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Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1910 to 1929

The top 3 according to 28 votes from people: Permanent International Peace Bureau · Alfred Fried · Christian Lange. (Updated Feb 14, 2023.)

Every Nobel Peace Prize laureate between 1910 and 1929, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Who deserved it most?

Kirsty Fletcher · · 18 items · 28 votes · 1 comment

Top 18

  1. 1

    Permanent International Peace Bureau

    1910. For acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries, and helping them to organize the world rallies of the international peace movement.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Alfred Fried

    1911. For his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Christian Lange

    1921. For their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    Charles G. Dawes

    1925. For his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Henri La Fontaine

    1913. For his unparalleled contribution to the organization of peaceful internationalism.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    Fridtjof Nansen

    1922. 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.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    International Committee of the Red Cross

    1917. For the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Woodrow Wilson

    1919. For his role as founder of the League of Nations.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Léon Bourgeois

    1920. For his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Aristide Briand

    1926. For their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Gustav Stresemann

    1926. For their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Ferdinand Buisson

    1927. For their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Ludwig Quidde

    1927. For their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    Tobias Asser

    1911. For his role as co-founder of the Institut de droit international, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de Droit international privé) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  15. 15

    Elihu Root

    1912. For bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  16. 16

    Hjalmar Branting

    1921. For their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Sir Austen Chamberlain

    1925. For his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Frank Billings Kellogg

    1929. For his crucial role in bringing about the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

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Grace MacDonald

Nansen and his passport for refugees, a true humanitarian.

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