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Also Known As Elizabeth Williams
Born May 22, 1943 • Northern Ireland
Died March 17, 2020 (aged 76) • Belfast • Northern Ireland
Founder World Centers of Compassion for Children International
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1976)
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David Trimble
British politician
John Hume
John Hume
Irish leader
Máiread Maguire
Máiread Maguire
Northern Irish peace activist
Lord Noel-Baker.
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
British statesman
Sir Norman Angell, c. 1925.
Sir Norman Angell
British economist
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
president of South Africa
Andrey Sakharov
Andrey Sakharov
Soviet physicist and dissident
Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights activist
Kailash Satyarthi
Kailash Satyarthi
Indian social reformer
Leymah Gbowee
Leymah Gbowee
Liberian activist
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
Tawakkol Karman
Tawakkol Karman
Yemeni women’s rights activist
Ludwig Quidde.
Ludwig Quidde
German historian and politician
Bertha, baroness von Suttner.
Bertha, baroness von Suttner
German author
Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky
German journalist and pacifist
Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'
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French diplomat
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Alva Myrdal.
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Swedish diplomat
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