List of peace activists
This list of peace activists includes people who have proactively advocated diplomatic , philosophical, and non-military resolution of major territorial or ideological disputes through nonviolent means and methods. Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating to, and held in place by, the various violent, habitual, and historically fearful thought-processes residing at the core of these conflicts, with the intention of peacefully ending the conflicts themselves.
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B. R. Ambedkar Uri Avnery Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964–2011) – Kenyan peace activist, government consultantDavid Adams (born 1939) – American author and peace activist, task force chair of the United Nations International Year for the Culture of Peace , coordinator of the Culture of Peace News Network Jane Addams (1860–1935) – American, national chairman of Woman's Peace Party , president of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Ruth Adler (1944–1994) – feminist, and human rights campaigner in Scotland[citation needed Eqbal Ahmad (1933/34–1999) – Pakistani political scientist, activist[citation needed Martti Ahtisaari (1937–2023) – former president of Finland, active in conflict resolution[citation needed Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010) – Zen Buddhist Rōshi and anti-war activist, anti-nuclear testing activist, and proponent of deep ecology Tadatoshi Akiba (born 1942) – Japanese pacifist and nuclear disarmament advocate, former mayor of Hiroshima Widad Akrawi (born 1969) – Danish-Kurdish peace advocate, organizerStew Albert (1939–2006) – American anti-Vietnam war activist, organizerAbdulkadir Yahya Ali (1957–2005) – Somali peace activist and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue in SomaliaB. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) – Polymath, economist, jurist, social reformer, civil rights leader, political philosopher and revivalist of Buddhism in India [citation needed Günther Anders (born Günther Siegmund Stern, 1902–1992) – German philosopher and a critic of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence[citation needed Ghassan Andoni (born 1956) – Palestinian physicist, Christian, advocate of non-violent resistance [citation needed Andrea Andreen (1888–1972) – Swedish physician, pacifist, and feministAnnot (1894–1981) – German artist, anti-war and anti-nuclear activistJosé Argüelles (1939–2011) – American New Age author and pacifistÉmile Armand (1872–1963) – French anarchist and pacifist writerÉmile Arnaud (1864–1921) – French peace campaigner, coined the word "pacifism"Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916) – Swedish pacifist, Nobel peace laureate, founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society Ya'akov Arnon (1913–1995) – Israeli economist, government official and pacifistVittorio Arrigoni (1975–2011) – Italian reporter, anti-war activistPat Arrowsmith (1930–2023) – British author and peace campaigner, co-founder of CND Arik Ascherman (born 1959) – Israeli-American rabbi and advocate for human rights in Israel and PalestineSteve Ashley (born 1946) — British singer-songwriter and peace campaignerMargaret Ashton (1856–1937) – British suffragist, local politician, pacifistNafez Assaily (born 1956) – Palestinian sociologist and long-term advocate of nonviolenceJulian Assange (born 1971) – founder of WikiLeaks , recipient of numerous prizes and awards, and one of only six people to be recognised with the Gold medal for Peace with Justice of the Sydney Peace Foundation[citation needed Anita Augspurg (1857–1943) – German lawyer, writer, feminist, pacifistUri Avnery (1923–2018) – Israeli writer and founder of Gush Shalom Mubarak Awad (born 1943) – Palestinian–American advocate of nonviolent resistance, founder of the Palestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence Ali Abu Awwad (born 1972) – Palestinian peace activist and proponent of nonviolence from Beit Ummar , founder of Taghyeer (Change) Movement Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born 1970) – Nigerian conflict resolution professional, ombudsman, peace builder and poet
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Medea Benjamin James Bevel Elise M. Boulding José Bové Caoimhe Butterly Anton Bacalbașa (1865–1899) – Romanian Marxist and pacifistEva Bacon (1909–1994) – Australian socialist, feminist, pacifistGertrud Baer (1890–1981) – German Jewish peace activist, and a founding member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Joan Baez (born 1941) – American anti-war protester, inspirational singerMatilde Bajer (1840–1934) – Danish feminist and peace activistsElla Baker (1903–1986) – African-American civil rights activist, feminist, pacifistEmily Greene Balch (1867–1961) – American pacifist, leader of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom , and 1946 Nobel peace laureateErnesto Balducci (1922–1992) – Italian priest and peace activistRoger Nash Baldwin (1884–1981) – American pacifist, leader in Civil Liberties Bureau of American Union Against Militarism , supporting conscientious objectors to World War I; lifelong civil libertarian, co-founder of ACLU Edith Ballantyne (born 1922) – Czech-Canadian peace activistMary Barbour (1875–1958) – Scottish socialist, a founder of the Women's Peace Crusade , local councillor and magistrate; involved in the Red Clydeside movementDaniel Barenboim (born 1942) – pianist and conductor, joint founder – with Edward Said – of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra , citizen of Argentina, Israel, Palestine and SpainChristine Ross Barker (1866–1940) – Canadian pacifist and suffragistLudwig Bauer (1878–1935) – Austro-Swiss writer and pacifistArchibald Baxter (1881–1970) – New Zealand pacifist, socialist, and anti-war activistAlaide Gualberta Beccari (1842–1906) – Italian feminist, pacifist and social reformerYolanda Becerra (born 1959) – Colombian feminist and peace activistHenriette Beenfeldt (1878–1949) – radical Danish peace activistHarry Belafonte (1927–2023) – American anti-war protester, performerCarlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (born 1948) – East Timorese bishop, Nobel peace laureatePope Benedict XV (1854–1922, Pope 1914–1922) – advocated peace throughout WW1; opposed aerial warfare; promoted humanitarian initiatives to protect children, prisoners of war, the wounded and missing personsMedea Benjamin (born 1952) – American author, organizer, co-founder of the anti-militarist Code Pink Tony Benn (1925–2014) – British Member of Parliament, anti-war and anti-imperialism campaigner, one of the founders of the Stop the War Coalition Meg Beresford (born 1937) – British activist, European Nuclear Disarmament movementDaniel Berrigan (1921–2016) – American anti-Vietnam war protester, Jesuit (Catholic) priest, poet, author, anti-nuke and warPhilip Berrigan (1923–2002) – American anti-Vietnam war protester, former Josephite (Catholic) priest, author, anti-nuke and warJames Bevel (1936–2008) – American civil rights activist, anti-Vietnam war leader, organizerVinoba Bhave (1895–1982) – Indian, Gandhian, teacher, author, organizerAlbert Bigelow (1906–1993) – former US Navy officer turned pacifist, skipper of the first vessel to attempt disruption of the atmospheric testing of nuclear weaponsLotte Binder (1888–1930) – Transylvanian pacifist feministDoris Blackburn (1889–1970) – Australian social reformer, politician, pacifistJanet Bloomfield (1953–2007) – British peace and disarmament campaigner, chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Bhikkhu Bodhi (born 1944) – American Theravada Buddhist monk and founder of Buddhist Global Relief Kees Boeke (1884–1966) – Dutch educator, missionary and pacifistBeatrice Boeke-Cadbury (1884–1976) – English social activist, educator, Quaker missionary and pacifistCarl Bonnevie (1881–1972) – Norwegian jurist and peace activistBono (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist; born Paul David Hewson Charles-Auguste Bontemps (1893–1981) – French anarchist, pacifist, writerJohn Bosco (1815–1888) – Italian priest, educator and author, who devoted his life to disadvantaged youth; founded the Salesians of Don Bosco and developed the nonviolent Salesian Preventive System of teachingElise M. Boulding (1920–2010) – Norwegian-born American sociologist, specialising in academic peace researchAlbert Bourderon (1858–1930) – French socialist and pacifistJosé Bové (born 1953) – French farmer, politician, pacifistNorma Elizabeth Boyd (1888–1985) – African American politically active educator, children's rights proponent, pacifistHeloise Brainerd (1881–1969) – American women activist, pacifistSophonisba Breckinridge (1866–1948) – American educator, social reformer, pacifistLenni Brenner (born 1937) – American civil rights activist, opposed to the Vietnam war and strong opponent of Zionism Pierre Brizon (1878–1923) – French politician and pacifistVera Brittain (1893–1970) – British writer, pacifistJosé Brocca (1891–1950) – Spanish activist, international delegate War Resisters' International , organiser of relief efforts during the Spanish Civil WarHugh Brock (1914–1985) – lifelong British pacifist and editor of Peace News Peter Brock (1920–2006) – British-born Canadian pacifist historianFenner Brockway (1888–1988) – British politician and Labour MP ; humanist, pacifist and anti-imperialist; opposed conscription and founded the No-Conscription Fellowship in 1914; first chairperson of the War Resisters' International (1926–1934); founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and of the charity War on Want Emilia Broomé (1866–1925) – Swedish politician, feminist and peace activistBrigid Brophy (1929–1995) – British novelist, feminist, pacifistOlympia Brown (1835–1926) – American theologist, suffragist, pacifistElihu Burritt (1810–1879) – American diplomat, social activistCaoimhe Butterly (born 1978) – Irish peace and human rights activistMaria C. Buțureanu (1872–1919) – Romanian educator and feminist pacifistCharles Roden Buxton (1875–1942) – British Liberal and later Labour MP , philanthropist and peace activist, critical of the Treaty of Versailles return to table of contents
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Helen Caldicott Montserrat Cervera Rodon Judy Collins Peter Ritchie Calder (1906–1982) – Scottish science journalist, socialist and peace activistHelen Caldicott (born 1938) – Australian physician, anti-nuclear activist, revived Physicians for Social Responsibility , campaigner against the dangers of radiation Hélder Câmara (1909–1999) – Brazilian archbishop, advocate of liberation theology , opponent of military dictatorshipLydia Canaan – Lebanese singer, first rock star of the Middle East , risked life to perform under military attack in protest of Lebanese Civil War [ 4] Marcelle Capy (1891–1962), novelist, journalist, pacifistAngelo Cardona (born 1997), Colombian peace activist, pacifistAndrew Carnegie (1835–1919) – American industrialist and founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace April Carter (born 1937) – British peace activist, researcher, editorJimmy Carter (born 1924) – American negotiator and former US president, organizer, international conflict resolutionRené Cassin (1887–1976) – French jurist, professor, and judge, co-wrote the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen (1865–1952) – Danish peace activistPierre Cérésole (1879–1945) – Swiss engineer, founder of Service Civil International (SCI) or International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP)Montserrat Cervera Rodon (born 1949) – Catalan anti-militarist, feminist, and women's health activistFélicien Challaye (1875–1967) – French philosopher and pacifistÉmile Chartier (1868–1951) – French philosopher, educator and pacifistSimone Tanner Chaumet (1916–1962) – French peace activistCesar Chavez (1927–1993) – American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activistHelen Chenevix (1886–1963) – Irish suffragist, trade unionist, pacifistAda Nield Chew (1870–1945) – British suffragist and pacifistMolly Childers (1875–1964) – Irish writer, nationalist, pacifistNoam Chomsky (born 1928) – American linguist, philosopher, and activistAlice Amelia Chown (1866–1949) – Canadian feminist, pacifist and writerHoward Clark (1950–2013) – British peace activist, deputy editor of Peace News War Resisters' International .Ramsey Clark (1927–2021) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear lawyer, activist, former U.S. Attorney GeneralHelena Cobban (born 1952) – British peace activist, journalist, authorWilliam Sloane Coffin (1924–2006) – American cleric, anti-war activistJames Colaianni (1922–2016) – American author, publisher, first anti-Napalm organizerJudy Collins (born 1939) – American anti-war singer/songwriter, protesterAlex Comfort (1920–2000) – British scientist, physician, writer, pacifist, conscientious objector and author of The Joy of Sex Alecu Constantinescu (1872–1949) – Romanian trade unionist, journalist and pacifistJeremy Corbyn (born 1949) – British politician, socialist, long-time anti-war, anti-imperialism and anti-racism campaignerTom Cornell – American anti-war activist, initiated first anti-Vietnam War protestRachel Corrie (1979–2003) – American activist for Palestinian human rightsDavid Cortright – American anti-nuclear weapon leaderNorman Cousins (1915–1990) – American journalist, author, organizer, initiatorRandal Cremer (1828–1908) – British trade unionist and Liberal MP (1885–1895, 1900–1908); pacifist; leading advocate for international arbitration; co-founded the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Arbitration League ; promoted the Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 ; awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1903)Frances Crowe (1919–2019) – American pacifist, anti-nuclear power activist, draft counselor supporting conscientious objectorsEdvin Kanka Ćudić (born 1988) – Bosnian human rights and peace activist, founder and coordinator of Association for Social Research and Communications (UDIK)Adam Curle (1916–2006) – Quaker peace activist; first professor of peace studies in the UKreturn to table of contents
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Dorothy Day David Dellinger Margaretta D'Arcy (born 1934) – Irish actress, writer and peace activistMohammed Dajani Daoudi (born 1946) – Palestinian professor and peace activistThora Daugaard (1874–1951) – Danish feminist, pacifist, journal editor and translatorGeorge Maitland Lloyd Davies (1880–1949) – Welsh pacifist and anti-war campaigner, chair of the Peace Pledge Union (1946–1949)Rennie Davis (1941–2021) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, organizerDorothy Day (1897–1980) – American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movementJohn Dear (born 1959) – American priest, author, and nonviolent activistÉlisabeth Decrey Warner (born 1953) – Swiss peace activist, founder of Geneva Call Siri Derkert (1888–1973) – Swedish artist, pacifist and feministDavid Dellinger (1915–2004) – American pacifist, organizer, anti-war leaderMichael Denborough AM (1929–2014) – Australian medical researcher who founded the Nuclear Disarmament Party Dorothy Detzer (1893–1981) – American feminist, peace activist, U.S. secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and FreedomAmanda Deyo (1838–?) – American Universalist minister, peace activist, correspondentMary Dingman (1875–1961) – American social and peace activistAnita Dobelli (1865–?) – Italian peace activist and pacifist feministAlma Dolens (1876–?) – Italian pacifist and suffragistFrank Dorrel – American peace activist, publisher of Addicted to War Ann Druyan (born 1949) – American documentary producer, vocal advocate for nuclear disarmamentW. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) – American socialist, historian, civil rights activist, peace activist and authorGabrielle Duchêne (1870–1954) – French feminist and pacifistMuriel Duckworth (1908–2009) – Canadian pacifist, feminist and community activist, founder of Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace Élie Ducommun (1833–1906) – Swiss pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureatePeggy Duff (1910–1981) – British peace activist, socialist, founder and first General Secretary of CND Henry Dunant (1828–1910) – Swiss businessman and social activist, founder of the Red Cross , and the joint first Nobel peace laureate (with Frédéric Passy )Roberta Dunbar (died 1956) – American clubwoman and peace activistMel Duncan (born 1950) – American pacifist, founding executive director of Nonviolent Peaceforce B. D. Dykstra (1871–1955) – Dutch American pastor, writer, newspaper editor, and pacifistreturn to table of contents
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Abdul Sattar Edhi Hedy Epstein Crystal Eastman (1881–1928) – American lawyer, suffragist, pacifist, journalist, co-founder of ACLU Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) – Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, Nobel peace laureateAnna B. Eckstein (1868–1947) – German advocate of world peace Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928–2016) – Pakistani philanthropist, created the world's largest ambulance network (EDHI )Nikolaus Ehlen (1886–1965) – German pacifist teacherHans Ehrenberg (1883–1958) – German Jewish philosopher and Christian theologianAlbert Einstein (1879–1955) – German-born American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate in physicsDaniel Ellsberg (1931–2023) – American anti-war whistleblower, protester, leaked the Pentagon Papers Scilla Elworthy (born 1943) – British Quaker, founded the Oxford Research Group and Peace Direct ; advised in setting up The Elders James Gareth Endicott (1898–1993) – Canadian missionary, initiator, organizer, protesterHedy Epstein (1924–2016) – Jewish-American antiwar activist, escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport ; active in opposition to Israeli military policiesGladys del Estal (1956–1979) – Basque ecological activist, shot dead by the Guardia Civil at a protest against the Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant and the Bardenas firing rangeDorothy Evans (1888–1944) – Hunger-striking British suffragette , secretary of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Jodie Evans (born 1954) – American political activist, co-founder of Code Pink , initiator, organizer, filmmakerMaya Evans – British peace campaigner, arrested for reading out, near The Cenotaph , the names of British soldiers killed in Iraqreturn to table of contents
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Mildred Fahrni (1900–1992) – Canadian pacifist, feminist, internationally active in the peace movementAndrew Feinstein (born 1964) – South African activist against the arms trade; first member of the South African Parliament to introduce a motion on the HolocaustMichael Ferber (born 1944) – American author, professor, anti-war activistBenjamin Ferencz (1920–2023) – American chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021) – American poet, painter, peace and social activistHermann Fernau (born 1883) – German lawyer, writer, journalist and pacifistSolange Fernex (1934–2006) – French peace activist and politicianBeatrice Fihn (born 1982) – Swedish anti-nuclear activist, chairperson of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)Genevieve Fiore (1912–2002) – American women's rights and peace activistIngrid Fiskaa (born 1977) – Norwegian politician and peace activistJane Fonda (born 1937) – American anti-war protester, actressHenni Forchhammer (1863–1955) – Danish educator, feminist and pacifistJim Forest (1941–2022) – American author, international secretary of the Orthodox Peace FellowshipRandall Forsberg (1943–2007) – led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending , and promote democratic institutions; career started at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in 1968Tom Fox (1951–2006) – American QuakerDiana Francis (born 1944) – British peace activist and scholar, former president of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation Ursula Franklin (1921–2016) – German-Canadian scientist, pacifist and feminist, whose research helped end atmospheric nuclear testingMarcia Freedman (born 1938) – American-Israeli peace activist, feminist and supporter of gay rightsComfort Freeman – Liberian anti-war activistMaikki Friberg (1861–1927) – Finnish educator, journal editor, suffragist and peace activistAlfred Fried (1864–1921) – co-founder of German peace movement, called for world peace organizationreturn to table of contents
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Mahatma Gandhi Emma Goldman Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet on the 2006 United States Congressional Gold Medal Arun Manilal Gandhi (1934–2023) – Indian, organizer, educator, grandson of MohandasMahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) – Indian, writer, organizer, protester, lawyer, inspiration to movement leadersAlfonso García Robles (1911–1991) – Mexican diplomat, the driving force behind the Treaty of Tlatelolco , setting up a nuclear-free zone in Latin America and the Caribbean . Awarded 1982 Nobel Peace Prize Saadia Gardezi – Pakistani journalist and founder of Project Dastaan Eric Garris (born 1953) – American activist, founding webmaster of antiwar.com Martin Gauger (1905–1941) – German jurist and pacifistLeymah Gbowee (born 1972) – Liberian peace activist, organizer of women's peace movement in Liberia, awarded 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Aviv Geffen (born 1973) – Israeli singer and peace activistEverett Gendler (1928–2022) – American conservative rabbi, peace activist, writerOlive Gibbs (1918–1995) – British politician, founding member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and second to serve as its chair, 1964–1967Jeremy Gilley (born 1969) – as a result of Gilley's efforts, a General Assembly resolution was unanimously adopted by UN member states, establishing 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace – Peace Day.Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) – American anti-war protester, writer, poetIgino Giordani (1894–1980) – Italian politician and cosponsor of the first Italian legislation on conscientious objection to military service, co-founder of the Catholic/ecumenical Focolare movement dedicated to unity and universal fraternity.Arthur Gish (1939–2010) – American public speaker and peace activistBernie Glassman (1939–2018) – American Zen Buddhist roshi and founder of Zen Peacemakers Danny Glover (born 1946) – American actor and anti-war activistVilma Glücklich (1872–1927) – Hungarian educator, pacifist and women's rights activistEmma Goldman (1869–1940) – Russian/American activist imprisoned in the U.S. for opposition to World War IAmy Goodman (born 1957) – American journalist, host of Democracy Now! Paul Goodman (1911–1972) – American writer, psychotherapist, social critic, anarchist philosopher and public intellectualMikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) – Russian anti-nuclear activist during and after Soviet presidency. In 1993 he launched Green Cross International and in 1995 initiated the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates .Jean Goss (1912–1991) – French non-violence activistHildegard Goss-Mayr (born 1930) – Austrian pacifist and theologianDorothy Granada (born 1930) – American nurse, humanitarian, and peace and social justice activist who was the 1997 recipient of the International Pfeffer Peace Award Lorraine Granado (1948–2019) – American environmental, peace and social justice activist and organizer who co-founded the Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network and Neighbors for a Toxic-Free Community in DenverJonathan Granoff (born 1948) – Co-founder and President, Global Security Institute William Grassie (born 1957) – American nonviolence activistJürgen Grässlin (born 1957) – teacher and activist against arms exports , especially of small arms (Heckler & Koch )Wavy Gravy (born 1936) – American entertainer and activist for peaceGreat Peacemaker – Native American co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy , author Great Law of Peace Dick Gregory (1932–2017) – American comedian, anti-war protesterIrene Greenwood (1898–1992) – Australian feminist, peace activist and broadcasterRichard Grelling (1853–1929) – German lawyer, writer and pacifistBen Griffin (born 1977) – former British SAS soldier and Iraq War veteranSuze Groeneweg (1875–1940) – Dutch politician, feminist and pacifistEdward Grubb (1854–1939) – English Quaker, pacifist, active in the No-Conscription Fellowship Emil Grunzweig (1947–1983) – Israeli teacher and peace activistGerson Gu-Konu , also Gerson Konu (1932–2006) – Peace and human rights activist from Togo J. Edward Guinan (1936–2014) – Founder of the Community for Creative Non-Violence Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) – American anti-war protester and musician, inspirationTenzin Gyatso (born 1935) – 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet , Nobel Peace Prize laureate and spiritual and formerly temporal ruler of Tibet and the Tibetan Government-in-Exile return to table of contents
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Václav Havel Brian Haw Jessie Wallace Hughan Hugo Haase (1863–1919) – German socialist politician, jurist and pacifistLucina Hagman (1853–1946) – Finnish feminist, politician, pacifistOtto Hahn (1879–1968) – German chemist, discoverer of nuclear fission , Nobel Laureate , pacifist, anti-nuclear weapons and testing advocateJeanne Halbwachs (1890–1980) – French pacifist, feminist and socialistJeff Halper (born 1946) – American anthropologist and Israeli peace activist, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions France Hamelin (1918–2007) – French artist, peace activist and resistance workerEugénie Hamer (1865–after 1926) – Belgian peace activist and writerJudith Hand (born 1940) – American biologist, pioneer of peace ethology Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen (1864–1939) – Norwegian teacher, shipowner, politician and founder of the Norwegian Peace AssociationEline Hansen (1859–1919) – Danish feminist and peace activistG. Simon Harak (born 1948) – American professor of theology, peace activistKeir Hardie (1856–1915) – Scottish socialist and pacifist, co-founder of Independent Labour Party and Labour Party , opposed WWI Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870–1967) – American suffragist, social reformer, pacifist and diplomatDavid Harris (1946–2023) – American anti-war organizer and draft resistance leader; later a journalist and authorGeorge Harrison (1943–2001) – English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer, achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of The Beatles ; religious and anti-war activistDavid Hartsough (born 1940) – American Quaker peace activistMarian Fleming Harwood (1846–1934) – Scottish-born Australian scholar, linguist, pacifist, and philanthropistRhoda Hatch (1946–2020) – American peace activist who organized protests against Operation Desert Storm Marii Hasegawa (1918–2012) – Japanese peace activist and president (1971–1975) of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Václav Havel (1936–2011) – Czech nonviolent writer, poet, and politicianBrian Haw (1949–2011) – British activist, initiated and long time participant of the Parliament Square Peace Campaign Tom Hayden (1939–2016) – American civil rights activist, anti-Vietnam war leader, author, California politicianWilson A. Head (1914–1993) – American/Canadian sociologist, activistLarry Hebert – Active duty Senior Airman in US Air Force who went on a hunger strike in Washington, D.C., in March and April 2024 to protest U.S. military support of Israel's war in Gaza.Fredrik Heffermehl (born 1938) – Norwegian jurist, writer and peace activistIdy Hegnauer (1909–2006) – Swiss nurse and peace activistEstrid Hein (1873–1956) – Danish ophthalmologist, women's rights activist and pacifistArthur Henderson (1863–1935) – British politician, Labour Party leader, Foreign Secretary , chair of the Geneva Disarmament Conference , Nobel Peace Prize 1934Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970) – American Christian pacifist, anarchist and social activistYella Hertzka (1873–1948) – Austrian peace and women's rights activistAlice Herz (1882–1965) – German-born feminist and anti-fascist who was the first person in the U.S. to self-immolate in protest against the Vietnam War Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) – Polish-born American rabbi, professor at Jewish Theological Seminary, civil rights and peace activistBono (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist; born Paul David HewsonPaul David Hewson (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter; see Bono aboveHiawatha (1525–?) – Native American co-founder of the Iroguois League and co-author of the Great Law of Peace Sidney Hinkes (1925–2006) – British pacifist and Anglican priestRaichō Hiratsuka (1886–1971) – Japanese writer, political activist, feminist and pacifistUnutea Hirshon (born 1947) – French Polynesian anti-nuclear activistEmily Hobhouse (1860–1926) – British welfare campaigner, pacifist, and anti-war activist, publicly denounced the existence of the British concentration camps in South Africa Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, co-founder of Yippies Ann-Margret Holmgren (1850–1940) – Swedish writer, feminist, and pacifistMargaret Holmes , AM (1909–2009) – Australian activist during the Vietnam War , member Anglican Pacifist Fellowship Robert L. Holmes (1935) - American Professor emeritus, international lecturer and theorist of nonviolence, war and morality at the University of Rochester [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Inger Holmlund (1927–2019) – Swedish anti-nuclear activistWinifred Holtby (1898–1935) – English novelist; feminist, socialist and pacifist; active in the Independent Labour Party and League of Nations Union Alec Horsley (1902–1993) – British Quaker businessman, founder of the company which became Northern Foods , member of the Common Wealth Party , the Committee of 100 , founding member of CND Ellen Hørup (1871–1953) – Danish writer, pacifist, and women's rights activistNobuto Hosaka (born 1955) – Japanese politician, mayor of Setagaya in Tokyo; campaigned and won the mayor's job on an anti-nuclear platform in April 2011, just over a month after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) – American writer, social activist, peace advocate, author of the Mother's Day Proclamation Helmuth Hübener (1925–1942) – executed at the age of 17 in Nazi Germany for distributing anti-war leafletsKate Hudson (born 1958) – British left-wing political activist and academic; General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and National Secretary of Left Unity ; officer of the Stop the War Coalition since 2002Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875–1955) – founder of the War Resisters League ; socialist and radical pacifistEmrys Hughes (1894–1969) – Welsh socialist member of the British Parliament, where he was an outspoken pacifistLaura Hughes (1886–1966) – Canadian feminist and pacifistHannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958) – American Quaker activist, in the leadership of WILPF in the USJohn Hume (1937–2020) – Irish Nobel Peace Prize and Gandhi Peace Prize recipient, former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party , and former MP for Foyle 1983–2005John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – Canadian scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate, wrote the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – English pacifist, anti-war and anti-conflict writerreturn to table of contents
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Daisaku Ikeda Miguel Giménez Igualada (1888–1973) – Spanish anarchist, writer, pacifistDaisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) – Japanese Buddhist leader, writer, president of Soka Gakkai International , and founder of multiple educational and peace research institutionsKathleen Innes (1883–1967) – British educator, writer, pacifistMargaret Isely (1921–1997) – American peace activist and co-founder of WCPA Philip Isely (1915–2012) – American peace activist, writer and founder of WCPA & GRENHenriette Ith (1885–1978) – Swiss pacifist, Esperantist, authorreturn to table of contents
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Kirthi Jayakumar Berthold Jacob (1898–1944) – German journalist and pacifistAletta Jacobs (1854–1929) – Dutch physician, feminist and peace activistMartha Larsen Jahn (1875–1954) – Norwegian peace activist and feministJean Jaurès (1859–1914) – French anti-war activist, socialist leaderKirthi Jayakumar (born 1987) – Indian peace activist and gender equality activist, youth peace activist, peace educator and founder of The Red Elephant FoundationZorica Jevremović (1948–2023) – Serbian playwright, theatre director, peace activistJigonhsasee – co-founder, along with The Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha , of the Iroquois Confederacy , she became known as the Mother of Nations among the Iroquois.Tano Jōdai (1886–1982) – Japanese English literature professor, peace activist and university presidentJohn Paul II (1920–2005) – Polish Catholic pope, inspiration, advocateHelen John (1937–2017) – British activist, one of the first full-time members of the Greenham Common peace camp Hagbard Jonassen (1903–1977) – Danish botanist and peace activistAlice Jouenne (1873–1954) – French educator and socialist activistTerasawa Junsei (born 1950) – Japanese Buddhist monk and peace activistreturn to table of contents
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Tawakkol Karman Martin Luther King Jr. Ekaterina Karavelova (1860–1947) – Bulgarian educator, writer, suffragist, feminist, pacifistTawakkol Karman (born 1979) – Yemeni journalist, politician and human rights activist; shared 2011 Nobel Peace prizeRandy Kehler (1944–2024) – American pacifist, anti-war activist, imprisoned draft resister, tax resister, nuclear weapons freeze organizer; inspiration to Daniel Ellsberg Helena Kekkonen (1926–2014) – Finnish peace activist and peace educatorHelen Keller (1880–1968) – American activist, deafblind writer, speech "Strike Against The War" Carnegie Hall, New York 1916Kathy Kelly (born 1952) – American peace and anti-war activist, arrested over 60 times during protests; member and organizer of international peace teamsPetra Kelly (1947–1992) – German politician, feminist, pacifistBruce Kent (1929–2022) – British political activist, former Catholic priest; anti-nuclear campaigner with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and president of the International Peace Bureau Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988) – Pashtun independence activist, spiritual and political leader, lifelong pacifistWahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) – Indian Islamic scholar and peace activistAbraham Yehudah Khein (1878–1957) – Ukrainian rabbi, essayist, pacifistSteve Killelea – initiated Global Peace Index and Institute for Economics and Peace Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) – American author, civil rights leader, and active in the anti-Vietnam war movementMartin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) – Civil rights leader, American anti-Vietnam war protesterAnna Kleman (1862–1940) – Swedish suffragist and peace activistMichael D. Knox (born 1946) – founder of US Peace Memorial Foundation, antiwar activist, psychologist, professorAdam Kokesh (born 1982) – American activist, Iraq Veterans Against the War Annette Kolb (1870–1967) – German writer and pacifistRon Kovic (born 1946) – American Vietnam war veteran, war protesterPaul Krassner (1932–2019) – American anti-Vietnam war organizer, writer, Yippie co-founderDennis Kucinich (born 1946) – former U.S. Representative from Ohio, advocate for US Department of Peacereturn to table of contents
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Henri La Fontaine John Lennon Bertie Lewis Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943) – Belgian initiator, organizer, Nobel Peace Prize winnerLéonie La Fontaine (1857–1949) – Belgian feminist and pacifistWilliam Ladd (1778–1841) – early American activist, initiator, first president of the American Peace Society Benjamin Ladraa (born 1982) – Swedish activistBernard Lafayette (born 1940) – American organizer, educator, initiatorMaurice Laisant (1909–1991) – French anarchist and pacifistGeorge Lakey (born 1937) – American peace activist, co-founder of the Movement for a New Society Grigoris Lambrakis (1912–1963) – Greek athlete, physician, politician, activistGustav Landauer (1870–1919) – German writer, anarchist, pacifistElena Landázuri (1888–1970) – Mexican feminist, pacifist, and social workerLanza del Vasto (1901–1981) – Italian Gandhian, philosopher, poet, nonviolent activistChristian Lous Lange (1869–1938) – Norwegian historian and pacifistAlexander Langer (1946–1995) – Italian journalist, peace activist and politicianGeorge Lansbury (1859–1940) – British politician and Christian pacifist; Labour Party Leader (1932–1935); campaigner for social justice and women's rights and against imperialism; opposed WW1 ; campaigned for disarmament in the 1920s and 1930s; president of the Peace Pledge Union (1937)Roger Allen LaPorte (1943–1965) – American Catholic Worker who self-immolated in protest against the Vietnam War André Larivière (born 1948) – Canadian ecologist and anti-nuclear activistBryan Law (1954–2013) – Australian non-violent activistLouis Lecoin (1888–1971) – French anarchist and pacifistUrbain Ledoux (1874–1941) – American Baháʼí diplomat and activistJohn Lennon (1940–1980) – British singer/songwriter, anti-war protesterSidney Lens (1912–1986) – American anti-Vietnam war leaderMuriel Lester (1885–1968) – British social reformer, pacifist and nonconformist ; Ambassador and Secretary for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation ; co-founder of the Kingsley Hall Captain Howard Levy – Army Captain sent to Leavenworth Military Prison for over two years for refusing an order to train Green Beret medics on their way to Vietnam.Bertie Lewis (1920–2010) – RAF airman who went on to become a U.K. peace campaignerThomas Lewis (1940–2008) – American artist, anti-war activist with (Baltimore Four and Catonsville Nine)Bart de Ligt (1883–1938) – Dutch anarchist, pacifist and antimilitaristGeorgia Lloyd (1913–1999) – American pacifist, writerLola Maverick Lloyd (1875–1944) – American pacifist, suffragist, feministGabriele Moreno Locatelli (1959–1993) – Italian pacifistGrace Lolim (fl. 2000) – Kenyan human rights and peace activistJames Loney (born 1964) – Canadian peace worker, kidnap victimIsabel Longworth (1881–1961) – Australian dentist and peace activistLee Lorch (1915–2014) – Canadian mathematician and peace activistFernand Loriot (1870–1932) – French teacher and pacifistLowkey (born 1986) – British rapper and peace activist; opposed to the invasion of Iraq and US/UK foreign policy more generallyDavid Loy (born 1947) – American scholar, author and Sanbo Kyodan Zen Buddhist teacherChiara Lubich (1920–2008) – Italian Catholic mystic and founder of Focolare movement, advocate of unity amongst Christians, interreligious dialogue and cooperative relations between religious and non-religious people. Promoted "universal fraternity".Rae Luckock (1893–1972) – Canadian feminist, peace activist and politicianSigrid Helliesen Lund (1892–1987) – Norwegian peace activistRosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) – German Marxist and anti–war activistJake Lynch (born 1964) – peace journalist, academic and writerStaughton Lynd (born 1929) – American anti-Vietnam war leaderBradford Lyttle (born 1927) – American pacifist, writer, presidential candidate, and organizer with the Committee for Non-Violent Action return to table of contents
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Nelson Mandela Rigoberta Menchú Alaa Murabit Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) – Kenyan environmental activist, Nobel peace laureateJohn Maclean (1879–1923) – Scottish radical socialist, who saw capitalism as the root of warChrystal Macmillan (1872–1937) – Scottish politician, feminist, pacifistSalvador de Madariaga (1886–1978) – Spanish diplomat, historian and pacifistCarmen Magallón (born 1951) – Spanish physicist, pacifist, conducting research in support of women's advancement in science and peaceNorman Mailer (1923–2007) – American anti-war writer, war protesterMairead Maguire (born 1944) – Northern Ireland peace movement, Nobel peace laureateNelson Mandela (1918–2013) – South African statesman, leader in the anti-apartheid movement and post-apartheid reconciliation, founder of The Elders , inspirationRosa Manus (1881–1942) – Dutch pacifist and suffragistBob Marley (1945–1981) – Jamaican, inspirational anti-war singer/songwriter, inspirationJacques Martin (1906–2001) – French pacifist and Protestant pastorYoko Matsuoka (1916–1979) – Japanese anti-war activist, writer, and feministElizabeth McAlister (born 1939) – American former nun, peace activist, and co-founder of Jonah House Colman McCarthy (born 1938) – American journalist, teacher, lecturer, pacifist, progressive, anarchist, and long-time peace activistEmmanuel Charles McCarthy (born 1940) - American peace activistEugene McCarthy (1916–2005) – U.S. presidential candidate, ran on an anti-Vietnam war agendaJohn McConnell (1915–2012) – American peace activist, creator of Earth Day George McGovern (1922–2012) – U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, anti-Vietnam war agendaKeith McHenry (born 1957) – American co-founder of Food Not Bombs Ciaran McKeown (1943–2019) – Irish Peace ActivistDavid McReynolds (1929–2018) – leader in U.S. War Resisters League for 40 years, chair of War Resisters' International , organizer of major national anti-Vietnam War demonstrationsDavid McTaggart (1932–2001) – Canadian activist against nuclear weapons testing , co-founder Greenpeace International Monica McWilliams (born 1954) – Northern Irish academic, peace activist, human rights defender and former politician. She was delegate at the Multi-Party Peace Negotiations, which led to the Good Friday Peace Agreement in 1998.Jeanne Mélin (1877–1964) – French pacifist, feminist, writer, and politicianAdrienne van Melle-Hermans (1931–2007) – Dutch anti-nuclear peace activist, also active in ex-YugoslaviaMarjorie Bradford Melville (born 1929) – Member of the Catonsville Nine Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959) – Guatemalan indigenous rights advocate, anti-war activist, and co-founder of Nobel Women's Initiative Chico Mendes (1944–1988) – Brazilian environmentalist, trade union leader, and human rights advocate of peasants and indigenous peoples; assassinated in 1988Frank Merrick (1886–1981) – English composer, pianist, conscientious objectorThomas Merton (1915–1968) – American Trappist monk and poet, inspirational writer, philosopherJohanne Meyer (1838–1915) – pioneering Danish suffragist, pacifist, and journal editorKarl Meyer (born 1937) – American pacifist and tax resisterSelma Meyer (1890–1941) – Dutch pacifist and resistance fighter of Jewish originFred Mfuranzima (born 1997) – Rwandan writer, peace activistKizito Mihigo (1981–2020) – Rwandan Christian singer; genocide survivor; dedicated to forgiveness, peace and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide Olga Misař (1876–1950) – Austrian peace activist and writerBarry Mitcalfe (1930–1986) – a leader of the New Zealand movement against the Vietnam War and the New Zealand anti-nuclear movement Malebogo Molefhe (born c. 1980) – Botswanan activist against gender-based violence Eva Moltesen (1871–1934) – Finnish-Danish writer and peace activistRoger Monclin (1903–1985) – French pacifist and anarchistAgda Montelius (1850–1920) – Swedish philanthropist, feminist and peace activistE. 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Morel (1873–1924) – British journalist, author, pacifist and politician; opposed the First World War and campaigned against slavery in the CongoSimonne Monet-Chartrand (1919–1993) – Canadian women's rights activist, feminist, and pacifistHoward Morland (born 1942) – American journalist, nuclear weapons abolitionistNorman Morrison (1933–1965) – American Quaker who set himself on fire in protest against the Vietnam War Sybil Morrison (1893–1984) – British pacifist active in the Peace Pledge Union Émilie de Morsier (1843–1896) – Swiss feminist, pacifist and abolitionistJohn Mott (1865–1955) – American evangelist, leader of the YMCA and WSCF , 1946 Nobel peace laureateBobby Muller (born 1946) – Vietnam vet and driving force behind campaign to ban landmines, 1997 Nobel Peace PrizeAlaa Murabit (born 1989) – Libyan Canadian physician and human rights advocate for inclusive peace and securityCraig Murray (born 1958) – British former diplomat turned whistleblower , human rights activist and anti-war campaignerJohn Middleton Murry (1889–1957) – British author, sponsor of the Peace Pledge Union, and editor of Peace News 1940–1946A. 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Abie Nathan Fumiko Nakamura (1913–2013) – Japanese teacher and anti-war activist.Ottfried Nassauer (1956–2020) – German journalist and researcher, activist for arms control and against arms exportsAbie Nathan (1927–2008) – Israeli humanitarian , founded Voice of Peace radio, met with all sides of a conflictEzra Nawi (1952–2021) – Israeli human rights activist and pacifistPaul Newman (1925–2008) – American anti-war protester, actorGabriela Ngirmang (1922–2007) – Palauan peace and anti-nuclear activistMrs. Ba Thanh Ngo (1931–2004) – Vietnamese anti-war and peace activistElizabeth Pease Nichol (1807–1897) – suffragist, chartist, abolitionist, anti-vivisectionist, member of the Peace Society Georg Friedrich Nicolai (1874–1964) – German professor, famous for the book The Biology of War Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) – German anti-Nazi Lutheran pastor, imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau , vocal pacifist and campaigner for disarmamentAnna T. Nilsson (1869–1947) – Swedish educator and peace activistPhilip Noel-Baker (1889–1982) – British Labour Party politician, Olympic silver medallist, active campaigner for disarmament, Nobel Peace Prize 1959, co-founder with Fenner Brockway of the World Disarmament CampaignLouise Nørlund (1854–1919) – Danish feminist and peace activistSari Nusseibeh (born 1949) – Palestinian activistreturn to table of contents
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Billboard displaying Yoko Ono's artwork Imagine Peace Phil Ochs (1940–1976) – American anti-Vietnam war singer/songwriter, initiated protest eventsPaul Oestreich (1878–1959) – German educator , board member of the "German Peace Society" in 1921– 1926Paul Oestreicher (born 1931) – German-born British human rights activist, Canon emeritus of Coventry Cathedral , Christian pacifist, active in post-war reconciliationYoko Ono (born 1933) – Japanese anti-Vietnam war campaigner in America and EuropeCiaron O'Reilly (born 1960) – Australian pacifist, anti-war activist, Catholic Worker, served prison time in America and Ireland for disarming war materialCarl von Ossietzky (1889–1938) – German pacifist, Nobel peace laureate, the opponent of Nazi rearmamentGeoffrey Ostergaard (1926–1990) – British political scientist, academic, writer, anarchist, pacifistLaurence Overmire (born 1957) – American poet, author, theoristreturn to table of contents
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Medha Patkar Peace Pilgrim Abbé Pierre Achola Pala – Kenyan anthropologist and sociologistOlof Palme (1927–1986) – Swedish prime minister, diplomatEllen Palmstierna (1869–1941) – Swedish women's rights and peace activistMarian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor (1878–1952) – British anti-war activistMedha Patkar (born 1954) – Indian activist for Tribals and Dalits affected by dam projectsFrédéric Passy (1822–1912) – French economist, peace activist and joint recipient (together with Henry Dunant ) of the first Nobel Peace Prize (1901)Ron Paul (born 1935) – American author, physician, former U.S. congressman and presidential candidate, anti-war activist, libertarian Republican Ava Helen Pauling (1903–1981) – American human rights activist, feminist, pacifistLinus Pauling (1901–1994) – American anti-nuclear testing advocate and leaderJames Peck (1914–1993) – American anti-war and civil rights activist; advocate of nonviolent civil disobediencePriscilla Hannah Peckover (1833–1931) – English pacifist, nominated four times for the Nobel Peace PrizeMattityahu Peled (1923–1995) – Israeli scholar, officer and peace activistMiko Peled (born 1961) – Israeli peace activist, author of the book The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine Lindis Percy (born 1941) – British nurse, midwife, pacifist, founder of the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)Frida Perlen (1870-1933) - Co-founder of the German section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Gabrielle Petit (1860–1952) – French feminist activist, anticlerical, libertarian socialist, newspaper editorAnn Pettitt (born 1947) – co-founder of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Concepción Picciotto (born 1945?) – Spanish-born anti-nuclear and anti-war protester, White House Peace VigilAbbé Pierre (1912–2007) – French priest, founder of the Emmaus movement Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) – American activist, walked the highways and streets of America promoting peaceAmparo Poch y Gascón (1902–1968) – Spanish anarchist, pacifist and physicianRonald Podrow (1926–2004) – American pacifist and peace activistPaula Pogány (1884–1982) – Hungarian peace activist, suffragist, and conditioning/strength coachMaria Pognon (1844–1925) – French writer, feminist, suffragist and pacifistJoseph Polowsky (1916–1983) – American GI, advocate of better relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union between 1955 and 1983Pomnyun Sunim (born 1952) – South Korean author, peace activist, YouTuber Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897–1989) – Dutch economist, feminist, pacifistVasily Pozdnyakov (1869–1921) – Russian conscientious objector and writerManasi Pradhan (born 1962) – Indian activist; founder of Honour for Women National CampaignDevi Prasad (1921–2011) – Indian activist and artistHarriet Dunlop Prenter (1865/1866–1939) – Canadian feminist, pacifistChristoph Probst (1919–1943) – German pacifist and member of the anti-Nazi White Rose resistancereturn to table of contents
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Coleen Rowley Jim Radford (1928–2020) – British social, political and peace activist, Britain's youngest D-Day veteran, folk singer and co-organiser of the first Aldermaston March in 1958Gabrielle Radziwill (1877–1968) – Lithuanian pacifist, feminist and League of Nations officialClara Ragaz (1874–1957) – Swiss pacifist and feministAbdullah Abu Rahmah – Palestinian peace activistMilan Rai (born 1965) – British writer and anti-war activistJustin Raimondo (born 1951) – American author, anti-war activist, founder of Antiwar.com Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann (1871–1957) – Dutch teacher, feminist and pacifistJosé Ramos-Horta (born 1949) – East Timorese politician, head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau , Nobel peace laureateMichael Randle (born 1933) – British peace activist and co-organiser of the first Aldermaston March Darrell Rankin (born 1957) – Canadian peace activist and Communist politicianJeannette Rankin (1880–1973) – first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, lifelong pacifistMarcus Raskin (1934–2017) – American social critic, opponent of the Vietnam war and the draftDahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005) – Israeli poet and peace activistBetty Reardon (1929) – founder and director of the Peace Education Center and Peace Education Graduate Degree Program at Teachers College, Columbia University Madeleine Rees (fl. from 1990s) – British lawyer, human right and peace proponentErnie Regehr – Canadian peace researcherEugen Relgis (1865–1987) – Romanian writer, pacifist and anarchistPatrick Reinsborough (born 1972) – American anti-war activist and authorMaixux Rekalde (1934–2022) – Spanish Basque pacifist, activist, and journalistMegan Rice SHCJ (1930–2021) – Sister of the Holy Child and antinuclear disarmament activistHenry Richard (1812–1888) – Welsh Congregationalist minister and Member of Parliament (1868–1888), known as "the Apostle of Peace" / "Apostol Heddwch", advocate of international arbitration, secretary of the Peace Society for forty years (1848–1884)Lewis Fry Richardson (1881–1953) – English mathematician, physicist, pacifist, pioneer of modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting and their application to studying the causes of war and how to prevent themRenate Riemeck (1920–2003) – German historian and Christian peace activistPaul Robeson (1898–1976) – American singer, actor, anti-fascist political activist, and vocal opponent of the Cold War Ellen Robinson (1840–1912) – British peace campaignerJulian Perry Robinson (1941–2020) – British peace researcherAdi Roche (born 1955) – Irish activist, chief executive of the charity Chernobyl Children International Douglas Roche (1929) – Canadian author, parliamentarian, diplomat, and peace activistNicholas Roerich (1874–1947) – Russian visionary artist and mystic, creator of the Roerich Pact and Nobel Peace Prize candidateAmelia Rokotuivuna (1941–2005) – Fijian opponent of French nuclear tests in the PacificMadeleine Rolland (1872–1960) – French translator and peace activist; sister of Romain Rolland Romain Rolland (1866–1944) – French dramatist, novelist, essayist, anti-war activistÓscar Romero (1917–1980) – Archbishop of San Salvador (Catholic), assassinated for his stand against social injustice and violence, canonized 14 October 2018Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – American pacifist, organized the 1948 United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights , first Gandhi Peace Award winnerMartha Root (1872–1939) – American Baháʼí traveling teacherEugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888–1973) – historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyondFranz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) – German Jewish theologian (rabi) and philosopherMurray Rothbard (1926–1995) – American author, political theorist, historian, staunch opponent of military interventionsElisabeth Rotten (1882–1964) – German-born Swiss peace activist and education reformerColeen Rowley (born 1954) – ex-FBI agent, whistleblower, peace activist, and the first recipient of the Sam Adams Award Arundhati Roy (born 1961) – Indian writer, social critic and peace activistJerry Rubin (1938–1994) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, co-founder of the Yippies Hagar Rublev (1954–2000) – Israeli peace activist, founder of Women in Black Otto Rühle (1874–1943) – German Marxist and pacifistBertrand Russell (1872–1970) – British philosopher, logician, mathematician, outspoken advocate of nuclear disarmament Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) – American nonviolence, Anti-racism and LGBT Quaker activistHan Ryner (1861–1938) – French anarchist philosopher, pacifistreturn to table of contents
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Carl Sagan Teresa Sarti Strada Albert Schweitzer Cindy Sheehan Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – American astronomer, opposed escalation of the nuclear arms race Mohamed Sahnoun (1931–2018) – Algerian diplomat, peace activist, UN envoy to Somalia and to the Great Lakes region of Africa Edward Said (1935–2003) – Palestinian-American academic and cultural critic, joint founder with Daniel Barenboim of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Avril de Sainte-Croix (1855–1939) – French feminist, pacifist and writerAndrei Sakharov (1921–1989) – Russian nuclear physicist, human rights activist, and pacifistAda Salter (1866–1942) – English Quaker and pacifist, a founding member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Ed Sanders (born 1939) – American poet, organizer and singer, co-founder of anti-war band The Fugs Teresa Sarti Strada (1946–2009) – Italian teacher, pacifist and philanthropist who co-founded the NGO Emergency Mark Satin (born 1946) – American political theorist, anti-war proponent, draft-resistance organizer, philosopher, and writerGerd Grønvold Saue (born 1930) – Norwegian writer and peace activistJean-René Saulière (1911–1999) – French anarchist and pacifistHenriette Sauret (1890–1976) – French feminist, author, pacifist, journalistJonathan Schell (1943–2014) – American writer and campaigner against nuclear weapons, anti-war activistManon Schick (born 1974) – Swiss-German journalist, human rights activistSophie Scholl (1921–1943) – German student and Christian pacifist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) – German-French activist against nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon testing whose speeches were published as Peace or Atomic War ; co-founder of The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954) – child activist, Bachpan Bachao Aandolan, Nobel Peace PrizeRosika Schwimmer (1877–1948) – Hungarian feminist, pacifist and suffragistMolly Scott Cato (born 1963) – British green economist, Green Party politician, pacifist, and anti-nuclear campaignerPete Seeger (1919–2014) – American singer, anti-war protester and inspirational singer/songwriterMargarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922) – German zoologist, feminist, and pacifistRavi Shankar (born 1956) – Indian spiritual teacher, humanitarian leader, and ambassador of peaceMary Shapard (c. 1882–1950s) – American author and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; she was reportedly the first American to advocate for the formation of a "league of nations" during World War I and was also reportedly the source of the original text used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to draft his Covenant of the League of Nations Jeff Sharlet (1942–1969) – American journalist and anti-Vietnam war soldierGene Sharp (1928–2018) – American writer on non-violent resistance, founder of the Albert Einstein Institution H. James Shea Jr. (1939–1970) – American politician and anti-Vietnam War activistCindy Sheehan (born 1957) – American anti-Iraq and anti-Afghanistan war leaderFrancis Sheehy-Skeffington (1878–1916) – Irish feminist, peace activist and writerMartin Sheen (born 1940) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear bomb protester, inspirational actorNancy Shelley OAM (died 2010) – Quaker who represented the Australian peace movement at the UN in 1982Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) – English Romantic poet, non-violent philosopher, and inspirationDick Sheppard (1880–1937) – Anglican priest and Christian pacifist, started the Peace Pledge Union David Dean Shulman (born 1949) – American indologist, humanist, peace activist and defender of Palestinian human rightsFriedrich Siegmund-Schultze (1885–1969) – German theologian and pacifistToma Sik (1939–2004) – Hungarian-Israeli peace activistVivian Silver (1949–2023) – Canadian-Israeli peace activist, Palestinian rights activist, and women's rights activist, killed in the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 Jeanmarie Simpson (born 1959) – American feminist and peace activistRamjee Singh (born 1927) – Indian activist, philosopher, and GandhianEllen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) – President of Liberia , shared 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee in recognition of "their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work"Sulak Sivaraksa (born 1932) – Thai writer and engaged Buddhist activistSamantha Smith (1972–1985) – American schoolgirl, young advocate of peace between Soviets and AmericansJulia Solly (1862–1953) – British-born South African suffragist, feminist and pacifistMiriam Soljak (1879–1971) – New Zealand feminist, communist, unemployed-rights activist and pacifistMyrtle Solomon (1921–1987) – British General Secretary of the Peace Pledge Union and Chair of War Resisters' International Cornelio Sommaruga (born 1932) – Swiss diplomat, president of the ICRC (1987–1999), founding President of Initiatives of Change International Donald Soper (1903–1998) – British Methodist minister, president of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and active in the CND Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) – American pediatrician, anti-Vietnam war protester, writer, inspirationHope Squire (1878–1936) – British composer, pianist, and activistHelene Stähelin (1891–1970) – Swiss mathematician and peace activistRingo Starr (born 1940) – British singer-songwriter, member of The BeatlesHelen Steven (1942–2016) – Scottish Quaker and co-founder of the Scottish Centre for NonviolenceCat Stevens (born 1948) – British singer-songwriter, convert to Islam, and humanitarianLilian Stevenson (1870–1960) – Irish peace activist and historiographerJoffre Stewart (1925–2019) – American poet, anarchist, and pacifistFrances Benedict Stewart (fl. 1920s–1950s) – Chilean-born American sociologist, pacifist, feminist and Baháʼí Faith pioneerYehuda Stolov (born 1961) – Founding director of the Interfaith Encounter AssociationGino Strada (1948–2021) – Italian surgeon, anti-war activist, human rights activist, and founder of Emergency David Swanson (born 1969) – American anti-war activist, blogger and authorIvan Supek (1915–2007) – Croatian physicist, philosopher, peace activist and writerBertha von Suttner (1843–1914) – Czech-Austrian pacifist, first woman Nobel peace laureateHelena Swanwick (1864–1939) – British feminist and pacifistIrma Szirmai (1867–1958) – Hungarian feminist and pacifistreturn to table of contents
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Thích Nhất Hạnh Leo Tolstoy Kathleen Tacchi-Morris (1899–1993) – British dancer, founder of Women for World DisarmamentTamanend (c. 1625–c. 1701) – known as a lover of peace and friendship, the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signed the Peace Treaty with William Penn Guri Tambs-Lyche (1917–2008) – Norwegian women's rights activist and pacifistTank Man – Stood in front of the tank during 1989 China protestPeter Tatchell (born 1952) – Australian-born British LGBT and human rights campaigner, founder of Christians for PeaceEve Tetaz (born 1931) – retired American teacher, peace and justice activistThích Nhất Hạnh (1926–2022) – Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and inspirator of engaged Buddhism Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1936–1989) – Activist for the New Caledonia movementThomas (1947–2009) – American anti-nuclear activist, White House peace vigilEllen Thomas (born 1947) – American peace activist, White House peace vigilHelen Thomas (1966–1989) – Welsh peace activist who died after being hit by a police vehicle at the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Dorothy Thompson (1923–2011) – English historian and peace activistHenry David Thoreau (1817–1862) – American writer, philosopher, inspiration to movement leadersSybil Thorndike (1882–1976) – British actress and pacifist; member of the Peace Pledge Union who gave readings for its benefitSetsuko Thurlow (born 1932) – Japanese-Canadian non-nuclear weapon activist, figure of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – Russian writer on nonviolence, inspiration to Gandhi, Bevel, and other movement leadersAya Virginie Touré – Ivorian peace activist, proponent of non-violent resistanceJakow Trachtenberg (1888–1953) – Russian engineer and pacifistAndré Trocmé (1901–1971), with his wife Italian-born Magda (1901–1996) – French Protestant pacifist pastor, saved many Jews in Vichy France Benjamin Franklin Trueblood (1847–1916) – 19th century American writer, editor, organizer, pacifist, active in the American Peace SocietyBarbara Grace Tucker – Australian born peace activist, long time participant of the Parliament Square Peace Campaign Titia van der Tuuk (1854–1939) – Dutch feminist and pacifistDesmond Tutu (1931–2021) – South African cleric, initiator, anti-apartheid, Nobel Peace Prize 1984Clara Tybjerg (1864–1941) – Danish feminist, peace activist and educatorreturn to table of contents
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Jody Williams Mien van Wulfften Palthe Lillian Wald (1867–1940) – American nurse, writer, human rights activist, suffragist and pacifistJulia Grace Wales (1881–1957) – Canadian academic and pacifistJohn Wallach (1943–2002) – American journalist, founder of Seeds of Peace Sam Walton (born 1980s) – British Quaker, arrested (later acquitted) for attempting to disarm warplanes being used to bomb Yemen ; CEO of Free Tibet Alyn Ware (born 1962) – New Zealand peace educator and campaigner, global coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament since 2002Roger Waters (born 1943) – English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd , and anti-war activistChristopher Weeramantry (1926–2017) – President of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms , former Sri Lankan Supreme Court JudgeMatilda Widegren (1863–1938) – Swedish educator and committed peace activistOwen Wilkes (1940–2005) – New Zealand peace researcher and activistAnita Parkhurst Willcox (1892–1984) – American artist, feminist, pacifistBetty Williams (1943–2020) – Nobel peace laureate for her work towards bringing about reconciliation in Northern IrelandJody Williams (born 1950) – American anti-landmine advocate and organizer, Nobel peace laureateMary Wilhelmine Williams (1878–1944) – American historian, feminist and pacifistWaldo Williams (1904–1971) – Welsh language poet, Christian pacifist and Quaker, opposed the Korean War and conscription, imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes which could fund warGeorge Willoughby (1914–2010) – American Quaker peace activist, co-founder of the Movement for a New Society and of Peace Brigades International Brian Willson (born 1941) – American veteran, peace activist and lawyerGeorge Winne Jr. (1947–1970) – American student who immolated himself in protest against the Vietnam War Lawrence S. Wittner (born 1941) – American peace historian, researcher, and movement activistLilian Wolfe (1875–1974) – British anarchist, pacifist, feministWalter Wolfgang (1923–2019) – German-born British activistAnn Wright (born 1947) – retired US army colonel and State Department official who resigned in opposition to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, becoming a peace activist and antiwar campaignerLouise Wright (1861–1935) – Danish philanthropist, feminist and peace activistMien van Wulfften Palthe (1875–1960) – Dutch feminist, suffragist and pacifistDavid Wylie (born 1929) – American attorney, author, and peace activistreturn to table of contents
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"American peace activist killed by army bulldozer in Rafah" . Haaretz . 17 March 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2014 .Bodhi, Bhikkhu (Fall 2018). "A Call to Conscience" . Tricycle: The Buddhist Review . Retrieved 12 August 2019 .Chandran, Sudha (24 November 2000). "An Angel's Song". The Gulf Today . Sharjah. Colburn, Don (7 June 1988). "No More 'Evil Empire' . The Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 21 June 2021 . "Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies aged 81" . Haaretz . Associated Press. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2014 .Ludel, Wallace (23 February 2021). "Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, and founder of San Francisco's City Lights bookstore, has died, aged 101" The Art Newspaper . Retrieved 3 March 2021 . These experiences, particularly witnessing the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing, turned Ferlinghetti into a lifelong pacifist and anti-war activist. "Peace Summit Award 2008: Bono" . World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates . 12 December 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019 ."Profile: Rachel Corrie" . BBC News. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2014 .Tangcay, Jazz (22 January 2020). " . Variety . Retrieved 2 December 2019 . Williams, Nadya (February 2021). "Lawrence Ferlinghetti: a veteran for peace" . Obituary. Morning Star . Retrieved 3 March 2021 . The turning point in Ferlinghetti's life came in late September 1945 as he walked the streets of Nagasaki, Japan, six weeks after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city by his country's government. ... Among the 40,000 Japanese who were incinerated on the day of August 9 was one who was drinking tea at the time. ... Ferlinghetti picked up that person's teacup; it had flesh and bone fused into it. The cup has now sat on the mantelpiece of his home for 75-and-a-half years. ... In all his prodigiously creative works, he never missed the opportunity to chastise the absurdity of materialism, the obscenity of war and the soullessness of profit-driven destruction.
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