Nobel Prize

Charles Dawes was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan. He shared the prize with Sir Austen Chamberlain. Charles Gates Dawes Full name: Charles Gates DawesBorn: 27 August 1865, Marietta, OH, USADied: 23 April 1951, Evanston, IL, USADate awarded: 10 December 1926 Dawes’ plan for peace Charles…

Sir Austen Chamberlain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in negotiating the Locarno Treaty. He shared the prize with Charles Dawes. Sir Austen Chamberlain Full name: Sir Austen ChamberlainBorn: 16 October 1863, Birmingham, United KingdomDied: 16 March 1937, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 10 December 1926 Mediator between Germany and France Austen…

Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 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. Fridtjof Nansen Full name: Fridtjof NansenBorn: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), NorwayDied: 13 May 1930, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1922…

Christian Lous Lange was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Karl Hjalmar Branting, for his lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organised internationalism. Christian Lange Full name: Christian Lous LangeBorn: 17 September 1869, Stavanger, NorwayDied: 11 December 1938, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1921 Advocate of internationalism In 1921 Christian Lange of…

Karl Hjalmar Branting was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Christian Lous Lange, for his lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organised internationalism. Hjalmar Branting Full name: Karl Hjalmar BrantingBorn: 23 November 1860, Stockholm, SwedenDied: 24 February 1925, Stockholm, SwedenDate awarded: 10 December 1921 Social democrat and internationalist Hjalmar Branting is considered…

Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. Martti Ahtisaari Full name: Martti AhtisaariBorn: 23 June 1937, Viipuri (now Vyborg), FinlandDied: 16 October 2023, Helsinki, FinlandDate awarded: 10 October 2008 All conflicts can be solved For more than three…

Lech Wałęsa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland. Lech Wałęsa Full name: Lech WałęsaBorn: 29 September 1943, Popowo, PolandDate awarded: 5 October 1983 Freedom behind the iron curtain Lech Wałęsa had just been released from house arrest when he was awarded the Nobel…

Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 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. Jimmy Carter. Full name: James Earl CarterBorn: 1 October 1924, Plains, GA, USADied: 29 December 2024, Plains, GA, USADate awarded: 11 October…

Léon Bourgeois was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations. Léon Bourgeois Full name: Léon Victor Auguste BourgeoisBorn: 21 May 1851, Paris, FranceDied: 29 September 1925, Épernay, FranceDate awarded: 10 December 1920 An internationalist…

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as founder of the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson Full name: Thomas Woodrow WilsonBorn: 28 December 1856, Staunton, VA, USADied: 3 February 1924, Washington, D.C., USADate awarded: 10 December 1920 Father of the League of Nations In 1917 President Wilson led the USA…