Year | Recipient | Image | Birth / death | State/organization | Description |
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1986 | Parliamentarians for Global Action | – | (founded 1978) | – | International Organisation of Parliamentarians |
1987 [2] | Mikhail Gorbachev | | (1931–2022) | Soviet Union | Former Soviet Union leader |
1988 | Gro Harlem Brundtland | | (born 1939) | Norway | Former Prime Minister of Norway |
1989 | UNICEF | | (founded 1946) | United Nations | United Nations Children's Emergency Fund |
1990 | Sam Nujoma | | (1929–2025) | 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 | | (born 1937) | Nigeria | 12th president of Nigeria |
1996 [6] | Médecins Sans Frontières | | (founded 1971) | France | Voluntary organisation |
1997 [7] | Jimmy Carter | | (1924–2024) | United States | 39th president of the United States |
1998 [8] | Muhammad Yunus | | (born 1940) | Bangladesh | Founder of Grameen Bank |
1999 [9] | M. S. Swaminathan | | (1925–2023) | India | Indian agricultural scientist |
2000 [10] | Mary Robinson | | (born 1944) | Ireland | 7th president of Ireland |
2001 [11] | Sadako Ogata | | (1927–2019) | Japan | Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
2002 [12] | Shridath Ramphal | | (1928–2024) | Guyana | 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General |
2003 [13] | Kofi Annan | | (1938–2018) | Ghana | 7th United Nations Secretary General |
2004 [14] [15] | Maha Chakri Sirindhorn | | (born 1955) | Thailand | Princess of Thailand |
2005 [15] | Hamid Karzai | | (born 1957) | Afghanistan | 12th president of Afghanistan |
2006 [16] | Wangari Maathai | | (1940–2011) | Kenya | Environmental and political activist |
2007 [17] | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | | (founded 1994) | United States | Charitable foundation |
2008 [18] | Mohamed ElBaradei | | (born 1942) | Egypt | 4th director general of the IAEA |
2009 [19] | Sheikh Hasina | | (born 1947) | Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
2010 [20] | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | | (born 1945) | Brazil | Current President of Brazil |
2011 [21] | Ela Bhatt | | (1933–2022) | India | Founder of SEWA |
2012 [22] | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | | (born 1938) | Liberia | President of Liberia |
2013 [23] | Angela Merkel | | (born 1954) | Germany | Chancellor of Germany |
2014 [24] | ISRO | | (founded 1969) | India | Indian space agency |
2015 [25] | UNHCR | | (founded 1950 | United Nations | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
2017 [1] | Manmohan Singh | | (1932–2024) | 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] | David Attenborough | | (born 1926) | United Kingdom | English broadcaster and natural historian |
2021 [28] | Pratham | | (founded 1995) | India | Not-for-profit learning organization created to improve the quality of education based in India |
2022 [29] | Indian Medical Association | | (founded 1928) | India | The award was for every doctor, nurse, paramedic, and worker for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Trained Nurses Association of India | – | (founded 1917) |
2023 [30] | Ali Abu Awwad | | (born 1972) | State of Palestine | Awwad is a peace activist and Maestro Barenboim is an Argentine-born classical pianist. |
Daniel Barenboim | | (born 1942) | Argentina |
2024 [31] | Michelle Bachelet | | (born 1951) | Chile | Former president of Chile, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former executive director of UN Women |