About Our Laureates
These leaders for peace have shaped history across the globe, from ending wars and conflicts, to banning weapons, to securing rights for indigenous peoples, fighting child labor, securing economic equity, defending free speech, and building coalitions. These are the role models that our youth and the world need now.
H.H. The Dalai Lama
1989 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve the Tibetan conflict peacefully and for being a global man of peace and environmental advocate.
Learn MoreBetty Williams
1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Betty Williams Won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to create a grassroots movement to end decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
Learn MoreRigoberta Menchú Tum
1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Rigoberta Menchú Tum Won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a peaceful advocate of indigenous people's rights in Central America and Worldwide.
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1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Oscar Arias Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the years of conflict and war in Central America.
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1984 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Desmond Tutu Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his courageous leadership in efforts to find a nonviolent solution to the conflicts over the policy of Apartheid in South Africa.
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1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Mairead Maguire Won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to create a grassroots movement to end decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
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1980 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Adolfo Perez Esquivel Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership for Human Rights and True Democracy for the people of Latin America.
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1996 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
José Ramos-Horta Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his sustained efforts to end the oppression of the East Timorese people.
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1997 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Jody Williams Won the Nobel Peace Prize for creating an international treaty to ban landmines and clearing landmine fields worldwide.
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1995 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Sir Joseph Rotblat Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to eliminate the use of nuclear weapons worldwide.
Learn MoreShirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Shirin Ebadi Won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for Democracy, Peace, and Women's Rights in the Middle East.
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2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Leymah Gbowee Won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading a nonviolent women's movement to end the civil war in Liberia.
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2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Tawakkol Karman Won the Nobel Peace Prize for securing a role for women in the peacebuilding and democratic processes in Yemen.
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2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Kailash Satyarthi Won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading a global movement to end child slavery and exploitive child labor practices.
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