| Year | Picture | Name | Occupation | Country | Notes |
|---|
| 1957 |  | Louis Aragon [15]
(1897–1982) | Poet |  France | |
 | Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie [15]
(1900–1969) | Journalist, former French Resistance partisan, Union progressiste politician, Minister of the Interior of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (1943–1944), Member of the National Assembly of France for Ille-et-Vilaine (1945–1958) | France | |
 | Heinrich Brandweiner [ de ] [15]
(1910–1997) | Jurist, Chairman of the Peace Council of Austria |  Austria | |
 | Danilo Dolci [15] [19]
(1924–1997) | Social activist, educator, sociologist |  Italy | |
 | María Rosa Oliver [7] [15]
(1898–1977) | Writer, essayist |  Argentina | |
| Udakendawala Siri Saranankara Thero [ nl ] [15]
(1902–1966) | Buddhist monk |  Ceylon | |
 | Nikolai Tikhonov [15]
(1896–1979) | Writer, Chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee (1949–1979) |  Soviet Union | |
| 1958 |  | C. V. Raman [15]
(1888–1970) | Physicist, Professor at the University of Calcutta, Founder and President of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1934–1970) |  India | Awarded on 14 June 1958 |
 | Josef Hromádka [8] [20]
(1889–1969) | Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren theologian, founder of the Christian Peace Conference |  Czechoslovakia | |
 | Artur Lundkvist [8] [21]
(1906–1991) | Writer, literary critic, Member of the Swedish Academy (1968–1991) |  Sweden | |
 | Louis Saillant [8]
(1906–1991) | Trade unionist, General Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (1945–1969) | France | |
| Kaoru Yasui [ ja ] [8] [22]
(1907–1980) | Jurist, scholar, Professor at the University of Tokyo, Chairman of the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (1954–1965) |  Japan | |
 | Arnold Zweig [8] [23]
(1887–1968) | Writer |  East Germany | |
| 1959 |  | Otto Buchwitz [24] [25]
(1879–1964) | Politician, Member of the Reichstag (1924–1933), Member of the Volkskammer (1946–1964) | East Germany | Awarded 30 April 1959 |
 | W. E. B. Du Bois [24] [25]
(1868–1963) | Sociologist, historian, civil rights movement activist, professor at Atlanta University, founder of the NAACP |  United States | Awarded 30 April 1959 |
 | Nikita Khrushchev [24] [25]
(1894–1971) | Politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953–1964) | Soviet Union | Awarded 30 April 1959 |
| Ivor Montagu [24] [25]
(1904–1984) | Filmmaker, critic |  United Kingdom | Awarded 30 April 1959 |
 | Kostas Varnalis [24] [25]
(1884–1974) | Poet |  Greece | Awarded 30 April 1959 |
| 1960 |  | Laurent Casanova [26] [27]
(1906–1972) | French Communist Party politician, Member of the National Assembly of France for Seine-et-Marne (1945–1958) |  France | Awarded 3 May 1960 |
 | Cyrus S. Eaton [26] [27]
(1883–1979) | Industrialist, organizer of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs |  Canada
 United States | Awarded 3 May 1960 |
| Aziz Sharif [ ar ] [27] [28]
(1904–1990) | Politician, Chairman of the Peace Partisans Organization of Iraq [29] |  Iraq | Awarded 3 May 1960 |
 | Sukarno [26] [27]
(1901–1970) | Politician, Indonesian National Revolution commander, President of Indonesia (1945–1967) |  Indonesia | Awarded 3 May 1960 |
| 1961 |  | Fidel Castro [30] [31]
(1926–2016) | Politician, leader of Cuban Revolution, Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–1976), President of Cuba (1976–2008) |  Cuba | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
 | Ostap Dłuski [ pl ] [30] [31]
(1892–1964) | Politician, Member of the Sejm (1961–1964) |  Poland | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
 | Bill Morrow [30] [31]
(1888–1980) | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) politician, Member of the Australian Senate (1947–1953) |  Australia | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
 | Rameshwari Nehru [30] [31]
(1886–1966) | Social worker, founder of the All India Women's Conference | India | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
 | Mihail Sadoveanu [30] [31]
(1880–1961) | Writer |  Romania | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
| Antoine Tabet [30] [31]
(1907–1964) | Architect, Chairman of the Lebanese National Peace Council [32] |  Lebanon | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
 | Ahmed Sékou Touré [30] [31]
(1922–1984) | Democratic Party of Guinea politician, President of Guinea (1958–1984) |  Guinea | Awarded 30 April 1961 |
| 1962 |  | István Dobi [33] [34] [35]
(1898–1968) | Politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (1948–1952) |  Hungary | Awarded 30 April 1962 |
 | Faiz Ahmad Faiz [33] [34] [35]
(1911–1984) | Poet |  Pakistan | Awarded 30 April 1962 |
 | Kwame Nkrumah [33] [34] [35] [36]
(1909–1972) | Convention People's Party politician, Prime Minister of Ghana (1957–1960), President of Ghana (1960–1966) |  Ghana | Awarded 30 April 1962 |
 | Pablo Picasso [33] [34] [35]
(1881–1973) | Painter, sculptor |  Spain | Awarded 30 April 1962 |
| Olga Poblete [33] [35]
(1908–1999) | Teacher, feminist, Professor at the University of Chile, President of the Chilean Movement of Advocates for Peace |  Chile | Awarded 30 April 1962 |
| 1963 |  | Manolis Glezos [37] [38]
(1922–2020) | Communist Party of Greece politician, Greek Resistance/Greek Civil War guerilla | Greece | Awarded 1 May 1963 |
 | Modibo Keïta [36] [39] [37]
(1915–1977) | Politician, President of Mali (1960–1968) |  Mali | Awarded 1 May 1963 |
 | Oscar Niemeyer [37] [38]
(1907–2012) | Architect, helped design Brasília and Headquarters of the United Nations |  Brazil | Awarded 1 May 1963 |
 | Georgi Traykov [37] [40]
(1898–1975) | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union politician, Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1964–1971) |  Bulgaria | Awarded 1 May 1963 |
| 1964 |  | Rafael Alberti [41]
(1902–1999) | Poet | Spain | Awarded 1 May 1964 |
 | Aruna Asaf Ali [41] [42]
(1909–1996) | Communist Party of India politician, Indian independence movement activist, Vice President of the Women's International Democratic Federation | India | Presented 14 August 1965 |
 | Ahmed Ben Bella [43]
(1916–2012) | National Liberation Front politician, Algerian War revolutionary, President of Algeria (1963–1965) |  Algeria | Awarded 1 May 1964 |
| Herluf Bidstrup [43]
(1912–1988) | Cartoonist, illustrator |  Denmark | Awarded 1 May 1964 |
 | Dolores Ibárruri [14] [43]
(1895–1989) | Politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (1942–1960) | Spain | Awarded 1 May 1964 |
 | Ota Kaoru [41]
(1912–1998) | Trade unionist, Chairman of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (1955–1966) | Japan | Awarded 1 May 1964 |
| 1965 | | Peter Ayodele Curtis Joseph [36] [44]
(1920–2006) | Politician |  Nigeria | |
 | Jamsrangiin Sambuu [41]
(1895–1972) | Politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural (1954–1972) |  Mongolia | |
 | Mirjam Vire-Tuominen [ fi ] [44]
(1919–2011) | Politician, General Secretary of the Finnish Peace Committee (1949–1975), General Secretary of the Women's International Democratic Federation (1978–1987), Member of the Parliament of Finland (1970–1979) |  Finland | |
| 1966 |  | David Alfaro Siqueiros [45] [46]
(1896–1974) | Painter |  Mexico | Awarded 1 May 1967 |
 | Miguel Ángel Asturias [7] [44] [47]
(1899–1974) | Writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate in Literature (1967) |  Guatemala | |
| Bram Fischer [45] [46]
(1908–1975) | Advocate, anti-apartheid activist, Communist Party of South Africa politician, |  South Africa | Awarded 1 May 1967 |
 | Rockwell Kent [45] [46]
(1882–1971) | Painter, printmaker, adventurer |  United States | Awarded 1 May 1967 |
 | Ivan Málek [ cs ] [45] [46]
(1909–1994) | Microbiologist, Professor at Charles University, Member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1960–1968) | Czechoslovakia | Awarded 1 May 1967 |
 | Giacomo Manzù [44] [48]
(1908–1991) | Sculptor | Italy | |
 | Martin Niemöller [45] [46]
(1892–1984) | Lutheran pastor, theologian, founder of Confessing Church, President of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (1949–1961), President of the World Council of Churches (1961–1968) |  West Germany | Awarded 1 May 1967 |
 | Herbert Warnke [45] [46]
(1902–1975) | Trade unionist, Chairman of the Free German Trade Union Federation (1946–1975) | East Germany | Awarded 1 May 1967 |
| 1967 |  | Romesh Chandra [49]
(1919–2016) | Communist Party of India politician, President of the World Peace Council (1977–1990) | India | |
 | Jean Effel [49]
(1908–1982) | Illustrator, journalist | France | |
 | Joris Ivens [49]
(1898–1989) | Documentary filmmaker |  Netherlands | |
 | Nguyễn Thị Định [49]
(1920–1992) | Liberation Army of South Vietnam general, National Liberation Front politician, Vice President of Vietnam (1987–1992) |  Vietnam/ Republic of South Vietnam | |
 | Endre Sík [49]
(1891–1978) | Politician, historian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary (1958–1961) | Hungary | |
 | Jorge Zalamea Borda [49]
(1905–1969) | Writer, politician |  Colombia | |
| 1968–1969 | | Akira Iwai [13]
(1922–1997) | Trade unionist, General Secretary of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan | Japan | Awarded 16 April 1970 |
 | Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz [13]
(1894–1980) | Writer | Poland | Awarded 16 April 1970 |
 | Khaled Mohieddin [13]
(1922–2018) | Egyptian Army major, National Progressive Unionist Party politician, Chairman of the Egyptian Peace Council |  UAR | Awarded 16 April 1970 |
 | Linus Pauling [13]
(1901–1994) | Chemist, educator, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1954), Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1962) | United States | Awarded 16 April 1970 |
 | Shafie Ahmed el Sheikh [13]
(1924–1971) | Trade unionist, politician |  Sudan | Awarded 16 April 1970 |
| Bertil Svahnström [ sv ] [13]
(1907–1972) | Journalist, writer | Sweden | Awarded 16 April 1970 |
| 1970–1971 |  | Hikmat Abu Zayd [50]
(1922/1923–2011) | Arab Socialist Union politician, academic, Minister of Social Affairs of the United Arab Republic (1962–1965) | UAR | |
 | Eric Burhop [51] [52]
(1911–1980) | Physicist, Professor at University College London, Fellow of the Royal Society (1963) | Australia
United Kingdom | |
 | Ernst Busch [51]
(1900–1980) | Singer, actor | East Germany | |
 | Tsola Dragoycheva [51]
(1898–1993) | Bulgarian Communist Party politician, Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1946–1990) | Bulgaria | |
 | Renato Guttuso [51] [53]
(1912–1987) | Painter | Italy | |
 | Kamal Jumblatt [51] [54]
(1917–1977) | Progressive Socialist Party politician, Member of the Parliament of Lebanon (1947–1977) | Lebanon | |
 | Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti [55] [56]
(1900–1978) | Teacher, leader of Abeokuta Women's Revolt, women's rights activist | Nigeria | |
 | Alfredo Varela [7] [51]
(1914–1984) | Writer | Argentina | |
| 1972 |  | James Aldridge [57] [58]
(1918–2015) | Writer | Australia
United Kingdom | Awarded 1 May 1973 |
 | Salvador Allende [57] [58]
(1908–1973) | Politician, physician, President of Chile (1970–1973) | Chile | Awarded 1 May 1973 |
 | Leonid Brezhnev [57] [58]
(1906–1982) | Politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1982) | Soviet Union | Awarded 1 May 1973 |
| Enrique Pastorino [57] [58]
(1918–1995) | Trade unionist, Communist Party of Uruguay politician, President of the World Federation of Trade Unions (1969–1975) |  Uruguay | Awarded 1 May 1973 |
| 1973–1974 |  | Luis Corvalán [59]
(1916–2010) | Politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (1958–1990) | Chile | |
| Raymond Goor [ ru ] [59]
(1908–1996) | Priest |  Belgium | |
| Jeanne Martin Cissé [59]
(1926–2017) | Politician, teacher | Guinea | |
 | Sam Nujoma [36]
(1929–2025) | Politician, anti-apartheid activist, leader of SWAPO during the South African Border War, President of Namibia (1990–2005) | South West Africa (before 1990)
 Namibia (after 1990) | |
| 1975–1976 |  | Hortensia Bussi de Allende [60] [61]
(1913–2009) | Educator, librarian, First Lady of Chile (1970–1973) | Chile | Widow of Salvador Allende (recipient in 1972)
Awarded May 1977 |
 | János Kádár [60] [61]
(1912–1989) | Politician, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956–1988) | Hungary | Awarded May 1977 |
 | Seán MacBride [60] [61]
(1904–1988) | Clann na Poblachta politician, barrister, International chairman of Amnesty International (1965–1974), Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1974) |  Ireland
France | Awarded May 1977 |
 | Samora Machel [36] [60] [61]
(1933–1986) | FRELIMO politician, Mozambican War of Independence revolutionary, President of Mozambique (1975–1986) |  Mozambique | Awarded May 1977 |
 | Agostinho Neto [36] [60] [61]
(1922–1979) | MPLA politician, revolutionary, President of Angola (1975–1979) |  Angola | Awarded May 1977 |
 | Pierre Pouyade [60] [61]
(1911–1979) | French Air Force brigadier general, Chairman of the Franco-Soviet Friendship Association | France | Awarded May 1977 |
| Yiannis Ritsos [60] [61]
(1909–1990) | Poet | Greece | Awarded May 1977 |
| 1977–1978 | | Kurt Bachmann [62] [63]
(1909–1997) | Politician, Chairman of the German Communist Party (1969–1973) | West Germany | Awarded 1 May 1979 |
 | Freda Brown [60] [61]
(1919–2009) | Politician, President of the Women's International Democratic Federation (1975–1989) | Australia | Awarded 1 May 1979 |
 | Vilma Espín [60] [61]
(1930–2007) | Revolutionary, politician, President of the Federation of Cuban Women (1960–2007) | Cuba | Awarded 1 May 1979 |
| K. P. S. Menon [60] [61]
(1898–1982) | Diplomat, Foreign Secretary of India (1948–1952) | India | Awarded 1 May 1979 |
 | Halina Skibniewska [60] [61]
(1921–2011) | Architect, politician, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (1971–1985) | Poland | Awarded 1 May 1979 |
| 1979 |  | Hervé Bazin [64] [65]
(1911–1996) | Writer | France | Awarded 30 April 1980 |
 | Angela Davis [62] [63]
(born 1944) | Communist Party USA/CCDS member, second-wave feminist/anti-Vietnam War/prison abolition activist, academic, Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz | United States | Awarded 30 April 1980 |
 | Urho Kekkonen [64] [65] [66] [67]
(1900–1986) | Politician, lawyer, President of Finland (1956–1982) | Finland | Awarded 30 April 1980 |
 | Abd al-Rahman al-Khamisi [ ar ] [64] [65]
(1920–1987) | Poet, composer |  Egypt | Awarded 30 April 1980 |
 | Lê Duẩn [64] [65]
(1907–1986) | Politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1960–1986) | Vietnam | Awarded 30 April 1980 |
 | Miguel Otero Silva [64] [65]
(1908–1985) | Writer, journalist |  Venezuela | Awarded 30 April 1980 |
| 1980–1982 |  | Mahmoud Darwish [68] [69]
(1941–2008) | Poet |  Palestine | Awarded May 1983 |
| John Hanly Morgan [68] [69]
(1918–2018) | Unitarian minister | United States
 Canada | Awarded May 1983 |
 | Líber Seregni [68] [69]
(1916–2004) | Broad Front politician, Uruguayan Army officer | Uruguay | Awarded May 1983 |
 | Mikis Theodorakis [68] [69]
(1925–2021) | Composer |  Greece | Awarded May 1983 |
| 1983–1984 |  | Charilaos Florakis [70]
(1914–2005) | Politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (1972–1989) | Greece | Awarded September 1984 |
 | Indira Gandhi [71] [72] [73]
(1917–1984) | Politician, Prime Minister of India (1980–1984), (1966–1977) | India | Awarded posthumously on 1 May 1985 |
| Jean-Marie Legay [71] [72] [73]
(1925–2012) | Academic | France | Awarded 1 May 1985 |
 | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ [71] [72] [73]
(1910–1996) | Politician, Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (1969–1976), Vice President of Vietnam (1976–1992), Acting President of Vietnam (1980–1981), Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1981–1987) | Vietnam/ Republic of South Vietnam | Awarded 1 May 1985 |
| Eva Palmær [ sv ] [71] [72] [73]
(1904–1995) | Writer, chemist, Chairwoman of the Sweden-Soviet Union Association (1979–1987) | Sweden | Awarded 1 May 1985 |
 | Luis Vidales [71] [72] [73]
(1904–1990) | Poet | Colombia | Awarded 1 May 1985 |
| Josef Weber [ de ] [71] [72] [73]
(1908–1985) | Politician, peace activist | West Germany | Awarded 1 May 1985 |
| 1985–1986 |  | Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann [74] [75]
(1933–2017) | Sandinista National Liberation Front politician, Catholic Church priest, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua (1979–1990), President of the United Nations General Assembly (2008–2009) |  Nicaragua | |
 | Dorothy Hodgkin [74]
(1910–1994) | Chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1947), Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1964) | United Kingdom | |
 | Herbert Mies [74]
(1929–2017) | Politician, Chairman of the German Communist Party (1973–1989) | West Germany | |
 | Julius Nyerere [74] [76]
(1922–1999) | Politician, anti-colonial activist, President of Tanzania (1964–1985) |  Tanzania | |
| Petur Tanchev [74]
(1920–1992) | Politician, Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1950–1990) |  Bulgaria | |
| 1988 |  | Abdul Sattar Edhi [77]
(1928–2016) | Philanthropist, ascetic | Pakistan | |
| 1990 |  | Nelson Mandela [36] [78] [79]
(1918–2013) | Politician, founder of African National Congress, anti-apartheid activist, President of South Africa (1994–1999), Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1993) |  South Africa | Unable to accept the prize until 2002 due to his trial and imprisonment in South Africa |
