Humanitarians
Humanitarian: a person who works to improve the
lives of others or to reduce suffering in the world.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates:
Albert Schweitzer (1952)
Lester Bowles Pearson (1957)
Dag Hammarskjold (1961)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1964)
Eisaku Sato (1974)
Andrei Sakharov (1975)
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and
Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, Joint Recipients of the Nobel
Peace Prize (1978)
Mother Teresa (1979)
Elie Wiesel (1982)
Lech Walesa (1983)
Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu (1984)
Dalai Lama XIV of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso (1989)
Aung San Suu Kyi (1991)
Nelson Mandela (1993)
Joseph Rotblat (1995)
Jody Williams, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997)
Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner with the United Nations (2001)
Jimmy Carter (2002)
For further details, consult the Nobel E-Museum
<www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/index.html>
Mahatma Gandhi, pacifist and leader who worked for Indian independence
<www.gandhiserve.org/>
Alfred Nobel, creator of the Nobel Foundation prizes:
<www.nobel.se/nobel/alfred-nobel/>
Graça Machel, UN specialist on the effects of armed conflict on children
<www.unicef.org/graca/>
Canadians who have worked for global quality of life and cooperation:
• Stephen Lewis
• Lloyd Axworthy
• Jean Vanier
• Dr. Norman Bethune
• Dr. Lucille Teasdale-Corti
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