Peace
Peace work is slow, unglamorous and occasionally decisive. The people indexed here negotiated settlements, founded humanitarian institutions and made non-violent resistance a practical political method.
19 indexed lives · 17 Nobel laureates · 16 countries
Where to start
Rabindranath Tagore
1861 – 1941First non-European Nobel laureate; wrote two nations' anthems.
Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013Twenty-seven years in prison, then negotiated the end of apartheid without civil war.
Muhammad Yunus
b. 1940Lent $27 of his own money and started a global industry for the poor.
Nobel recognition in Peace
- Rabindranath Tagore
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913
- Nelson Mandela
Nobel Peace Prize, 1993
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Nobel Peace Prize, 1964
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Nobel Peace Prize, 2011
- Kofi Annan
Nobel Peace Prize, 2001
- Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize, 2006
- Wangari Maathai
Nobel Peace Prize, 2004
- Óscar Arias
Nobel Peace Prize, 1987
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Peace Prize, 1991
- Juan Manuel Santos
Nobel Peace Prize, 2016
- Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Prize, 2014
- Denis Mukwege
Nobel Peace Prize, 2018
- Rigoberta Menchú
Nobel Peace Prize, 1992
- Leymah Gbowee
Nobel Peace Prize, 2011
- Abiy Ahmed
Nobel Peace Prize, 2019
- Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Prize, 2011
- Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize, 2014
Peace across the centuries
20th century · 16
- Nelson Mandela1918 – 2013
- Martin Luther King Jr.1929 – 1968
- Ellen Johnson Sirleafb. 1938
- Kofi Annan1938 – 2018
- Muhammad Yunusb. 1940
- Wangari Maathai1940 – 2011
- Óscar Ariasb. 1940
- Aung San Suu Kyib. 1945
- Juan Manuel Santosb. 1951
- Kailash Satyarthib. 1954
- Denis Mukwegeb. 1955
- Rigoberta Menchúb. 1959
- Leymah Gboweeb. 1972
- Abiy Ahmedb. 1976
- Tawakkol Karmanb. 1979
- Malala Yousafzaib. 1997