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Rufus Matthew Jones (1863 - 1948)

~• In 1947 Jones traveled to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for Quakers Rufus Matthew Jones (January 25, 1863 – June 16, 1948) was an American writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and ...

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Rufus Matthew Jones (1863 - 1948)

~• In 1947 Jones traveled to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for Quakers Rufus Matthew Jones (January 25, 1863 – June 16, 1948) was an American writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and ...

2/1/2024

Narges Safie Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس صفیه محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist, scientist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by Nob...

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Narges Safie Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس صفیه محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist, scientist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by Nob...

10/6/2023

Ales Bialiatski (Belarusian: Алесь Бяляцкі /Aleś Bialacki, sometimes transliterated as Ales Bialacki , Ales Byalyatski , Alies Bialiacki and Alex Belyatsky ) is a Belarusian civic leader and former pri...

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Ales Bialiatski (Belarusian: Алесь Бяляцкі /Aleś Bialacki, sometimes transliterated as Ales Bialacki , Ales Byalyatski , Alies Bialiacki and Alex Belyatsky ) is a Belarusian civic leader and former pri...

10/7/2022

Henry Joel Cadbury (1883 - 1974)

Henry Joel Cadbury (December 1, 1883 – October 7, 1974) was an American biblical scholar, Quaker historian, writer, and non-profit administrator. He accepted a Nobel Prize on behalf of the American Fri...

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Henry Joel Cadbury (1883 - 1974)

Henry Joel Cadbury (December 1, 1883 – October 7, 1974) was an American biblical scholar, Quaker historian, writer, and non-profit administrator. He accepted a Nobel Prize on behalf of the American Fri...

9/6/2022

Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov (Russian: Дмитрий Андреевич Муратов, born 30 October 1961) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He wa...

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Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov (Russian: Дмитрий Андреевич Муратов, born 30 October 1961) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He wa...

10/8/2021

Maria Ressa , former CNN bureau chief in Manila and Jakarta, is currently CEO of Rappler.

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Maria Ressa , former CNN bureau chief in Manila and Jakarta, is currently CEO of Rappler.

10/8/2021

Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان‎ Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khalid Karmān; also Romanized Tawakul, Tawakel) (born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and hu...

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Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان‎ Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khalid Karmān; also Romanized Tawakul, Tawakel) (born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and hu...

4/27/2020

Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's nonviolent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to...

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Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's nonviolent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to...

4/27/2020

Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Arabic: نادية مراد باسي طه‎; born 1993) is an Iraqi Yazidi[2][3] human rights activist who lives in Germany. In 2014, she was kidnapped from her hometown Kocho and held by the I...

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Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Arabic: نادية مراد باسي طه‎; born 1993) is an Iraqi Yazidi[2][3] human rights activist who lives in Germany. In 2014, she was kidnapped from her hometown Kocho and held by the I...

4/27/2020

Assassination Attempt on Dr. Mukwege , Dr. Mukwege Fights Back * Combating Rape as tool of War

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Assassination Attempt on Dr. Mukwege , Dr. Mukwege Fights Back * Combating Rape as tool of War

4/27/2020

Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ge'ez: ዐቢይ አህመድ አሊ, Oromo: Abiyyii Ahimad Alii, often shortened to Abiy Ahmed or just Abiy; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician serving since 2 April 2018 as the fourth and ...

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Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ge'ez: ዐቢይ አህመድ አሊ, Oromo: Abiyyii Ahimad Alii, often shortened to Abiy Ahmed or just Abiy; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician serving since 2 April 2018 as the fourth and ...

10/11/2019

Hij was Staatspresident van Zuid-Afrika van september 1989 tot mei 1994, en de aanvoerder van de Nasionale Party van februari 1989 tot september 1997. Frederik Willem de Klerk 12e Staatspreside...

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Hij was Staatspresident van Zuid-Afrika van september 1989 tot mei 1994, en de aanvoerder van de Nasionale Party van februari 1989 tot september 1997. Frederik Willem de Klerk 12e Staatspreside...

10/7/2017

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf MP

Monrovia, Greater Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is the 24th and current President of Liberia, in office since 2006. She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 19...

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf MP

Monrovia, Greater Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is the 24th and current President of Liberia, in office since 2006. She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 19...

7/3/2016

Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস; born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grame...

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Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস; born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grame...

4/12/2016

Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica (Benedictine College) and the U...

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Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica (Benedictine College) and the U...

4/12/2016

Liu Xiaobo (Chinese: 刘晓波) was a Chinese literary critic, writer, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule. He was...

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Liu Xiaobo (Chinese: 刘晓波) was a Chinese literary critic, writer, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule. He was...

4/12/2016

David Trimble, Nobel Peace Prize, 1998 MP (1944 - 2022)

"David"

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), is a British politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Ulster Unionist Pa...

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David Trimble, Nobel Peace Prize, 1998 MP (1944 - 2022)

"David"

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), is a British politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Ulster Unionist Pa...

4/12/2016

John Hume, KCSG (born 18 January 1937) was an Irish former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 ...

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John Hume, KCSG (born 18 January 1937) was an Irish former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 ...

4/12/2016

Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known around the world for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights – especially those of women –...

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Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known around the world for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights – especially those of women –...

4/12/2016

Sir Joseph Rotblat MP (1908 - 2005)

Sir Joseph Rotblat KCMG CBE FRS (1908-2005) was a Polish physicist, a self-described "Pole with a British passport". Rotblat worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project during World War II, but lef...

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Sir Joseph Rotblat MP (1908 - 2005)

Sir Joseph Rotblat KCMG CBE FRS (1908-2005) was a Polish physicist, a self-described "Pole with a British passport". Rotblat worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project during World War II, but lef...

4/12/2016