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Mahatma Gandhi
Led India to independence through non-violent civil disobedience, profoundly influenced the global peace movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Key figure in the American civil rights movement, advocated for civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience.
Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid revolutionary who became the first black president of South Africa, promoting reconciliation.
Desmond Tutu
South African Anglican bishop who fought against apartheid and worked on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Malala Yousafzai
Advocate for girls' education in Pakistan, survived a Taliban assassination attempt, youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
Jane Addams
Known as the 'mother' of social work, co-founded the Hull House, and was a leader in women's suffrage and world peace.
Betty Williams
Co-founder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
César Chávez
American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, used nonviolent tactics.
Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, advocates for the welfare of Tibetans and nonviolent solutions to conflicts.
Lech Wałęsa
Former Polish president, co-founded Solidarity, the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Leader of Myanmar's nonviolent movement for democracy and human rights, spent years under house arrest.
George Fox
Founder of the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, he promoted peace and opposed all forms of violence.
Oscar Arias Sánchez
Former President of Costa Rica, known for his work on the Esquipulas II Accords, which aimed to end Central American conflicts.
Jane Goodall
Primatologist and anthropologist who advocates for environmental conservation and animal welfare, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute.
Bertha von Suttner
First woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, she wrote the widely influential pacifist novel 'Lay Down Your Arms'.
Rigoberta Menchú
Indigenous rights activist from Guatemala, received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation.
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Catholic bishop who, along with José Ramos-Horta, worked towards a peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor.
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate recognized for his work with war refugees.
Shirin Ebadi
Iranian political activist, received the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights.
Alfred Nobel
Established the Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize, in his will as awards for individuals who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
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