malala Yousafzai(born 1997)Pakistan—
2,015Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet(2013–2014)Tunisia
2,016Juan Manuel Santos(born 1951)Colombia
2,017International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons(founded 2007)Switzerland
2,018Denis Mukwege(born 1955)Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nadia Murad(born 1993)Iraq—
2,019Abiy Ahmed(born 1976)Ethiopia
2,020World Food Programme(founded 1961)United Nations
2,021Maria Ressa(born 1963)Philippines
Dmitry Muratov(born 1961)Russia—
2,022Ales Bialiatski(born 1962)Belarus
Memorial (founded 1989)Russia—
Centre for Civil Liberties (founded 2007)Ukraine—
2,023Narges Mohammadi(born 1972)Iran
2,024Nihon Hidankyo(founded 1956)Japan
2,025María Corina Machado(born 1967)Venezuela
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