Leadership
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
This prize has been awarded annually since 1901 to a person who has, in the opinion of a committee of the Norwegian parliament, made a significant contribution to the promotion of peace.
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Adolfo Perez Esquivel (born 1932)
Argentine human-rights activist.
- 1980 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Albert Schweitzer (born 1875, died 1965)
Alsatian theologian, missionary, physician and musicologist.
- 1952 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Albert J. Luthuli (born 1898, died 1967)
South African reformer. President of the African National Congress,1952-60.
- 1960 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Alfonso Garcia Robles
Mexican disarmament activist.
- 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Alfred H. Fried (born 1864, died 1921)
Austrian journalist and pacifist.
- 1911 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Alva Myrdal (born 1902, died 1986)
Swedish disarmament activist.
- 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Andrei Sakharov (born 1921, died 1989)
Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident.
- 1975 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Anwar el-Sadat (born 1918, died 1981)
Egyptian statesman. Signed the Camp David Accords with Menachem Begin of Israel.
- 1978 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Arthur Henderson (born 1863, died 1935)
British statesman who chaired the 1932 International Disarmament Conference.
- 1934 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Auguste M.F. Beernaert (born 1829, died 1912)
Belgian prime minister and peace activist.
- 1909 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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J. Austen Chamberlain (born 1863, died 1937)
British foreign secretary, 1924-29; worked on the 1925 Locarno Pact.
- 1925 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Carl von Ossietzky (born 1889, died 1938)
German journalist and pacifist. Spent three years (1933-36) in a Nazi concentration camp.
- 1935 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Carlos de Saavedra Lamas (born 1880, died 1959)
Argentine jurist, diplomat, author and statesman who helped negotiate an end to the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay.
- 1936 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Robert Gascoyne Cecil, Viscount of Chelwood (born 1864, died 1958)
British statesman and diplomat who helped draft the League of Nations Covenant (1919).
- 1937 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Charles A. Gobat (born 1843, died 1914)
Swiss lawyer, statesman and historian. Director of the International Peace Bureau.
- 1902 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Charles G. Dawes (born 1865, died 1951)
American statesman. Worked to settle the German reparations issue after World War I.
- 1925 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Christian L. Lange (born 1869, died 1938)
Norwegian pacifist and historian. Secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a conference of legislators from around the world, 1909-33.
- 1921 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Cordell Hull (born 1871, died 1955)
American jurist and statesman who was instrumental in founding the United Nations.
- 1945 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Dag Hammarskjöld (born 1905, died 1961)
Swedish economist and diplomat.
- 1961 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 1931)
South African anti-apartheid leader and Anglican archbishop.
- 1984 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Eisaku Sato (born 1901, died 1975)
Japanese statesman and proponent of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
- 1974 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Elie Ducommun (born 1833, died 1906)
Swiss writer, editor, and peace activist.
- 1902 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Eliezer ''Elie'' Wiesel (born 1928)
Rumanian-born American author and lecturer. His works reflect his experiences during the Holocaust, and what they reveal about human nature.
- 1986 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Elihu Root (born 1845, died 1937)
American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat.
- 1912 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Ernesto T. Moneta (born 1833, died 1918)
Italian who founded the Lombard League of Peace.
- 1907 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Ferdinand-Edouard Buisson (born 1841, died 1932)
French educator and human-rights advocate. President of the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, 1913-26.
- 1927 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Frank B. Kellogg (born 1858, died 1937)
American statesman who negotiated the Kellogg Pact, an anti-war treaty signed by 15 nations on August 27, 1928.
- 1929 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Frederic Passy (born 1822, died 1912)
French economist and peace activist who founded the International League for Peace in 1867.
- 1901 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Frederik W. de Klerk (born 1936)
President of South Africa (1989-94) who negotiated the end of apartheid with Nelson Mandela.
- 1993 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Fredrik Bajer (born 1837, died 1922)
Danish legislator; advocate of world peace and the emancipation of women.
- 1908 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Fridtjof Nansen (born 1861, died 1930)
Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, and statesman who organized relief efforts in Russia after World War I.
- 1922 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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George C. Marshall (born 1880, died 1959)
American general and diplomat. Implemented the Marshall Plan for the rebuilding of Europe after World War II.
- 1953 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Dominique Georges Pire (born 1910, died 1969)
Belgian priest who founded an organization for the relief of World War II refugees. Also established the Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Center in 1960.
- 1958 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Gustav Stresemann (born 1878, died 1929)
German chancellor and foreign minister who helped bring Germany back into the world community after Word War I.
- 1926 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Henri La Fontaine
Belgian lawyer and politician who advocated international arbitration.
- 1913 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Henry Alfred Kissinger (born 1923)
German-American political scientist and diplomat. Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford, 1973-77. Negotiated warmer U.S. relations with Egypt, China, and the Soviet Union; brought about a cease-fire in Vietnam.
- 1973 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Jean H. Dunant (born 1828, died 1910)
Swiss humanitarian who founded the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1864.
- 1901 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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John R. Mott (born 1865, died 1955)
American Methodist evangelist and missionary.
- 1946 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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John Boyd Orr
British nutritionist who worked to end world hunger.
- 1949 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Karl Hjalmar Branting (born 1860, died 1925)
Swedish statesman. First Swedish representative to the League of Nations.
- 1921 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Klas P. Arnoldson (born 1844, died 1916)
Founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League.
- 1908 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Leon V.A. Bourgeois (born 1851, died 1925)
French statesman who drafted the framework for the League of Nations.
- 1920 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Leon Jouhaux (born 1879, died 1954)
French socialist and union organizer who helped found the International Labour Organisation.
- 1951 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Lester B. Pearson (born 1897, died 1972)
Canadian statesman and diplomat who mediated the 1956 Suez crisis.
- 1957 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Linus C. Pauling (born 1901, died 1994)
American chemist who utilized quantum principles in his study of molecular structure. In the political arena, he was a leading advocate of nuclear disarmament.
- 1962 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Louis Renault (born 1843, died 1918)
French jurist and educator. An expert in international law and a prominent arbitrator.
- 1907 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Ludwig Quidde (born 1858, died 1941)
German historian, politician, and peace activist.
- 1927 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 1929, died 1968)
American clergyman and civil-rights leader. President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Advocate of nonviolence; assassinated April 4, 1968.
- 1964 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Menachem Begin (born 1913, died 1992)
Israeli statesman. Signed the Camp David Accords with Anwar Sadat of Egypt in 1978.
- 1978 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev (born 1931)
Last leader of the U.S.S.R., who began democratic reforms and ended the Cold War with the NATO powers.
- 1990 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Nathan Söderblom (born 1866, died 1931)
Swedish Lutheran archbishop and pacifist who helped organize the World Council of Churches.
- 1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 1918)
South African political leader. Head of the African National Congress; imprisoned 1964-90 for his anti-apartheid activities. Became the first black president of South Africa 1994-99.
- 1993 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Nicholas Murray Butler (born 1862, died 1947)
American educator who helped establish the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- 1931 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Norman Angell (born 1873, died 1967)
British economist; author of the antiwar book The Great Illusion.
- 1933 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Norman E. Borlaug (born 1914)
American agronomist who worked to end world hunger.
- 1970 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Oscar Arias Sanchez (born 1941)
President of Costa Rica (1986-90) who developed a Central American peace plan.
- 1987 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Paul d'Estournelles de Constant (born 1852, died 1924)
French legislator and diplomat who established the Association for International Conciliation in 1905.
- 1909 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Philip J. Noel-Baker (born 1889, died 1982)
British legislator, cabinet secretary, and disarmament activist.
- 1959 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Ralph J. Bunche (born 1904, died 1971)
American diplomat who played an important role in the founding of the United Nations.
- 1950 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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René Cassin (born 1887, died 1976)
French jurist, diplomat, and Zionist. President of the European Court of Human Rights, 1965-68.
- 1968 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Sean MacBride (born 1904, died 1988)
Irish patriot, statesman, diplomat, and human-rights activist. Chairman of Amnesty International, 1961-75.
- 1974 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Theodore Roosevelt (born 1858, died 1919)
Twenty-sixth President of the U.S. Mediated peace between Russia and Japan; built the Panama Canal.
- 1906 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Tobias M.C. Asser (born 1838, died 1913)
Dutch jurist who helped found the Institute of International Law in 1893.
- 1911 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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W. Randal Cremer (born 1838, died 1908)
British union organizer, legislator, and pacifist who helped form the Workmen's Peace Association.
- 1903 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Willy Brandt (born 1913, died 1992)
West German chancellor who worked for East-West detente. Original name: Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm.
- 1971 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson (born 1856, died 1924)
Twenty-eighth President of the U.S. Leading proponent of the League of Nations.
- 1919 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Yasser Arafat (born 1929)
Palestinian patriot and politician who negotiated a peace agreement with Israel in 1993.
- 1994 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Yitzhak Rabin (born 1922, died 1995)
Israeli statesman. Assassinated by a Jewish extremist because of his policy of negotiating with the Palestinians.
- 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Peace
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John Hume (born 1937)
Leader of the predominantly Roman Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party of Northern Ireland. Shared the award with David Trimble ''for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.''
- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1998
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David Trimble
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1998. Shared the award with John Hume ''for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.''
- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1998
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Aristide Briand (born 1862, died 1932)
French journalist and statesman who worked for international cooperation and world peace.
- 1926 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Lech Walesa (born 1943)
Polish union organizer and statesman.
- 1983 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Le Duc Tho (born 1911, died 1990)
Vietnamese communist leader who negotiated the 1973 cease-fire with Henry Kissinger. Original name: Phan Dinh Khai.
- 1973 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935)
The 14th Dalai Lama, traditional religious and political leader of Tibet. Original name: Lhamo Dhondrub.
- 1989 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Shimon Peres (born 1923)
Polish-born Israeli statesman who helped negotiate a peace accord with Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1994 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Joseph Rotblat (born 1908)
Polish-born British physicist and nuclear-disarmament activist.
- 1995 Nobel Prize Winner for Peace
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Jose Ramos-Horta
Timorese patriot and human-rights activist.
- 1996 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Carlos Ximenes Belo
Timorese archbishop and human-rights activist.
- 1996 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Kim Dae Jung (born 1925)
South Korean politician
- 2000 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
This prize has been awarded annually since 1901 to a person who has, in the opinion of a committee of the Norwegian parliament, made a significant contribution to the promotion of peace.
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Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)
Burmese dissident and human-rights activist.
- 1991 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Bertha von Suttner (born 1843, died 1914)
Austrian author and editor. Wrote the novel Lay Down Your Arms, 1889.
- First woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, 1905
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Betty Williams (born 1944)
Irish peace activist. Co-founder of Peace People, an organization dedicated to ending the fighting in Northern Ireland.
- 1976 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Emily G. Balch (born 1867, died 1961)
American economist and sociologist. Honorary president of the Women's International League for Peace, 1936-61.
- 1946 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Jane Addams (born 1860, died 1935)
American social reformer and peace advocate. Ran Hull House, 1889-1935.
- 1931 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Mairead Corrigan (born 1944)
Irish peace activist.
- 1976 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959)
Guatemalan Quiché Indian whose father, mother, and brother were tortured and murdered by the Guatemalan government. Activist for the rights of Guatemala's indigenous people.
- 1992 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta (born 1910, died 1997)
Albanian missionary who founded schools, orphanages, shelters and clinics in India, ministering to ''the poorest of the poor.'' Original name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhu.
- 1979 Nobel Prize winner for Peace
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Jody Williams
American social activist. Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
- 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner
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