The Nobel Peace Prize stands as one of the most esteemed accolades globally, honoring individuals, organizations and movements that have made noteworthy contributions to advancing peace and resolving conflicts. Since its establishment in 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been a tribute to those who have dedicated themselves to fostering positive transformation on a global scale. This article aims to provide a comprehensive list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates up to the year 2023.
Here is the list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners from 1901 to 2023:
Nobel Peace Prize Winners (1901-2023) | ||
Year | Name | Country |
1901 | Henri Dunant | Switzerland |
Frederic Passy | France | |
1902 | Elie Ducommun | Switzerland |
Charles-Albert Gobat | Switzerland | |
1903 | Sir Randal Cremer | U.K. |
1904 | Institute of International Law | (founded 1873) |
1905 | Bertha, baroness von Suttner | Austria-Hungary |
1906 | Theodore Roosevelt | U.S. |
1907 | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta | Italy |
Louis Renault | France | |
1908 | Klas Pontus Arnoldson | Sweden |
Fredrik Bajer | Denmark | |
1909 | Auguste-Marie-Francois Beernaert | Belgium |
Paul-H.-B. d’Estournelles de Constant | France | |
1910 | International Peace Bureau | (founded 1891) |
1911 | Tobias Michael Carel Asser | Netherlands |
Alfred Hermann Fried | Austria-Hungary | |
1912 | Elihu Root | U.S. |
1913 | Henri-Marie Lafontaine | Belgium |
1917 | International Committee of the Red Cross | (founded 1863) |
1919 | Woodrow Wilson | U.S. |
1920 | Leon Bourgeois | France |
1921 | Karl Hjalmar Branting | Sweden |
Christian Lous Lange | Norway | |
1922 | Frank B. kellogg | U.S. |
1930 | Nathan Soderblom | Sweden |
1931 | Jane Addams | U.S. |
Nicholas Murray Butler | U.S. | |
1933 | Sir Norman Angell | U.K. |
1934 | Arthur Henderson | U.K. |
1935 | Carl von Ossietzky | Germany |
1936 | Carlos Saavedra Lamas | Argentina |
1937 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil | U.K. |
1938 | Nansen International Office for Refugees | (founded 1931) |
1944 | International Committee of the Red Cross | (founded 1863) |
1945 | Cordell Hull | U.S. |
1946 | Emily Greene Balch | U.S. |
John R. Mott | U.S. | |
1947 | American Friends Service Committee | U.S. |
Friends Service Council (FSC) | U.K. | |
1949 | John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns | U.K. |
1950 | Ralph Bunche | U.S. |
1951 | Leon Jouhaux | France |
1952 | Albert Schweitzer | Alsace |
1953 | George C. Marshall | U.S. |
1954 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | (founded 1951) |
1957 | Lester B. Pearson | Canada |
1958 | Dominique Pire | Belgium |
1959 | Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker | U.K. |
1960 | Albert John Luthuli | South Africa |
1961 | Dag Hammarskjold | Sweden |
1962 | Linus Pauling | U.S. |
1963 | International Committee of the Red Cross | (founded 1863) |
League of Red Cross Societies | (founded 1919) | |
1964 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | U.S. |
1965 | United Nations Children’s Fund | (founded 1946) |
1968 | Rene Cassin | France |
1969 | International Labor Organization | (founded 1919) |
1970 | Norman Ernest Borlaug | U.S. |
1971 | Willy Brandt | West Germany |
1973 | Henry Kissinger | U.S. |
Le Duc Tho | North Vietnam | |
1974 | Sean MacBride | Ireland |
Sato Eisaku | Japan | |
1975 | Andrey Dmitriyevich Sakharov | U.S.S.R. |
1976 | Mairead Corrigan | Northern Ireland |
Betty Williams | Northern Ireland | |
1977 | Amnesty International | (founded 1961) |
1978 | Menachem Begin | Israel |
Anwar el-Sadat | Egypt | |
1979 | Mother Teresa | India |
1980 | Adolfo Perez Esquivel | Argentina |
1981 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | (founded 1951) |
1982 | Alfonso Garcia Robles | Mexico |
Alva Myrdal | Sweden | |
1983 | Lech Walesa | Poland |
1984 | Desmond Tutu | South Africa |
1985 | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | (founded 1980) |
1986 | Elie Wiesel | U.S. |
1987 | Oscar Arias Sanchez | Costa Rica |
1988 | United Nations Peacekeeping Force | |
1989 | Dalai Lama | Tibet |
1990 | Mikhail Gorbachev | U.S.S.R. |
1991 | Aung San Suu kyi | Myanmar |
1992 | Rigoberta Menchu | Guatemala |
1993 | F.W. de Klerk | South Africa |
Nelson Mandela | South Africa | |
1994 | Yasser Arafat | Palestinian |
Shimon Peres | Israel | |
Yitzhak Rabin | Israel | |
1995 | Pugwash Conferences | (founded 1957) |
Joseph Rotblat | U.K. | |
1996 | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo | East Timor |
Jose Ramos-Horta | East Timor | |
1997 | International Campaign to Ban Landmines | (founded 1992) |
John Williams | U.S. | |
1998 | John Hume | Northern Ireland |
David Trimble | Northern Ireland | |
1999 | Doctors Without Borders | (founded 1971) |
2000 | Kim Dae-Jung | South Korea |
2001 | United Nations | (founded 1945) |
Kofi Annan | Ghana | |
2002 | Jimmy Carter | U.S. |
2003 | Shirin Ebadi | Iran |
2004 | Wangari Maathai | Kenya |
2005 | Mohamed EIBaradei | Egypt |
International Atomic Energy Agency | (founded 1957) | |
2006 | Grameen Bank | (founded 1957) |
Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | |
2007 | AI Gore | U.S. |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | (founded 1988) | |
2008 | Martti Ahtisaari | Finland |
2009 | Barack Obama | U.S. |
2010 | Liu Xiaobo | China |
2011 | Leymah Gbowee | Liberia |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | |
Tawakkul Karman | Yemen | |
2012 | European Union | (founded 1993) |
2013 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | (founded 1997) |
2014 | Kailash Satyarthi | India |
Malala Yousafzai | Pakistan | |
2015 | National Dialogue Quartet | (founded 2013) |
2016 | Juan Manuel Santos | Colombia |
2017 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons | (founded 2007) |
2018 | Denis Mukwege | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Nadia Murad | Iraq | |
2019 | Abiy Ahmed | Ethiopia |
2020 | World Food Programme | (founded 1961) |
2021 | Dmitry Muratov | Russia |
Maria Ressa | Phil./U.S. | |
2022 | Ales Bialiatski | Belarus |
Center for Civil Liberties | Ukraine | |
Memorial | Russia |
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