Year |
Recipient |
Image |
Birth / death |
State/Organization |
Description
|
1986
|
Parliamentarians for Global Action
|
–
|
est. 1978
|
–
|
International Organisation of Parliamentarians
|
1987[2]
|
Mikhail Gorbachev
|
|
b. 1931 d. 2022
|
Soviet Union
|
Former Soviet Union Leader
|
1988
|
Gro Harlem Brundtland
|
|
b. 1939
|
Norway
|
Former Prime Minister of Norway
|
1989
|
UNICEF
|
|
est. 1946
|
United Nations
|
United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
|
1990
|
Sam Nujoma
|
|
b. 1929
|
Namibia
|
First President of Namibia
|
1991
|
Rajiv Gandhi
|
|
1944 – 1991
|
India
|
Former Prime Minister of India (posthumous)
|
1992
|
Saburo Okita
|
|
1914 - 1993
|
Japan
|
Japanese Economist
|
1993[3]
|
Václav Havel
|
|
1936–2011
|
Czech Republic
|
1st President of the Czech Republic
|
1994[4]
|
Trevor Huddleston
|
|
1913 - 1998
|
United Kingdom
|
Anti-Apartheid Activist
|
1995[5]
|
Olusegun Obasanjo
|
|
b. 1937
|
Nigeria
|
12th President of Nigeria
|
1996[6]
|
Médecins Sans Frontières
|
|
est. 1971
|
France
|
Voluntary Organisation
|
1997[7]
|
Jimmy Carter
|
|
1924–2024
|
United States
|
39th President of the United States
|
1998[8]
|
Muhammad Yunus
|
|
b. 1940
|
Bangladesh
|
Founder of Grameen Bank
|
1999[9]
|
M. S. Swaminathan
|
|
b. 1925
|
India
|
Indian Agricultural Scientist
|
2000[10]
|
Mary Robinson
|
|
b. 1944
|
Ireland
|
7th President of Ireland
|
2001[11]
|
Sadako Ogata
|
|
b. 1927
|
Japan
|
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
2002[12]
|
Shridath Ramphal
|
|
b. 1928
|
Guyana
|
2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
|
2003[13]
|
Kofi Annan
|
|
1938–2018
|
Ghana
|
7th United Nations Secretary General
|
2004[14][15]
|
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
|
|
b. 1955
|
Thailand
|
Princess of Thailand
|
2005[15]
|
Hamid Karzai
|
|
b. 1957
|
Afghanistan
|
12th President of Afghanistan
|
2006[16]
|
Wangari Maathai
|
|
1940 - 2011
|
Kenya
|
Environmental and Political activist
|
2007[17]
|
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
|
|
est. 1994
|
United States
|
Charitable Foundation
|
2008[18]
|
Mohamed ElBaradei
|
|
b. 1942
|
Egypt
|
4th Director General of the IAEA
|
2009[19]
|
Sheikh Hasina
|
|
b. 1947
|
Bangladesh
|
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
|
2010[20]
|
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
|
|
b. 1945
|
Brazil
|
Ex-President of Brazil
|
2011[21]
|
Ela Bhatt
|
|
1933 - 2022
|
India
|
Founder of SEWA
|
2012[22]
|
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
|
|
b. 1938
|
Liberia
|
President of Liberia
|
2013[23]
|
Angela Merkel
|
|
b. 1954
|
Germany
|
Chancellor of Germany
|
2014[24]
|
Indian Space Research Organisation
|
|
est. 1969
|
India
|
Indian Space Agency
|
2015[25]
|
UNHCR
|
|
est. 1950
|
United Nations
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
2017[1]
|
Manmohan Singh
|
|
b. 1932
|
India
|
Former Prime Minister, Finance Minister, and Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
|
2018[26]
|
Centre for Science and Environment
|
|
founded 1980
|
India
|
Not-for-profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India.
|
2019[27]
|
Sir David Attenborough
|
|
b. 1926
|
United Kingdom
|
World renowned English broadcaster and natural historian
|
2021[28]
|
Pratham
|
|
founded 1995
|
India
|
Pratham is an innovative not-for-profit learning organization created to improve the quality of education based in India.
|
2022[29]
|
Indian Medical Association (IMA)
|
|
founded 1928
|
India
|
The award was for every doctor, nurse, paramedic, and workers for their selfless service during the COVID-19 pandemic
|
Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI)
|
–
|
founded 1917
|
2023[30]
|
Ali Abu Awwad
|
|
b. 1972
|
State of Palestine
|
Awwad is an eminent peace activist & Maestro Barenboim is an Argentine-born distinguished classical pianist
|
Daniel Barenboim
|
|
b. 1942
|
Argentina
|
2024[31]
|
Michelle Bachelet
|
|
b. 1951
|
Chile
|
Former President of Chile, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Former Executive Director of UN Women
|