Swiss humanitarian Henri Dunant
In 1863 the Swiss humanitarian Henri Dunant founded the International Committee for the Relief of the Wounded (now the International Committee of the Red Cross). He was cowinner (with Frédéric Passy) of the first Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901.
Winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace
The Nobel Prize for Peace is awarded, according to the will of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” Unlike the other prizes, the Peace Prize may be awarded to an institution. It is conferred by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in...
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