THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS

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2008 MARTTI AHTISAARI

2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AL GORE

2006 MUHAMMAD YUNUS. Grameen Bank

2005 International Atomic Energy Agency, MOHAMED ELBARADEI

2004 WANGARI MAATHAI

2003 SHIRIN EBADI

2002 JIMMY CARTER

2001 United Nations, KOFI ANNAN

2000 KIM DAE-JUNG

1999 MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES

1998 JOHN HUME, DAVID TRIMBLE

1997 International Campaign to Ban Landmines, JODY WILLIAMS

1996 CARLOS FILIPE XIMENES BELO, JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA

1995 JOSEPH ROTBLAT, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

1994 YASSER ARAFAT, SHIMON PERES, YITZHAK RABIN

1993 NELSON MANDELA, F.W. DE KLERK

1992 RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ TUM

1991 AUNG SAN SUU KYI

1990 MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

1989 THE 14TH DALAI LAMA

1988 United Nations Peacekeeping Forces

1987 OSCAR ARIAS SÁNCHEZ

1986 ELIE WIESEL

1985 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

1984 DESMOND TUTU

1983 LECH WALESA

1982 ALVA MYRDAL, ALFONSO GARCÍA ROBLES

1981 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

1980 ADOLFO PÉREZ ESQUIVEL

1979 MOTHER TERESA

1978 ANWAR AL-SADAT, MENACHEM BEGIN

1977 Amnesty International

1976 BETTY WILLIAMS, MAIREAD CORRIGAN

1975 ANDREI SAKHAROV

1974 SEÁN MACBRIDE, EISAKU SATO

1973 HENRY KISSINGER, LE DUC THO

1971 WILLY BRANDT

1970 NORMAN BORLAUG

1969 International Labour Organization

1968 RENÉ CASSIN

1965 United Nations Children’s Fund

1964 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

1963 International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies

1962 LINUS PAULING

1961 DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

1960 ALBERT LUTULI

1959 PHILIP NOEL-BAKER

1958 GEORGES PIRE

1957 LESTER BOWLES PEARSON

1954 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

1953 GEORGE C. MARSHALL

1952 ALBERT SCHWEITZER

1951 LÉON JOUHAUX

1950 RALPH BUNCHE

1949 LORD BOYD ORR

1947 Friends Service Council, American Friends Service Committee

1946 EMILY GREENE BALCH, JOHN R. MOTT

1945 CORDELL HULL

1944 International Committee of the Red Cross

1938 Nansen International Office for Refugees

1937 ROBERT CECIL

1936 CARLOS SAAVEDRA LAMAS

1935 CARL VON OSSIETZKY

1934 ARTHUR HENDERSON

1933 SIR NORMAN ANGELL

1931 JANE ADDAMS, NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER

1930 NATHAN SÖDERBLOM

1929 FRANK B. KELLOGG

1927 FERDINAND BUISSON, LUDWIG QUIDDE

1926 ARISTIDE BRIAND, GUSTAV STRESEMANN

1925 SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, CHARLES G. DAWES

1922 FRIDTJOF NANSEN

1921 HJALMAR BRANTING, CHRISTIAN LANGE

1920 LÉON BOURGEOIS

1919 WOODROW WILSON

1917 International Committee of the Red Cross

1913 HENRI LA FONTAINE

1912 ELIHU ROOT

1911 TOBIAS ASSER, ALFRED FRIED

1910 Permanent International Peace Bureau

1909 AUGUSTE BEERNAERT, PAUL HENRI D’ESTOURNELLES DE CONSTANT

1908 KLAS PONTUS ARNOLDSON, FREDRIK BAJER

1907 ERNESTO TEODORO MONETA, LOUIS RENAULT

1906 THEODORE ROOSEVELT

1905 BERTHA VON SUTTNER

1904 Institute of International Law

1903 RANDAL CREMER

1902 ÉLIE DUCOMMUN, ALBERT GOBAT

1901 HENRY DUNANT, FRÉDÉRIC PASSY

KATHY-JO WARGIN

Kathy-jo Wargin is the best-selling author of more than 30 books for children. Among her many awards for her work are an International Reading Association (IRA) Children’s Choice Award for The Legend of the Loon and an IRA Teacher’s Choice Award for Win One for the Gipper. Kathy-jo lives in Minnesota.

ZACHARY PULLEN

Zachary Pullen’s picture-book illustrations have won awards and garnered starred reviews. He has been honored several times with acceptance into the prestigious Society of Illustrators juried shows and Communication Arts Illustration Annual of the best in current illustration. Zak lives in Wyoming with his wife and son.

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