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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates |
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| 1900 - 1909 |
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| 1901 | Dunant, Jean Henri | Switzerland | Founder, Int'l Red Cross |
| Jean Henri Dunant for founding the Red Cross and originating the Geneva Convention. | |||
| Passy, Frederic | France | Founder, first French Peace Society | |
| Frederic Passy for founding a French peace society. | |||
| 1902 | Ducommun, Elie | Switzerland | Int'l Peace Bureau |
| Elie Ducommun for his work as honorary secretary of the International Peace Bureau. | |||
| Gobat, Charles Albert | Switzerland | Inter-Parliamentary Union | |
| Charles Albert Gobat for his work as administrator of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. | |||
| 1903 | Cremer, Sir William Randal | Great Britain | Int'l Arbitration League |
| Sir William R. Cremer for his activities as founder and secretary of the International Arbitration League. | |||
| 1904 | Institute of Int'l Law | Ghent | Founded, 1873 |
| The Institute of International Law for its studies on the laws of neutrality and other phases of international law. | |||
| 1905 | Von Suttner, Baroness | Austria | Writer |
| Baroness von Suttner for promoting pacifism and founding an Austrian peace society. | |||
| 1906 | Roosevelt, Theodore | USA | President |
| Theodore Roosevelt for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War. | |||
| 1907 | Moneta, Ernesto Teodoro | Italy | Lombard League of Peace |
| Ernesto T. Moneta for his work as president of the Lombard League for Peace. | |||
| Renault, Louis | France | Professor, Int'l Law | |
| Louis Renault for organizing international conferences and representing France at two peace conferences. | |||
| 1908 | Arnoldson, Klas | Pontus | Sweden |
| Klas Pontus Arnoldson for founding the Swedish Society for Arbitration and Peace. | |||
| Bajer, Fredrik | Denmark | Member, Danish Parliament | |
| Fredrik Bajer for his work on the International Peace Bureau. | |||
| 1909 | Beernaert, Auguste | Belgium | Prime Minister |
| Auguste M. F. Beernaert for his work on the Permanent Court of Arbitration. | |||
| D'Estournelles, Paul | France | Member, French Parliament | |
| Paul d'Estournelles for founding and directing the French Parliamentary Arbitration Committee and League of International Conciliation. | |||
| 1910 - 1919 |
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| 1910 | Permanent Int'l Peace Bureau | Switzerland | Founded, 1891 |
| The International Peace Bureau for promoting international arbitration and organizing peace conferences. | |||
| 1911 | Asser, Tobias | Netherlands | Prime Minister |
| Tobias M. C. Asser for organizing conferences on international law. | |||
| Fried, Alfred Hermann | Austria | Journalist | |
| Alfred H. Fried for his writings on peace as editor of Die Friedenswarte. | |||
| 1912 | Root, Elihu | USA | Secretary of State |
| Elihu Root for settling the problem of
Japanese immigration to California and organizing the
Central American Peace Conference. (awarded, 1913) |
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| 1913 | La Fontaine, Henri | Belgium | Member, Belgian Parliament |
| Henri Lafontaine for his work as president of the International Peace Bureau. | |||
| 1914 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1915 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1916 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1917 | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | Founded, 1863 |
| The International Red Cross for doing relief work during World War I. | |||
| 1918 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1919 | Wilson, Woodrow | USA | President of the USA |
| Woodrow Wilson for attempting a just settlement of World
War I and advocating the League of Nations. (awarded, 1920) |
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| 1920 - 1929 |
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| 1920 | Bourgeois, Leon | France | President, French Parliament |
| Leon Bourgeois for his contribution as president of the Council of the League of Nations. | |||
| 1921 | Branting, Karl Hjalmar | Sweden | Prime Minister |
| Karl Hjalmar Branting for promoting social reforms in Sweden and serving as the Swedish delegate to the League of Nations. | |||
| Lange, Christian Louis | Norway | Inter-Parliamentary Union | |
| Christian Louis Lange for his contribution as secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. | |||
| 1922 | Nansen, Fridtjof | Norway | Explorer, Scientist |
| Fridtjof Nansen for doing relief work among Russian prisoners of war and in famine areas in Russia. | |||
| 1923 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1924 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1925 | Chamberlain, Sir Joseph | Great Britain | Foreign Secretary |
| Sir Austen Chamberlain for helping to work out the Locarno Peace
Pact. (awarded, 1926) |
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| Dawes, Charles | USA | Vice President | |
| Charles G. Dawes for originating a plan for payment of German reparations. | |||
| 1926 | Briand, Aristide | France | Foreign Minister |
| Aristide Briand for his part in forming the Locarno Peace Pact. | |||
| Stresemann, Gustav | Germany | Foreign Minister | |
| Gustav Stresemann for persuading Germany to accept plans for reparations. | |||
| 1927 | Buisson, Ferdinand | France | League for Human Right |
| Ferdinand Buisson for his contribution as president of the League of Human Rights. | |||
| Quidde, Ludvig | Germany | Member, German Parliament | |
| Ludwig Quidde for his writings on peace and his work in international peace congresses. | |||
| 1928 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1929 | Kellogg, Frank | USA | Secretary of State |
| Frank Billings Kellogg for negotiating the Kellogg-Briand
Peace Pact. (awarded, 1930) |
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| 1930 - 1939 |
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| 1930 | Søderblom, Lars Olof Nathan | Sweden | Archbishop |
| Nathan Soderblom for writing on and working for peace. | |||
| 1931 | Addams, Jane | USA | Sociologist |
| Jane Addams for her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. | |||
| Butler, Nicholas | USA | President, Columbia University | |
| Nicholas M. Butler for his work with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | |||
| 1932 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1933 | Angell, Sir Norman | Great Britain | Writer |
| Sir Norman Angell for his work with the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the League of Nations, and the National Peace
Council. (awarded, 1934) |
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| 1934 | Henderson, Arthur | Great Britain | Foreign Secretary |
| Arthur Henderson for his contribution as president of the World Disarmament Conference. | |||
| 1935 | Von Ossietzky, Carl | Germany | Journalist |
| Carl von Ossietzky for promoting
world disarmament. (awarded, 1936) |
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| 1936 | Saavedra Lamas, Carlos | Argentina | Secretary of State |
| Carlos Saavedra Lamas for negotiating a peace settlement between Bolivia and Paraguay in the Chaco War. | |||
| 1937 | Cecil of Chelwood, Viscount | Great Britain | Lord Privy Seal |
| Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil for promoting the League of Nations and working with peace movements. | |||
| 1938 | Int'l Office for Refugees | Switzerland | Founded, 1921 |
| The International Office for Refugees for directing relief work among refugees. | |||
| 1939 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1940 - 1949 |
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| 1940 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1941 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1942 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1943 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1944 | Int'l Comm. of the Red Cross | Switzerland | Founded, 1863 |
| The International Red Cross for doing relief work during
World War II. (awarded, 1945) |
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| 1945 | Hull, Cordell | USA | Secretary of State |
| Cordell Hull for his peace efforts as secretary of state. | |||
| 1946 | Balch, Emily Greene | USA | Women's Int'l Lg. |
| Emily Greene Balch for her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. | |||
| Mott, John Raleigh | USA | President, World YMCA | |
| John R. Mott for his YMCA work and for aiding displaced persons. | |||
| 1947 | The Friends Service Council | Great Britain | Founded, 1647 |
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American Friends Service Committee |
USA | Founded, 1672 | |
| The Friends Service Council and the American Friends Service Committee for humanitarian work. | |||
| 1948 | No Prize Awarded | ||
| 1949 | Boyd-Orr of Brechin, Lord John | Great Britain | Physician |
| John Boyd Orr for directing the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. | |||
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