On 27 November 1895, a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman signed his last will, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of Nobel Prizes.
The Swedish Academy annually awards the Nobel Prize in Peace for an author's work.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five categories. The Norwegian Nobel Committee selects the Nobel Peace Prize laureates, and later, the Chairman of the Committee presents the Prize in the presence of the King of Norway and the Norwegian royal family on December 10 each year, which marks the anniversary of Nobel’s death.
Here is the current status:
| Peace Laureates: | 143 |
| Peace Prizes: | 106 |
| Awarded Women: | 20 |
| Awarded Men: | 92 |
| Youngest Peace Laureate: | Awarded at age 17 |
| Oldest Peace laureate: | Awarded at age 86 |
| Posthumous Nobel Prizes: | In 1931, to Erik Axel Karlfeldt |
| Multiple Nobel Prize laureates: | ICRC has been honoured three times |
| Shared Nobel Prizes: | 31 prizes have been shared by two laureates.3 prizes have been shared between three laureates. |
| Award Declined: | In 1973, by Le Duc Tho, a Vietnamese politician |
*Source: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/
Let's learn more about the Nobel Prize in Peace: 1901 - present.
The first Nobel Prize in Peace was given on December 10, 1901, which was 123 years ago. Malala Yousafzai was the youngest Nobel laureate to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, at the age of just 17 years. Mother Teresa was the first Indian woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1979. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work with the Missionaries of Charity.
Here are some fascinating facts about the Nobel Prize in the category of Peace:
Fact No. 1:
On December 10 every year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death is marked and celebrated as Nobel Day
Fact No. 2:
The Nobel Prize amount for the year 2025 is set at 11.0 million Swedish kronor (SEK) per full Nobel Prize.
Fact No. 3:
Among all the individuals who have won the Nobel Prize, Linus Carl Pauling, an American chemist and peace activist, stands out. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954.
Fact No. 4:
For the year 2025, a total of 338 candidates have been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize nominations consist of 244 individuals and 94 organisations.
Fact No. 5:
According to the records, from 1901 to 2025, the year 2016 had the highest number of nominees, and there were 376 candidates.
Fact No. 6:
Every year, the nomination deadline for the Nobel Peace Prize is January 31. In case any nominations are received after this due date, then they will be considered for the following year.
Fact No. 7:
Bertha von Suttner was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She received this prestigious award in 1905 for her anti-war activism
Fact No. 8:
The Nobel Peace laureates receive their Nobel Peace Prize from the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the presence of King Harald V of Norway.
Fact No. 9:
In 1974, the statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulated that a Nobel Prize cannot be awarded posthumously.
Fact No. 10:
Altogether, three Indian laureates received the Nobel Peace Prize:
Alfred Nobel, an inventor, entrepreneur, scientist, businessman and the man behind the prize, signed his testament on November 27, 1895, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Physiology, Literature, and Peace.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for a variety of businessmen, peace initiatives and ideas throughout history.
Pioneers of the organised peace movement often received the Nobel Peace Prize in the early years, before World War I. Later, since World War II, the Peace Prize has predominantly been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas:
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish inventor and industrialist, and he is also remembered as a humanitarian and visionary who sought to use his wealth to promote progress and peace.
According to his will, the Nobel Prize for Peace is given to organisations, individuals, or movements that have greatly contributed to peace, conflict resolution, or human rights advocacy.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee confers the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organisation located in Geneva, Switzerland. This organisation has received the Nobel Peace Prize three times due to its significant contributions to promoting humanitarian norms and developing war rules.
The table provides a list of winners of the Nobel Prize in Peace.
| Nobel Prize Winners for the Category of Peace from 1901-Present | |||
| Year | Award Winner Name | Country | Awarded for |
| 1901 | Jean-Henry Dunant | Switzerland | He spearheaded humanitarian efforts to aid wounded soldiers and foster international understanding. |
| 1901 | Frédéric Passy | France | Lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration. |
| 1902 | Élie Ducommun | Switzerland | He served as the director of the Bern Peace Bureau with unwavering dedication and skill. |
| 1902 | Albert Gobat | Switzerland | For his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
| 1903 | Randal Cremer | United Kingdom | For his longstanding and devoted effort in favour of the ideas of peace and arbitration. |
| 1904 | Institute of International Law | Belgium | For its striving in public law to develop peaceful ties between nations and to make the laws of war more humane. |
| 1905 | Bertha von Suttner | Austria | For her audacity to oppose the horrors of war. |
| 1906 | Theodore Roosevelt | USA | He played a significant role in ending the recent bloody war between Japan and Russia, two of the world's great powers. |
1907 |
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta | Italy | This award is for his work in the press and in public and private peace meetings to promote Franco-Italian understanding. |
1907 |
Louis Renault | France | For his decisive influence upon the conduct and outcome of the Hague and Geneva Conferences. |
| 1908 | Klas Pontus Arnoldson | Sweden | For the long-time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors. |
| 1908 | Fredrik Bajer | Denmark | For the long-time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors. |
| 1909 | Auguste Beernaert | Belgium | For the prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration. |
| 1909 | Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant | France | For the prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration. |
1910 |
Permanent International Peace Bureau | Switzerland | For establishing a connection between the peace societies of different countries and assisting them in organising global rallies for the international peace movement. |
| 1911 | Tobias Asser | Netherlands | For his role as co-founder of the Institut de Droit International, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de Droit International Privé) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations. |
| 1911 | Alfred Fried | Austria | For his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations. |
| 1912 | Elihu Root | USA | For bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries. |
| 1913 | Henri La Fontaine | Belgium | For his unparalleled contribution to the organisation of peaceful internationalism. |
| 1914 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1915 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1916 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1917 | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | The Red Cross was recognised for its efforts to care for wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and their families. |
| 1918 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1919 | Woodrow Wilson | USA | For his role as a founder of the League of Nations. |
| 1920 | Léon Bourgeois | France | For his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice, as well as his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations. |
| 1921 | Hjalmar Branting | Sweden | For the lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organisational internationalism. |
| 1921 | Christian Lange | Norway | For lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organised internationalism. |
| 1922 | Fridtjof Nansen | Norway | For his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees. |
| 1923 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1924 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1925 | Sir Austen Chamberlain | United Kingdom | He played a crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty. |
| 1925 | Charles G. Dawes | USA | He was instrumental in the implementation of the Dawes Plan. |
| 1926 | Aristide Briand | France | For the crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty. |
| 1926 | Gustav Stresemann | Germany | For the crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty. |
| 1927 | Ferdinand Buisson | France | For the contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation. |
| 1927 | Ludwig Quidde | Germany | For the contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation. |
| 1928 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1929 | Frank B. Kellogg | USA | He was renowned for his crucial role in bringing about the Briand-Kellogg Pact. |
| 1930 | Nathan Söderblom | Sweden | For promoting Christian unity and helping create that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality. |
| 1931 | Jane Addams | USA |
For the assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind. |
| 1931 | Nicholas Murray Butler | USA |
For the assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind. |
| 1932 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1933 | Sir Norman Angell | United Kingdom | For having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace |
| 1934 | Arthur Henderson | United Kingdom | For his untiring struggle and his courageous efforts as Chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1931-34. |
| 1935 | Carl von Ossietzky | Germany | For his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace. |
| 1936 | Carlos Saavedra Lamas | Argentina | For his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935. |
| 1937 | Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | United Kingdom | For his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace. |
| 1938 | Nansen International Office for Refugees | Switzerland | For having carried on the work of Fridtjof Nansen to the benefit of refugees across Europe. |
| 1939 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1940 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1941 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1942 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1943 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1944 | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | For the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity. |
| 1945 | Cordell Hull | USA | For his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations. |
| 1946 | Emily Greene Balch | USA | For her lifelong work for the cause of peace. |
| 1946 | John R. Mott | USA | For his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries. |
| 1947 | Friends Service Council | United Kingdom | For the pioneering work in the international peace movement and the compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting fraternity between nations. |
| 1947 | American Friends Service Committee | USA | For the pioneering work in the international peace movement and the compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting fraternity between nations. |
| 1948 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1949 | Lord Boyd Orr | United Kingdom | For his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and work. |
| 1950 | Ralph Bunche | USA | For his work as a mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949. |
| 1951 | Léon Jouhaux | France | For having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations. |
| 1952 | Albert Schweitzer | France | For his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work, which has helped make the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one. |
| 1953 | George C. Marshall | USA | For proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe. |
| 1954 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Switzerland | For its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world. |
| 1955 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1956 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. | ||
| 1957 | Lester Bowles Pearson | Canada | For his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis. |
| 1958 | Georges Pire | Belgium | For his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity. |
| 1959 | Philip Noel-Baker | United Kingdom | For his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace. |
| 1960 | Albert Lutuli | South Africa | For his non-violent struggle against apartheid. |
| 1961 | Dag Hammarskjöld | Sweden | For developing the UN into an effective and constructive international organisation, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter. |
| 1962 | Linus Carl Pauling | USA | He was known for his efforts to combat the nuclear arms race between the East and West. |
| 1963 | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | The organisation dedicates itself to promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and fostering cooperation with the United Nations. |
| 1963 | League of Red Cross Societies | France | The organisation dedicates itself to promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and fostering cooperation with the United Nations. |
| 1964 | Martin Luther King Jr. | USA | For his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population. |
| 1965 | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | United Nations | The organisation is recognised for its efforts to foster international solidarity and lessen the disparity between wealthy and impoverished states. |
| 1966 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year | ||
| 1967 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year | ||
| 1968 | René Cassin | France | For his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration. |
| 1969 | International Labour Organisation | Switzerland | The organisation is responsible for creating international legislation that sets certain standards for working conditions in every country. |
| 1970 | Norman Borlaug | USA | He was renowned for having given birth to a well-founded hope – the Green Revolution. |
| 1971 | Willy Brandt | Germany | For paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West. |
| 1972 | No Nobel Prize was awarded this year | ||
| 1973 | Henry Kissinger | USA | For jointly having negotiated a ceasefire in Vietnam in 1973. |
| 1973 | Le Duc Tho | Vietnam | For jointly having negotiated a ceasefire in Vietnam in 1973. |
| 1974 | Seán MacBride | Ireland | For his efforts to secure and develop human rights throughout the world. |
| 1974 | Eisaku Satō |
Japan | For his contribution to stabilising conditions in the Pacific Rim area and for signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. |
| 1975 | Andrei Sakharov | Russia | For his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations. |
| 1976 | Betty Williams | United Kingdom | For the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland. |
| 1976 | Mairead Corrigan | United Kingdom | For the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland. |
| 1977 | Amnesty International | United Kingdom | For worldwide respect for human rights |
| 1978 | Anwar al-Sadat | Egypt | For having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978. |
| 1978 | Menachem Begin | Israel | For having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978. |
| 1979 | Mother Teresa | India | For her work for bringing help to suffering humanity |
| 1980 | Adolfo Pérez Esquivel | Argentina | He served as a source of inspiration for repressed people, particularly in Latin America. |
| 1981 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Switzerland | For promoting the fundamental rights of refugees. |
| 1982 | Alva Myrdal | Sweden | Recognised for the efforts towards disarmament and the establishment of nuclear- and weapon-free zones. |
| 1982 | Alfonso García Robles | Mexico | Recognised for the efforts towards disarmament and the establishment of nuclear- and weapon-free zones. |
| 1983 | Lech Wałęsa | Poland | For the non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland. |
| 1984 | Desmond Tutu | South Africa | For his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa. |
| 1985 | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | USA | For spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war. |
| 1986 | Elie Wiesel | USA | For being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity |
| 1987 | Oscar Arias Sánchez | Costa Rica | For his work for lasting peace in Central America. |
| 1988 | United Nations Peacekeeping Forces | USA | For preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations |
| 1989 | The 14th Dalai Lama | India | For advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people. |
| 1990 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Russia | For the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations. |
| 1991 | Aung San Suu Kyi | Myanmar | For her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. |
| 1992 | Rigoberta Menchú Tum | Guatemala | For her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. |
| 1993 | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | For the work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa. |
| 1993 | F.W. de Klerk | South Africa | For the work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa. |
| 1994 | Yasser Arafat | Palestine | For the efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
| 1994 | Shimon Peres | Israel | For the efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
| 1994 | Yitzhak Rabin | Israel | For the efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
| 1995 | Joseph Rotblat | United Kingdom | For the efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms. |
| 1995 | Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs | Canada |
For the efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms. |
| 1996 | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo | East Timor | For the work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. |
| 1996 | José Ramos-Horta | East Timor | For the work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. |
| 1997 | International Campaign to Ban Landmines and | USA | For the work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines. |
| 1997 | Jody Williams | USA | For the work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines. |
| 1998 | John Hume | United Kingdom | For the efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. |
| 1998 | David Trimble | United Kingdom | For the efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. |
| 1999 | Doctors Without Borders | France | In recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents. |
| 2000 | Kim Dae-jung | South Korea | For his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular. |
| 2001 | United Nations | USA | For the work for a better organised and more peaceful world. |
| 2001 | Kofi Annan | Ghana | For the work for a better organised and more peaceful world. |
| 2002 | Jimmy Carter | USA |
For his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. |
| 2003 | Shirin Ebadi | Iran | For her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children. |
| 2004 | Wangari Maathai | Kenya | For her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. |
| 2005 | International Atomic Energy Agency | Austria | For the efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way. |
| 2005 | Mohamed ElBaradei | Egypt | For the efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way. |
| 2006 | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | For the efforts to create economic and social development from below. |
| 2006 | Grameen Bank | Bangladesh | For the efforts to create economic and social development from below. |
| 2007 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore | USA | For the efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
| 2008 | Martti Ahtisaari | Finland | For his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. |
| 2009 | Barack H. Obama | USA | For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. |
| 2010 | Liu Xiaobo | China | For his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. |
| 2011 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | For the non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. |
| 2011 | Leymah Gbowee | Liberia | For the non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. |
| 2011 | Tawakkol Karman | Yemen | For the non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. |
| 2012 | European Union | Europe | For over six decades, it contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. |
| 2013 | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | Netherlands | For its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. |
| 2014 | Kailash Satyarthi | India | Recognised for the tireless efforts in combating the oppression of children and young people, as well as advocating for a universal right to education for all. |
| 2014 | Malala Yousafzai | Pakistan | Recognised for the tireless efforts in combating the oppression of children and young people, as well as advocating for the universal right to education for all. |
| 2015 | National Dialogue Quartet | Tunisia | For its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. |
| 2016 | Juan Manuel Santos | Colombia | For his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end. |
| 2017 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons | Australia | For its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. |
| 2018 | Denis Mukwege | DRC | For the efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. |
| 2018 | Nadia Murad | Iraq | For the efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. |
| 2019 | Abiy Ahmed Ali | Ethiopia | For his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. |
| 2020 | World Food Programme | United Nations | The World Food Programme is recognised for its efforts to combat hunger, its contribution to improving peace conditions in conflict-affected areas, and its role as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. |
| 2021 | Maria Ressa | Philippines | For the efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. |
| 2021 | Dmitry Muratov | Russia | For the efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. |
| 2022 | Ales Bialiatski |
Belarus |
Represents civil society in their home countries. For many years, he promoted the right to criticise power and protect citizens' fundamental rights. He made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses, and power abuse. He demonstrated the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
| 2022 | Memorial |
Russia |
This organisation represents civil society in their home countries. For many years, it has promoted the right to criticise power and protect citizens' fundamental rights. This organisation has made an exceptional effort to document war crimes, human rights abuse, and power abuse. It has also demonstrated the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
| 2022 | Centre for Civil Liberties | Ukraine | This organisation represents civil society in their home countries. For many years, it has promoted the right to criticise power and protect citizens' fundamental rights. This organisation has made an exceptional effort to document war crimes, human rights abuse, and power abuse. It has also demonstrated the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
| 2023 | Narges Mohammadi | Iran | For her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all |
| 2024 | Nihon Hidankyo | Japan |
For the efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. |
| 2025 | Maria Corina Machado | Venezuela | For her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. |
*Source: List of all Nobel Prizes – From 1901 to 2025
A Nobel Peace Prize is a symbol of hope, compassion, and unity in our world. Peace is not merely the absence of conflict; it is also the presence of kindness, justice, understanding, and more.
From the first laureates to the most recent, each one has contributed a noteworthy chapter to the history of humanity's quest for peace. Let us carry forward their legacy by nurturing empathy, embracing diversity, and working hand in hand toward a brighter, more peaceful tomorrow.
To learn more about the legacy of the Nobel Prize, its winners, and the Nobel Prizes in other categories, read our blogs.
No Nobel Prize was awarded in the years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1955, and 1956.
The highest number of nominees was in 2016, with 376 candidates.
Jean-Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy were the first laureates to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1901.
Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic; he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a founder of the League of Nations.
According to the members of the Nobel Committee, all the nominations should be submitted on or before the deadline, which is January 31 at midnight CET.
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