Nobel Peace Prize laureates
World leaders for Peace
The Dalai Lama
1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to resolve the Tibetan conflict peacefully and for being a global man of peace and environmental advocate.
Betty Williams
1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner in recognition for her efforts to create a grassroots movement to end decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner for being an advocate of indigenous people's rights in Central America and worldwide.
Oscar Arias Sánchez
1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to negotiate a peaceful resolution to years of war in Central America.
Desmond Tutu
1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his courageous leadership in finding a nonviolent solution to the policy of apartheid in South Africa.
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts to create a grassroots movement to end decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his leadership for human rights and true democracy for the people of Latin America.
José Ramos-Horta
1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his sustained efforts to end the oppression of the East Timorese people.
Jody Williams
1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner for creating and international treaty to ban landmines and clearing landmine fields worldwide.
Sir Joseph Rotblat
1995 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to eliminate the use of nuclear weapons worldwide.
Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts for democracy, peace, and women's rights in the Middle East.
Leymah Gbowee
2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner for leading a nonviolent women's movement to end the civil war in Liberia.
Tawakkol Karman
2011Nobel Peace Prize winner for securing a role for women in the peace building and democratic processes in Yemen.
Kailash Satyarthi
2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner for leading a global movement to end child slavery and exploitive child labor practices.
