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First Nobel Peace Prize

First Nobel Peace Prize
Who
Henry Dunant
What
First
When
1901
In 1901, Henry Dunant (Switzerland) and Frédéric Passy (France, 1822–1912) became the first Nobel Peace Laureates. The prize was awarded jointly: to Dunant for his principal role in founding the Red Cross, and to Passy – founder and president of first French peace society – for organizing the first Universal Peace Congress.