Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1930 to 1949
The top 3 according to 89 votes from people: Nathan Söderblom · Jane Addams · Nicholas Murray Butler. (Updated Jan 7, 2023.)
Every Nobel Peace Prize laureate between 1930 and 1949, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Who deserved it most?
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Top 16
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Nathan Söderblom
1930. For promoting Christian unity and helping create 'that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality'.
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Jane Addams
1931. For their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
1931. For their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind.
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Carl von Ossietzky
1935. For his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace.
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Cordell Hull
1945. For his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations.
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The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
1937. For his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace.
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Lord Boyd-Orr
1949. For his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war.
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Carlos Saavedra Lamas
1936. For his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935.
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Sir Norman Angell
1933. For having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace.
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John Raleigh Mott
1946. For his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries.
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Arthur Henderson
1934. For his untiring struggle and his courageous efforts as Chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1931-34.
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Emily Greene Balch
1946. For her lifelong work for the cause of peace.
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American Friends Service Committee
1947. For their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations.
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Friends Service Council
1947. For their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
1944. For the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity.
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Nansen International Office for Refugees
1938. For having carried on the work of Fridtjof Nansen to the benefit of refugees across Europe.
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Comments (2)
Jane Addams, primera estadounidense.
Carl von Ossietzky, premiado estando preso en un campo nazi.