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Nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. [7] Only two recipients have won multiple Peace Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944 and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice (1954 and 1981). [6]
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize of any kind, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role in negotiating peace for the Russo-Japanese War. [4] Albert Michelson was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any of the sciences, and Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel ...
The winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 6 in Oslo. The leader of the U.S. civil rights movement was "the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a ...
Won the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize but was awarded in absentia because he was imprisoned and was refused a passport by the government of Germany. [377] Carlos Saavedra Lamas [hu] 1 November 1878 Buenos Aires, Argentina 5 May 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1935, 1936, 1937 [378] Won the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize. [379] Miguel Ángel Araújo 1858
First president (and first American) to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. [ay] [185] [186] [187] First president to ride in any sort of aircraft. [68] [92] First president to ride in a submarine. [68] [92] First president to travel outside the contiguous United States and to visit a foreign country while in office. [az] [188] [189]
Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics; the Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature; the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace. [3]
In 2018, a campaign for Queen Elizabeth to win the Nobel Peace Prize was reaching an apex, with The Telegraph reporting that senior political figures believed the Queen should be recognized for ...
As of October 2023, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 111 individuals and 27 organizations; 19 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than for any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations ...