Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Sakharov Prize, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Olof Palme Prize laureate, Rafto Prize
Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...
Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

female, 69 years old
University of Pittsburgh alumni, National Assembly of Kenya, Conservationist, environmentalism, tetu, Natural Resources…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist....
Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

male, 85 years old
President of the United States, politician, iran hostage crisis, Time Magazine Person of the Year, Governor of Georgia, Cold War leader…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace laureate
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born), was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and the Nobel Peace laureate of 2002....
Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

male, 78 years old
anc, Archbishop of Cape Town, Hamilton College alumni, Gandhi Peace Prize, Bates College alumni, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, Nobel Peace Prize
Desmond Tutu : This is an unbelievable achievement. As you might know, we have won the Rugby World Cup in 1995. It did wonders back then....
Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

female, 62 years old
Human Rights, Islamic feminist, University of Tehran faculty, humanitarian, Islam and women, From tehran…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Nobel Peace Prize
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. On December 10, 2003, Ebadi...
Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

male, 71 years old
fraternal twin, Recipient of the Star of Romania Order, Sloan Fellow, Nobel Peace Prize, Junior Chamber International, Kofi Atta Annan…Olof Palme Prize laureate, NobelPeacePrizelaureate
Annan must also be commended for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and for his sustained advocacy to increase access to drugs...
Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus

male, 69 years old
Grameen foundation, microfinance, Banker to the Poor, microcredit, NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Economist…Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Laureate, Sydney Peace Prize, World Food Prize, World Food Prize laureate
Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of Grameen Bank, has shown himself to be a leader who can translate his vision into powerful...
Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

male, 86 years old
rafi, Defence Minister, Mapai, labour, Foreign minister, Finance minister…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize winner
"' (born Szymon Perski"' on August 2, 1923 in eastern Poland) is the 9th President of the State of Israel. He is a senior Israeli statesman with a...
Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel

male, deceased (1928)
Congressional Gold Medal recipient, eliezer wiesel, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, knighthood, From transylvania, night…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Peace Prize, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner
Eliezer Wiesel, KBE (commonly known as Elie Wiesel, born September 30, 1928) is a Romania-born American novelist, political activist, and Holocaust...
Jody Williams

Jody Williams

female, 59 years old
English language learning and teaching, Johns Hopkins University alumni, Johns Hopkins University, School for International Training, Johns Hopkins SAIS, School of Advanced International Studies…NobelPeacePrizelaureate, Nobel Peace Prize
Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950 in Putney, Vermont) is an American teacher and aid worker who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with...