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 Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

means and methods. Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and

peace movement A peace movement is a social movement which seeks to achieve ideals, such as the ending of a particular war (or wars) or minimizing inter-human violence in a particular place or situation. They are often linked to the goal of achieving world peac ...

s 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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Dekha Ibrahim Abdi Dekha Ibrahim Abdi ( so, Deeqa Ibraahim Cabdi, 1964 - 14 July 2011) was a Kenyan peace activist based in Mombasa, Kenya. She worked as a consultant to government and civil society organisations. She was of Somali ethnicity. Personal life Dekha ...

(1964–2011) – Kenyan peace activist, government consultant * David Adams (born 1939) – American author and peace activist, task force chair of the United Nations

International Year for the Culture of Peace The International Year for the Culture of Peace was designated by the United Nations as the year 2000, with the aim of celebrating and encouraging a culture of peace. Origins Since 1959 the United Nations has designated specific years to emphas ...

, coordinator of the

Culture of Peace News Network The Culture of Peace News Network is a United Nations authorized interactive online network, committed to supporting the global movement for a culture of peace and nonviolence. The network commenced under the auspices of UNESCO, as part of the Inte ...

Jane Addams Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage ...

(1860–1935) – American, national chairman of

Woman's Peace Party The Woman's Peace Party (WPP) was an American pacifist and feminist organization formally established in January 1915 in response to World War I. The organization is remembered as the first American peace organization to make use of direct acti ...

, president of

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make kno ...

* Ruth Adler (1944–1994) – feminist, and human rights campaigner in Scotland *

Eqbal Ahmad Eqbal Ahmad (1933 – 11 May 1999) was a Pakistani political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of Near East. Born in Bihar, ...

(1933/34–1999) – Pakistani political scientist, activist *

Martti Ahtisaari Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (; born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work. Ahtisa ...

(born 1937) – former president of Finland, active in conflict resolution *

Robert Baker Aitken Robert Baker Dairyu Chotan Aitken Rōshi (June 19, 1917 – August 5, 2010) was a Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. He co-founded the Honolulu Diamond Sangha in 1959 together with his wife, Anne Hopkins Aitken. Aitken received Dharma ...

(1917–2010) –

Zen Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

Buddhist

Rōshi ( Japanese: "old teacher"; "old master") is a title in Zen Buddhism with different usages depending on sect and country. In Rinzai Zen, the term is reserved only for individuals who have received ''inka shōmei'', meaning they have completed ...

and anti-war activist, anti-nuclear testing activist, and proponent of deep ecology *

Tadatoshi Akiba is a Japanese mathematician and politician and served as the mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan from 1999 to 2011. Early life He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receiving a B.S. in 1966 and an M.S. in 1968. He continued his ...

(born 1942) – Japanese pacifist and

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advocate, former mayor of Hiroshima *

Widad Akrawi Widad Akreyi is a Kurdish health expert and human rights activist. She has co-founded the human rights organization Defend International and is the author of several books about both health issues and human rights. Akreyi holds a master's degre ...

(born 1969) – Danish-Kurdish peace advocate, organizer *

Stew Albert Stewart Edward "Stew" Albert (December 4, 1939 – January 30, 2006) was an early member of the Yippies, an anti-Vietnam War political activist, and an important figure in the New Left movement of the 1960s. Born in the Sheepshead Bay secti ...

(1939–2006) – American anti-Vietnam war activist, organizer *

Abdulkadir Yahya Ali Abdikadir Yahya Ali ( so, Cabdiqaadir Yaxye Cali) (1957 – July 12, 2005), was a Somali peace activist best known for his work through his own Centre for Research and Dialogue. Yahya also worked from time to time as an independent consultant giv ...

(1957–2005) – Somali peace activist and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue in Somalia *

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served ...

(1891–1956) – Polymath, economist, jurist, social reformer, civil rights leader, political philosopher and revivalist of Buddhism in India *

Günther Anders Günther Anders (born Günther Siegmund Stern, 12 July 1902 – 17 December 1992) was a German-Austrian Jewish émigré, philosopher, essayist and journalist. Trained in the phenomenological tradition, he developed a philosophical anthropolo ...

(born Günther Siegmund Stern, 1902–1992), was a German philosopher and a critic of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence *

Ghassan Andoni Ghassan Andoni ( ar, غسان أنضوني) (born 1956) is a native of Beit Sahour in the Bethlehem area. He is a professor of physics at Bir Zeit University, and a Palestinian Christian leader who advocates nonviolent resistance in the Israeli-Pal ...

(born 1956) – Palestinian physicist, Christian, advocate of

non-violent resistance Nonviolent resistance (NVR), or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, c ...

Andrea Andreen Ellenor Andrea Andreen (1888–1972) was a Swedish physician, pacifist and feminist. As a physician, she specialized in the treatment of diabetes, combining dietary restrictions with insulin. A prominent figure in the Swedish women's movement, she ...

(1888–1972) – Swedish physician, pacifist, and feminist *

Annot Annot (; oc, Anòt) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Annotains'' or ''Annotaines'' The commune has been awa ...

(1894–1981) – German artist, anti-war and

anti-nuclear The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, nationa ...

activist *

José Argüelles José Argüelles (; born Joseph Anthony Argüelles; January 24, 1939 – March 23, 2011) was an American New Age author and artist. He was the co-founder, along with Lloydine Argüelles, of the Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of ...

(1939–2011) – American

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author and pacifist *

Émile Armand Émile Armand (26 March 1872 – 19 February 1962), pseudonym of Ernest-Lucien Juin Armand, was an influential French individualist anarchist at the beginning of the 20th century and also a dedicated free love/polyamory, intentional community, a ...

(1872–1963) – French anarchist and pacifist writer *

Émile Arnaud Émile Arnaud (1864–1921) was a French lawyer, notary, and writer noted for his anti-war rhetoric and for coining the term "pacifism". Arnaud founded the "Ligue Internationale de la Paix et de la Liberté" (International League for Peace and Fre ...

(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 Ya'akov Arnon ( he, יעקב ארנון; 1913–1995) was a Dutch Israeli economist and government official in the 1960s who later became active in the Israeli peace movement. Biography Born Jacob "Jaap" van Amerongen in Amsterdam, Netherlands t ...

(1913–1995) – Israeli economist, government official and pacifist *

Vittorio Arrigoni Vittorio Arrigoni (; 4 February 1975 – 15 April 2011) was an Italian reporter, writer, pacifist and activist.Johnston, NicoleVittorio Arrigoni: The man I knew. ''Al Jazeera''. 15 April 2011. Arrigoni worked with the pro-Palestinian Intern ...

(1975–2011) – Italian reporter, anti-war activist *

Pat Arrowsmith Pat Arrowsmith (born 2 March 1930) has been a prolific English author and peace campaigner. She was a co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1957. Early life Arrowsmith was born into a clerical family in Leamington Spa as the you ...

(born 1930) – British author and peace campaigner *

Arik Ascherman Arik Ascherman ( he, אריק אשרמן; born 1959) is an American-born Israeli Reform rabbi, and Executive Director of the Israeli Human Rights organization "Torat Tzedek-Torah of Justice." For 21 years, starting in 1995, he served as Co-Directo ...

(born 1959) – Israeli-American rabbi and defender of Palestinian human rights *

Margaret Ashton Margaret Ashton (19 January 1856 – 15 October 1937) was an English suffragist, local politician, pacifist and philanthropist, and the first woman City Councillor for Manchester. Career Margaret Ashton was the first woman to run for election t ...

(1856–1937) – British suffragist, local politician, pacifist * Julian Assange (born 1971) – founder of

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, 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 *

Anita Augspurg Anita Theodora Johanna Sophie Augspurg (22 September 1857 – 20 December 1943) was a German jurist, actress, writer, activist of the radical feminist movement and a pacifist. Biography Augspurg was born the youngest daughter of the lawyer ...

(1857–1943) – German lawyer, writer, feminist, pacifist *

Uri Avnery Uri Avnery ( he, אורי אבנרי, also transliterated Uri Avneri; 10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) was an Israeli writer, politician, and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. A member of the Irgun as a teenager, Avnery sat for tw ...

(1923–2018) – Israeli writer and founder of

Gush Shalom Gush Shalom (Hebrew: גוש שלום, lit. ''The Peace Bloc oalition') is an Israeli peace activism group founded by Uri Avnery in 1993. Avnery–a former journalist, Irgun and Knesset member–also lead the organization till his death in 2018. ...

Mubarak Awad Mubarak Awad is a Palestinian-American psychologist and an advocate of nonviolent resistance. Early life and move to the United States Awad, a Palestinian Christian (a member of the Greek Orthodox Church), was born in 1943 in Jerusalem when it wa ...

(born 1943) – Palestinian–American advocate of nonviolent resistance, founder of the

Palestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence Palestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence (PCSN) was founded in 1983 by Mubarak Awad, a Palestinian-American psychologist, and an advocate of nonviolent resistance. Awad, who was born in Jerusalem, returned to the city on a tourist visa in ...

* Ali Abu Awwad (born 1972) – Palestinian peace activist and proponent of nonviolence from

Beit Ummar Beit Ummar ( ar, بيت اُمّر) is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2016, the town had a populat ...

, founder of ''Taghyeer (Change) Movement'' * Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born 1970) – Nigerian conflict resolution professional, ombudsman, peace builder and poet

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* Anton Bacalbașa (1865–1899) – Romanian Marxist and pacifist * Eva Bacon (1909–1994) – Australian socialist, feminist, pacifist *

Gertrud Baer Gertrud Baer (1890–1981) was a German Jewish women's rights and peace activist. One of the founding members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, she served as the executive secretary of the German branch of WILPF beginning ...

(1890–1981) – German Jewish peace activist, and a founding member of the

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...

(born 1941) – American anti-war protester, inspirational singer *

Matilde Bajer Pauline Matilde Theodora Bajer (4 January 1840 – 4 March 1934) was a Danish women's rights activist and pacifist. Life Pauline Matilde Theodora Schlüter was born on 4 January 1840 in Frederikseg, Herlufmagle Sogn, Næstved Municipality, Denma ...

(1840–1934) – Danish feminist and peace activists *

Ella Baker Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. In New York City and t ...

(1903–1986) – African-American civil rights activist, feminist, pacifist *

Emily Greene Balch Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor ...

(1867–1961) – American pacifist, leader of

, and 1946 Nobel peace laureate *

Ernesto Balducci Ernesto Balducci (6 August 1922 – 25 April 1992) was an Italian Catholic priest and peace activist. Biographical notes Balducci was born in Santa Fiora, Tuscany, Italy. When he was twelve, his father was laid off and the ''Scolopi'', a religi ...

(1922–1992) – Italian priest and peace activist *

Roger Nash Baldwin Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 – August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950. Many of the ACLU's original landmark cases took place under ...

(1884-1981) – American pacifist, leader in Civil Liberties Bureau of

American Union Against Militarism The American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) was an American pacifist organization established in response to World War I. The organization attempted to keep the United States out of the European conflict through mass demonstrations, public lectur ...

, supporting conscientious objectors to World War I; lifelong civil libertarian, co-founder of ACLU *

Edith Ballantyne Edith Ballantyne (born 10 December 1922) is a Czech-born Canadian citizen, who has been a prominent member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) since 1969. At that time, she became the executive secretary of the inte ...

(born 1922) – Czech-Canadian peace activist * Daniel Barenboim (born 1942) – pianist and conductor, joint founder – with

Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (; , ; 1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.Robert Young, ''Whit ...

– of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, citizen of Argentina, Israel, Palestine and Spain * Christine Ross Barker (1866–1940) – Canadian pacifist and suffragist * Ludwig Bauer (1878–1935) – Austro-Swiss writer and pacifist *

Archibald Baxter Archibald McColl Learmond Baxter (13 December 1881 – 10 August 1970) was a New Zealand socialist, pacifist and conscientious objector. Early life Baxter was born at Saddle Hill, Otago, on 13 December 1881, to John Baxter and Mary McColl. ...

(1881–1970) – New Zealand pacifist, socialist, and anti-war activist * Alaide Gualberta Beccari (1842–1906) – Italian feminist, pacifist and social reformer * Yolanda Becerra (born 1959) – Colombian feminist and peace activist * Henriette Beenfeldt (1878–1949) – radical Danish peace activist *

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

(born 1927) – American anti-war protester, performer *

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo (born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of ...

(born 1948) –

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...

ese bishop, Nobel peace laureate *

Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Benedetto XV), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, name=, group= (; 21 November 185422 January 1922), was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His ...

(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 persons *

Medea Benjamin Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin; September 10, 1952) is an American political activist who was the co-founder of Code Pink with Jodie Evans and others.

(born 1952) – American author, organizer, co-founder of the anti-militarist

Code Pink Code Pink: Women for Peace (often stylized as CODEPINK) is a left-wing internationally active non-governmental organization that describes itself as a "grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, ...

* Meg Beresford (born 1937) – British activist,

European Nuclear Disarmament European Nuclear Disarmament (END) was a Europe-wide movement for a "nuclear-free Europe from Poland to Portugal” that put on annual European Nuclear Disarmament conventions from 1982 to 1991. Origins The founding statement of END was the Eur ...

movement *

Daniel Berrigan Daniel Joseph Berrigan (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's active protest against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admi ...

(1921–2016) – American anti-Vietnam war protester, Jesuit (Catholic) priest, poet, author, anti-nuke and war *

Philip Berrigan Philip Francis Berrigan, SSJ (October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an American peace activist and Catholic priest with the Josephites. He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament and was ...

(1923–2002) – American anti-Vietnam war protester, former Josephite (Catholic) priest, author, anti-nuke and war *

James Bevel James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was a minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its Director of Direct ...

(1936–2008) – American civil rights activist, anti-Vietnam war leader, organizer *

Vinoba Bhave Vinayak Narahari, also known as Vinoba Bhave (; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called ''Acharya'' (Sanskrit teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is con ...

(1895–1982) – Indian, Gandhian, teacher, author, organizer *

Albert Bigelow Albert Smith Bigelow (1 May 1906 – 6 October 1993) was a pacifist and former United States Navy Commander, who came to prominence in the 1950s as the skipper of the '' Golden Rule'', the first vessel to attempt disruption of a nuclear test ...

(1906–1993) – former US Navy officer turned pacifist, skipper of the first vessel to attempt disruption of the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons *

Doris Blackburn Doris Amelia Blackburn (; 18 September 1889 – 12 December 1970) was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1949, the second woman after Enid Lyons to do so. Blackburn was a promin ...

(1889–1970) – Australian social reformer, politician, pacifist * Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007) – British peace and disarmament campaigner, chair of the

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuc ...

Bhikkhu Bodhi Bhikkhu Bodhi (born December 10, 1944), born Jeffrey Block, is an American Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York and New Jersey area. He was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publ ...

(born 1944) – American Theravada Buddhist monk and founder of

Buddhist Global Relief Buddhist Global Relief is an organization of socially engaged Buddhists with a mission to "combat chronic hunger and malnutrition" founded by Bhikkhu Bodhi. History When the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami happened, Bhikkhu Bodhi was mo ...

* Kees Boeke (1884–1966) – Dutch educator, missionary and pacifist * Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury (1884–1976) – English social activist, educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist *

Carl Bonnevie Carl Emil Christian Bonnevie (28 April 1881 – 26 September 1972) was a Norwegian jurist and peace activist. He also served as a Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Biography Bonnevie was born in Trondheim as the son of Jacob Aall Bonnevi ...

(1881–1972) – Norwegian jurist and peace activist * Bono (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist; born

Paul David Hewson Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...

* Charles-Auguste Bontemps (1893–1981) – French anarchist, pacifist, writer *

John Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

(1815–1888) – Italian priest, educator and author, who devoted his life to disadvantaged youth; founded the

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and developed the

Salesian Preventive System The Salesian Preventive System is the educational method of the Salesians, built upon the pedagogical experience of Saint John Bosco with poor youngsters in 19th century Turin. It is based on the three pillars of reason, religion, and lovingkindne ...

of teaching * Elise M. Boulding (1920–2010) – Norwegian-born American sociologist, specialising in academic peace research * Albert Bourderon (1858–1930) – French socialist and pacifist *

José Bové Joseph "José" Bové (born 11 June 1953) is a French farmer, politician and syndicalist, member of the alter-globalization movement, and spokesman for Via Campesina. He was one of the twelve official candidates in the 2007 French presidential elec ...

(born 1953) – French farmer, politician, pacifist * Norma Elizabeth Boyd (1888–1985) – African American politically active educator, children's rights proponent, pacifist * Heloise Brainerd (1881–1969) – American women activist, pacifist *

Sophonisba Breckinridge Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (April 1, 1866 – July 30, 1948) was an American activist, Progressive Era social reformer, social scientist and innovator in higher education. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in political science and ...

(1866–1948) – American educator, social reformer, pacifist *

Lenni Brenner Lenni Brenner (born 1937), formerly known as Leonard Glaser or Lenny Glaser, is an American Trotskyist writer. In the 1960s, Brenner was a prominent civil rights movement activist and vocal opponent of the Vietnam War. Since the 1980s, his activ ...

(born 1937) – American

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life o ...

activist, opposed to the Vietnam war and strong opponent of Zionism * Pierre Brizon (1878–1923) – French politician and pacifist *

Vera Brittain Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir '' Testament of Youth'' recounted her experiences during the Fir ...

(1893–1970) – British writer, pacifist *

José Brocca José Brocca (Professor José Brocca Ramón, 1891 – 1950) was a pacifist and humanitarian of the Spanish Civil War, who allied himself with the Republicans but sought nonviolent ways of resisting the Nationalist rebels. His parents were Spanis ...

(1891–1950) – Spanish activist, international delegate

War Resisters' International War Resisters' International (WRI), headquartered in London, is an international anti-war organisation with members and affiliates in over 30 countries. History ''War Resisters' International'' was founded in Bilthoven, Netherlands in 1921 unde ...

, organiser of relief efforts during the Spanish Civil War *

Hugh Brock Hugh Brock (1914–1985) was a lifelong British pacifist, editor of '' Peace News'' between 1955 and 1964, a promoter of nonviolent direct action and a founder of the Direct Action Committee, a forerunner of the Committee of 100. ''Peace News'' H ...

(1914–1985) – lifelong British pacifist and editor of ''

Peace News ''Peace News'' (''PN'') is a pacifist magazine first published on 6 June 1936 to serve the peace movement in the United Kingdom. From later in 1936 to April 1961 it was the official paper of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU), and from 1990 to 2004 w ...

'' between 1955 and 1964 *

Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, a ...

(1920–2006) – British-born Canadian pacifist historian *

Fenner Brockway Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (1 November 1888 – 28 April 1988) was a British socialist politician, humanist campaigner and anti-war activist. Early life and career Brockway was born to W. G. Brockway and Frances Elizabeth Abbey in ...

(1888–1988) – British politician and

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

MP; humanist, pacifist and anti-imperialist; opposed conscription and founded the

No-Conscription Fellowship The No-Conscription Fellowship was a British pacifism, pacifist organization which was founded in London by Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway, Fenner Brockway and Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood, Clifford Allen on 27 November 1914, aft ...

in 1914; first chairperson of the

(1926–1934); founder member of the

and of the charity War on Want *

Emilia Broomé Emilia Augusta Clementina Broomé, née ''Lothigius'' (13 January 1866 – 2 June 1925), was a Swedish politician (liberal), feminist and peace activist. She was the first woman in the Swedish legislative assembly (1914). Life Emilia Broomé ...

(1866–1925) – Swedish politician, feminist and peace activist * Brigid Brophy (1929–1995) – British novelist, feminist, pacifist *

Olympia Brown Olympia Brown (January 5, 1835 – October 23, 1926) was an American minister and suffragist. She was the first woman to be ordained as clergy with the consent of her denomination. Brown was also an articulate advocate for women's rights and one ...

(1835–1926) – American theologist, suffragist, pacifist *

Elihu Burritt Elihu Burritt (December 8, 1810March 6, 1879) was an American diplomat, philanthropist and social activist.Arthur Weinberg and Lila Shaffer Weinberg. ''Instead of Violence: Writings by the Great Advocates of Peace and Nonviolence Throughout Histo ...

(1810–1879) – American diplomat, social activist *

Caoimhe Butterly Caoimhe Butterly (born 1978) is an Irish human rights campaigner, educator, film-maker and therapist who has spent over twenty years working in humanitarian and social justice contexts in Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico, Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and w ...

(born 1978) – Irish peace and human rights activist * Charles Roden Buxton (1875–1942) – British

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

and later

MP, philanthropist and peace activist, critical of the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June ...

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Peter Ritchie Calder Peter Ritchie Calder, Baron Ritchie-Calder, (1906 – 1982) was a Scottish socialist writer, journalist and academic. Early life Peter Ritchie Calder was born on 1 July 1906 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Career Calder first worked as a journa ...

(1906–1982) – Scottish science journalist, socialist and peace activist *

Helen Caldicott Helen Mary Caldicott (born 7 August 1938) is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate. She founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear we ...

(born 1938) – Australian physician,

activist, revived

Physicians for Social Responsibility Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is a physician-led organization in the US working to protect the public from the threats of nuclear proliferation, climate change, and environmental toxins. It produces and disseminates publications, p ...

, campaigner against the dangers of radiation *

Hélder Câmara Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop. A self-identified socialism, socialist, he was the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Olinda and Recife, serving from 196 ...

(1909–1999) – Brazilian archbishop, advocate of

liberation theology Liberation theology is a Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed. In certain contexts, it engages socio-economic analyses, with "social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples". I ...

, opponent of military dictatorship *

Lydia Canaan Lydia Canaan ( ar, ليديا كنعان) is a Lebanese singer-songwriter and humanitarian activist. Credited as the first internationally successful Lebanese recording artist,Sinclair, David. "Global Music Pulse", ''Billboard'', New York, De ...

– Lebanese singer, first rock star of the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europ ...

, risked life to perform under military attack in protest of

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

* Marcelle Capy (1891–1962), novelist, journalist, pacifist *

Angelo Cardona Angelo Cardona (born 5 January 1997) is a Colombian social entrepreneur, peace and human rights activist. He is representative of Latin America to the International Peace Bureau. Co-founder and President of the Ibero-American Alliance for Peace a ...

(born 1997), Colombian peace activist, pacifist *

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...

(1835–1919) – American industrialist and founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * April Carter (born 1937) – British peace activist, researcher, editor *

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1 ...

(born 1924) – American negotiator and former US President, organizer, international conflict resolution *

René Cassin René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in Bayonne, Cassin served as a soldier in the First Wo ...

(1887–1976) – French jurist, professor, and judge, co-wrote the 1948

Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, ...

* Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen (1865–1952) – Danish peace activist *

Pierre Cérésole Pierre Cérésole (17 August 1879 – 23 October 1945) was a Swiss peace activist and engineer, known primarily as the initiator of workcamps and the founder of the peace organisation Service Civil International (SCI). Life Pierre Cérésol ...

(1879–1945) – Swiss engineer, founder of

Service Civil International Service Civil International (SCI) is an international peace organisation. Since 1920, it organises international volunteering projects in the form of workcamps and it was the first organisation worldwide to do so. The organisation was founded by ...

(SCI) or International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP) * Félicien Challaye (1875–1967) – French philosopher and pacifist *

Émile Chartier Émile-Auguste Chartier (; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain (), was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist. He adopted his pseudonym in homage to the 15th-century Norman poet Alain Chartier. Early life Alain was ...

(1868–1951) – French philosopher, educator and pacifist * Simone Tanner Chaumet (1916–1962) – French peace activist * Cesar Chavez (1927–1993) – American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist *

Helen Chenevix Helen Sophia Chenevix (13 November 1886 – 4 March 1963) was an Irish suffragist and trade unionist. In 1911, she worked with Louie Bennett to form the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation. The two later founded the Irish Women Workers' Union. Ch ...

(1886–1963) – Irish suffragist, trade unionist, pacifist *

Ada Nield Chew Ada Nield Chew (28 January 1870 – 27 December 1945) was a campaigning socialist and a British suffragist. Her name is on the plinth of Millicent Fawcett's statue in Parliament Square, London. Life Nield was born on a White Hall Farm, Talk ...

(1870–1945) – British suffragist and pacifist *

Molly Childers Mary Alden Childers ( Osgood; 14 December 1875– 1 January 1964), known as Molly Childers, was an American-born Irish writer and nationalist. A daughter of Dr Hamilton Osgood and Margaret Cushing Osgood of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, ...

(1875–1964) – Irish writer, nationalist, pacifist *

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky i ...

(born 1928) – American linguist, philosopher, and activist * Alice Amelia Chown (1866–1949) – Canadian feminist, pacifist and writer * Howard Clark (1950–2013) – British peace activist, deputy editor of ''

'' and Chair of

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Ramsey Clark William Ramsey Clark (December 18, 1927 – April 9, 2021) was an American lawyer, activist, and federal government official. A progressive, New Frontier liberal, he occupied senior positions in the United States Department of Justice under Pres ...

(1927–2021) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear lawyer, activist, former U.S. Attorney General *

Helena Cobban Helena Cobban (born 1952) is a British-American writer and researcher on international relations, with special interests in the Middle East, the international system, and transitional justice. She is a non-resident Senior fellow at the Washingt ...

(born 1952) – British peace activist, journalist, author *

William Sloane Coffin William Sloane Coffin Jr. (June 1, 1924 – April 12, 2006) was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. In h ...

(1924–2006) – American cleric, anti-war activist * James Colaianni (1922–2016) – American author, publisher, first anti-Napalm organizer * Judy Collins (born 1939) – American anti-war singer/songwriter, protester *

Alex Comfort Alexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual, ''The Joy of Sex'' (1972). He was an author of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a gerontologist ...

(1920–2000) – British scientist, physician, writer, pacifist, conscientious objector and author of ''

The Joy of Sex ''The Joy of Sex'' is a 1972 illustrated sex manual by British author Alex Comfort. An updated edition was released in September 2008. Overview ''The Joy of Sex'' spent eleven weeks at the top of the ''New York Times'' bestseller list and more ...

'' *

Alecu Constantinescu Alexandru "Alecu" Constantinescu (March 10, 1872 – March 28, 1949) was Romanian trade unionist, journalist and socialist and pacifist militant, one of the major advocates of the transformation of the Romanian socialist movement into a communist ...

(1872–1949) – Romanian trade unionist, journalist and pacifist *

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...

(born 1949) – British politician, socialist, long-time anti-war, anti-imperialism and anti-racism campaigner *

Tom Cornell Thomas C. Cornell (April 11, 1934 – August 1, 2022) was an American journalist and a peace activist against the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. He was an associate editor of the ''Catholic Worker'' and a deacon in the Catholic Church. Early l ...

– American anti-war activist, initiated first anti-Vietnam War protest * Rachel Corrie (1979–2003) – American activist for Palestinian human rights *

David Cortright David Cortright is an American scholar and peace activist. He is Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum.Norman Cousins Norman Cousins (June 24, 1915 – November 30, 1990) was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate. Early life Cousins was born to Jewish immigrant parents Samuel Cousins and Sarah Babushkin Cousins, in West ...

(1915–1990) – American journalist, author, organizer, initiator *

Randal Cremer Sir William Randal Cremer (18 March 1828 – 22 July 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was a British Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace P ...

(1828–1908) – British trade unionist and

MP (1885–95, 1900–08); pacifist; leading advocate for international arbitration; co-founded the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the

International Arbitration League The International Arbitration League was a society of pacifists run by working-class men. It was initially founded out of the British Workmen's Peace Committee, by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Sir William Randal Cremer and fellows from the recently ...

; promoted the Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907; awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1903) *

Frances Crowe Frances Crowe (née Hyde; March 15, 1919 – August 27, 2019) was an American peace activist and pacifist from the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Early life Frances Hyde was born in Carthage, Missouri on March 15, 1919. Growing up, she ...

(1919–2019) – American pacifist,

power activist, draft counselor supporting conscientious objectors * Edvin Kanka Ćudić (born 1988) – Bosnian human rights and peace activist, founder and coordinator of Association for Social Research and Communications (UDIK) *

Adam Curle Charles Thomas William Curle (4 July 1916 – 28 September 2006), better known as Adam Curle, was a British academic, known for his work in social psychology, pedagogy, development studies and peace studies. After holding posts at the University ...

(1916–2006) – Quaker peace activist; first professor of

peace studies Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

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Margaretta D'Arcy Margaretta Ruth D'Arcy (born 14 June 1934, London) is an Irish actress, writer, playwright, and activist. D'Arcy has been a member of Aosdána since its inauguration and is known for addressing Irish nationalism, civil liberties, and women's r ...

(born 1934) – Irish actress, writer and peace activist *

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(born 1946) – Palestinian professor and peace activist *

Thora Daugaard Theodora (Thora) Frederikke Marie Daugaard (22 October 1874 – 28 June 1951) was a Danish women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator. In 1915, she attended the International Women's Conference in The Hague, together with Clara Tybj ...

(1874–1951) – Danish feminist, pacifist, journal editor and translator *

George Maitland Lloyd Davies George Maitland Lloyd Davies (30 April 1880 – 16 December 1949), born George Maitland Temple Davies, was a Welsh pacifist and Member of Parliament for the University of Wales constituency. Davies was born in Peel Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, ...

(1880–1949) – Welsh pacifist and anti-war campaigner, chair of the

Peace Pledge Union The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes pacifism, based in the United Kingdom. Its members are signatories to the following pledge: "War is a crime against humanity. I renounce war, and am therefore determin ...

(1946–1949) *

Rennie Davis Rennard Cordon Davis (May 23, 1940 – February 2, 2021) was an American anti-war activist who gained prominence in the 1960s. He was one of the Chicago Seven defendants charged for anti-war demonstrations and large-scale protests at the 1968 D ...

(1941–2021) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, organizer *

Dorothy Day Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social and anarchist activism. She was perhaps the best-known ...

(1897–1980) – American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the

Catholic Worker ''Catholic Worker'' is a newspaper published seven times a year by the flagship Catholic Worker community in New York City. The newspaper was started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to make people aware of church teaching on social justice. His ...

movement *

John Dear John Dear (born August 13, 1959) is an American Catholic priest, peace activist, lecturer, and author of 35 books on peace and nonviolence. He has spoken on peace around the world, organized hundreds of demonstrations against war, injustice and nu ...

(born 1959) – American priest, author, and nonviolent activist * Siri Derkert (1888–1973) – Swedish artist, pacifist and feminist *

David Dellinger David T. Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was an American pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change. He achieved peak prominence as one of the Chicago Seven, who were put on trial in 1969. Early life and schooling Delli ...

(1915–2004) – American pacifist, organizer, anti-war leader * Michael Denborough AM (1929–2014) – Australian medical researcher who founded the

Nuclear Disarmament Party The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) was an Australian political party formed in June 1984. It was founded by medical researcher Michael Denborough as the political arm of the Australian anti-nuclear movement, which had been active since the ear ...

* Dorothy Detzer (1893–1981) – American feminist, peace activist, U.S. secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom *

Amanda Deyo Amanda Deyo (October 24, 1838 – November 1, 1917) was an American Universalist minister, pacifist, and correspondent. She was also a founder of women's right societies. Early years and education Julia Amanda Halstead was born in Clinton, Dutche ...

(1838–?) – American Universalist minister, peace activist, correspondent * Mary Dingman (1875–1961) – American social and peace activist * Alma Dolens (1876–?) – Italian pacifist and suffragist * Frank Dorrel – American peace activist, publisher of Addicted to War * Gabrielle Duchêne (1870–1954) – French feminist and pacifist *

Muriel Duckworth Muriel Helen Duckworth (née Ball; October 31, 1908 – August 22, 2009) was a Canadian pacifist, feminist, and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckworth maintain ...

(1908–2009) – Canadian pacifist, feminist and community activist, founder of Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace *

Élie Ducommun Élie Ducommun (19 February 1833, Geneva – 7 December 1906, Bern) was a Swiss peace activist. He was a Nobel laureate, awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Charles Albert Gobat. Born in Geneva, he worked as a tutor, langua ...

(1833–1906) – Swiss pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate * Peggy Duff (1910–1981) – British peace activist, socialist, founder and first General Secretary of

CND The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nucle ...

Henry Dunant Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 182830 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, and social activist. He was the visionary, promoter, and co-founder of the Red Cross. In 1901, he received th ...

(1828–1910) – Swiss businessman and social activist, founder of the

Red Cross The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and ...

, and the joint first Nobel peace laureate (with

Frédéric Passy Frédéric Passy (20 May 182212 June 1912) was a French economist and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was also an author and politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies fr ...

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Roberta Dunbar Roberta Johnson Dunbar (died November 1, 1956) was an American clubwoman and peace activist based in Rhode Island. Her first name is sometimes written "Reberta" in sources.Frank Lincoln Mather''Who's Who of the Colored Race''(Chicago 1915): 96-97. ...

(died 1956) – American clubwoman and peace activist * Mel Duncan (born 1950) – American pacifist, founding Executive Director of

Nonviolent Peaceforce Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is a nonpartisan unarmed peacekeeping organization with the goal of protecting civilians and reducing violence in areas affected by armed conflict. NP holds Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Cou ...

* B. D. Dykstra (1871–1955) – Dutch American pastor, writer, newspaper editor, and pacifist :

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Crystal Eastman Crystal Catherine Eastman (June 25, 1881 – July 28, 1928) was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with h ...

(1881–1928) – American lawyer, suffragist, pacifist, journalist, co-founder of ACLU *

Shirin Ebadi Shirin Ebadi ( fa, شيرين عبادى, Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian political activist, lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was ...

(born 1947) – Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, Nobel peace laureate *

Anna B. Eckstein Anna Bernhardine Eckstein (14 June 1868 – 16 October 1947) was a German champion of world peace, who trained as a teacher and campaigned for peace across the world. She gathered six million signatures on a petition and, in 1913, was nominated ...

(1868–1947) – German advocate of

world peace World peace, or peace on Earth, is the concept of an ideal state of peace within and among all people and nations on Planet Earth. Different cultures, religions, philosophies, and organizations have varying concepts on how such a state would ...

* Nikolaus Ehlen (1886–1965) – German pacifist teacher *

Hans Ehrenberg Hans Philipp Ehrenberg (; 4 June 1883 – 21 March 1958) was a German Jewish philosopher and theologian. One of the co-founders of the Confessing Church, he was forced to emigrate to England because of his Jewish ancestry and his opposition to ...

(1883–1958) – German Jewish philosopher and Christian theologian *

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...

(1879–1955) – German-born American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate in physics * Daniel Ellsberg (born 1931) – American anti-war whistleblower, protester *

James Gareth Endicott James Gareth Endicott (December 24, 1898 – November 27, 1993) was a Canadian Christian minister, missionary, and socialist. Family and early life Endicott was born in Sichuan Province, China, the third of five children to a Methodist mis ...

(1898–1993) – Canadian missionary, initiator, organizer, protester * Hedy Epstein (1924–2016) – Jewish-American antiwar activist, escaped Nazi Germany on the

Kindertransport The ''Kindertransport'' (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort of children (but not their parents) from Nazi-controlled territory that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World ...

; active in opposition to Israeli military policies *

Dorothy Evans Dorothy Elizabeth Evans (6 May 1888 – 28 August 1944) was a British feminist activist and suffragette. On the eve of World War I she was a militant organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union twice arrested in Belfast on explosiv ...

(1888–1944) – Hunger-striking British suffragette, secretary of

Jodie Evans Jodie Evans (born September 22, 1954) is an American political activist, author, and documentary film producer. Evans served in the cabinet of California Governor Jerry Brown and managed his 1992 campaign for the presidency. Evans co-founded the ...

(born 1954) – American political activist, co-founder of

, initiator, organizer, filmmaker * Maya Evans – British peace campaigner, arrested for reading out, near

The Cenotaph The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it was unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the British and Commonwealth dead of the First World War, was rededicated in 19 ...

, the names of British soldiers killed in Iraq :

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* Mildred Fahrni (1900–1992) – Canadian pacifist, feminist, internationally active in the peace movement *

Michael Ferber Michael Kelvin Ferber (born July 1, 1944) was the youngest of the five defendants in the federal anti-draft trial in the spring of 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts. The trial attracted national attention because one of the defendants was Dr. Benjamin ...

(born 1944) – American author, professor, anti-war activist *

Benjamin Ferencz Benjamin Berell Ferencz (born March 11, 1920) is an American lawyer. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the chief prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the 12 Subsequent Nuremb ...

(born 1920) – American chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial *

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, an ...

(1919–2021) – American poet, painter, peace and social activist * Hermann Fernau (born 1883) – German lawyer, writer, journalist and pacifist * Solange Fernex (1934–2006) – French peace activist and politician * Beatrice 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 activist * Ingrid Fiskaa (born 1977) – Norwegian politician and peace activist * Jane Fonda (born 1937) – American anti-war protester, actress * Henni Forchhammer (1863–1955) – Danish educator, feminist and pacifist * Jim Forest (1941–2022) – American author, international secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship * Randall Forsberg (1943–2007) – led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of Military budget, military spending, and promote democratic institutions; career started at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in 1968 * Tom Fox (Quaker), Tom Fox (1951–2006) – American Quaker * Diana Francis (peace activist), Diana 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 testing * Marcia Freedman (born 1938) – American-Israeli peace activist, feminist and supporter of gay rights * Comfort Freeman – Liberian anti-war activist * Maikki Friberg (1861–1927) – Finnish educator, journal editor, suffragist and peace activist * Alfred Hermann Fried, Alfred Fried (1864–1921) – co-founder of German peace movement, called for world peace organization :

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2006 Tenzin Gyatso Congressional Gold Medal front

* Arun Manilal Gandhi (born 1934) – Indian, organizer, educator, grandson of Mohandas * Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) – Indian, writer, organizer, protester, lawyer, inspiration to movement leaders * Alfonso 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 * Eric Garris (born 1953) – American activist, founding webmaster of antiwar.com * Martin Gauger (1905–1941) – German jurist and pacifist * Leymah 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 activist * Everett Gendler (born 1928) – American conservative rabbi, peace activist, writer * Olive Gibbs (1918-1995) – British politician, founding member of the

and second to serve as its chair, 1964-1967 * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) – American anti-war protester, writer, poet * Igino 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 activist * Bernie Glassman (1939–2018) – American Zen Buddhist roshi and founder of Zen Peacemakers * Danny Glover (born 1946) – American actor and anti-war activist * Vilma Glücklich (1872–1927) – Hungarian educator, pacifist and women's rights activist * Emma Goldman (1869–1940) – Russian/American activist imprisoned in the U.S. for opposition to World War I * Amy Goodman (born 1957) – American journalist, host of ''Democracy Now!'' * Paul Goodman (1911–1972) – American writer, psychotherapist, social critic, anarchist philosopher and public intellectual * Mikhail 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 activist * Hildegard Goss-Mayr (born 1930) — Austrian pacifist and theologian * Jonathan Granoff (born 1948) – Co-founder and President, Global Security Institute * William Grassie (born 1957) – American nonviolence activist * Jürgen Grässlin (born 1957) – teacher and activist against Arms industry, arms exports, especially of Small arms trade, small arms (Heckler & Koch) * Wavy Gravy (born 1936) – American entertainer and activist for peace * Great Peacemaker – Native American co-founder of the Iroquois, Iroquois Confederacy, author Great Law of Peace * Dick Gregory (1932–2017) – American comedian, anti-war protester * Irene Greenwood (1898–1992) — Australian feminist, peace activist and broadcaster * Richard Grelling (1853–1929) – German lawyer, writer and pacifist * Ben Griffin (SAS), Ben Griffin (born 1977) – former United Kingdom, British Special Air Service, SAS soldier and Iraq War veteran * Suze Groeneweg (1875–1940) – Dutch politician, feminist and pacifist * Edward Grubb (Quaker), Edward Grubb (1854–1939) – English Quaker, pacifist, active in the

* Emil Grunzweig (1947–1983) – Israeli teacher and peace activist * Gerson 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, inspiration * Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) – 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1912–1951), Tibet, Nobel Peace Prize List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, laureate and spiritual and Lobsang Sangay, formerly temporal ruler of Tibet and the Tibetan government-in-exile, Tibetan Government-in-Exile :

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* Hugo Haase (1863–1919) – German socialist politician, jurist and pacifist * Lucina Hagman (1853–1946) – Finnish feminist, politician, pacifist * Otto Hahn (1879–1968) – German chemist, discoverer of nuclear fission, Nobel Laureate, pacifist, anti-nuclear weapons and testing advocate * Jeff 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 worker * Judith Hand (born 1940) – American biologist, pioneer of peace ethology * Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen (1864–1939) – Norwegian teacher, shipowner, politician and founder of the Norwegian Peace Association * Eline Hansen (1859–1919) – Danish feminist and peace activist * G. Simon Harak (born 1948) – American professor of theology, peace activist * Keir Hardie (1856–1915) – Scottish socialist and pacifist, co-founder of Independent Labour Party and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, opposed WWI * Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870–1967) – American suffragist, social reformer, pacifist and diplomat * George 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 activist * David Hartsough (born 1940) – American Quaker peace activist * Marii Hasegawa (1918–2012) – Japanese peace activist and president (1971–1975) of the

* Václav Havel (1936–2011) – Czech nonviolent writer, poet, and politician * Brian 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 politician * Wilson A. Head (1914–1993) – American/Canadian sociologist, activist * Fredrik Heffermehl (born 1938) – Norwegian jurist, writer and peace activist * Idy Hegnauer (1909–2006) – Swiss nurse and peace activist * Estrid Hein (1873–1956) – Danish ophthalmologist, women's rights activist and pacifist * Arthur Henderson (1863–1935) – British politician, Labour Party (UK), Labour Party leader, Foreign Secretary, chair of the Geneva Disarmament Conference, Nobel Peace Prize 1934 * Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970) – American Christian pacifist, anarchist and social activist * Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) – Polish-born American rabbi, professor at Jewish Theological Seminary, civil rights and peace activist * Bono (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist; born Paul David Hewson *

(born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter; see #B, Bono above * Hiawatha (1525–?) – Native American co-founder of the Iroquois, Iroguois League and co-author of the Great Law of Peace * Sidney Hinkes (1925–2006) – British pacifist and Anglican priest * Raichō Hiratsuka (1886–1971) – Japanese writer, political activist, feminist and pacifist * Unutea Hirshon (born 1947) — French Polynesian anti-nuclear activist * Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926) – British welfare campaigner, pacifist, and anti-war activist, publicly denounced the existence of the Second Boer War concentration camps, British concentration camps in Cape Colony, South Africa * Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, co-founder of Yippies * Ann-Margret Holmgren (1850–1940) – Swedish writer, feminist, and pacifist * Margaret Holmes, AM (1909–2009) – Australian activist during the Vietnam War, member Anglican Pacifist Fellowship * Inger Holmlund (1927–2019), Swedish anti-nuclear activist * 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 (United Kingdom), Committee of 100, founding member of

* Ellen Hørup (1871–1953) – Danish writer, pacifist, and women's rights activist * Nobuto Hosaka (born 1955) – Japanese politician, mayor of Setagaya in Tokyo; campaigned and won the mayor's job on an

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 leaflets * Kate Hudson (activist), Kate Hudson (born 1958) – British left-wing political activist and academic; General Secretary of the

(CND) and National Secretary of Left Unity (UK), Left Unity; officer of the Stop the War Coalition since 2002 * Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875–1955) – founder of the War Resisters League; socialist and radical pacifist * Emrys Hughes (1894–1969) – Welsh socialist member of the British Parliament, where he was an outspoken pacifist * Laura Hughes (activist), Laura Hughes (1886–1966) – Canadian feminist and pacifist * Hannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958) – American Quaker activist, in the leadership of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF in the US * John 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 (UK Parliament constituency), Foyle 1983–2005 * John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – Canadian scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate, wrote the first draft of the

* Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – English pacifist, anti-war and anti-conflict writer :

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* Miguel Giménez Igualada (1888–1973) – Spanish anarchist, writer, pacifist * Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) – Japanese Buddhist leader, writer, president of Soka Gakkai International, and founder of multiple educational and peace research institutions * Kathleen Innes (1883–1967) – British educator, writer, pacifist :

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* Berthold Jacob (1898–1944) – German journalist and pacifist * Aletta Jacobs (1854–1929) – Dutch physician, feminist and peace activist * Martha Larsen Jahn (1875–1954) – Norwegian peace activist and feminist * Jean Jaurès (1859–1914) – French anti-war activist, socialist leader * Kirthi Jayakumar (born 1987) – Indian peace activist and gender equality activist, youth peace activist, peace educator and founder of The Red Elephant Foundation * Zorica Jevremović (born 1948) – Serbian playwright, theatre director, peace activist * Jigonhsasee, 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 president * Pope John Paul II, John Paul II (1920–2005) – Polish Catholic pope, inspiration, advocate * Helen 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 activist :

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* Ekaterina Karavelova (1860–1947) – Bulgarian educator, writer, suffragist, feminist, pacifist * Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) – Yemeni journalist, politician and human rights activist; shared 2011 Nobel Peace prize * Helen Keller (1880–1968) – American activist, deafblind writer, speech "Strike Against The War" Carnegie Hall, New York 1916 * Kathy Kelly (born 1952) – American peace and anti-war activist, arrested over 60 times during protests; member and organizer of international peace teams * Petra Kelly (1947–1992) – German politician, feminist, pacifist * Bruce Kent (1929-2022) – British political activist, former Catholic priest; anti-nuclear campaigner with the

(CND) and president of the International Peace Bureau * Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988) – Pashtun independence activist, spiritual and political leader, lifelong pacifist * Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) – Indian Islamic scholar and peace activist * Abraham Yehudah Khein (1878–1957) – Ukrainian rabbi, essayist, pacifist * Steve 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 movement * Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) – Civil rights leader, American anti-Vietnam war protester * Anna Kleman (1862–1940) – Swedish suffragist and peace activist * Michael D. Knox (born 1946) – founder of US Peace Memorial Foundation, antiwar activist, psychologist, professor * Adam Kokesh (born 1982) – American activist, Iraq Veterans Against the War * Annette Kolb (1870–1967) – German writer and pacifist * Ron Kovic (born 1946) – American Vietnam war veteran, war protester * Paul Krassner (1932–2019) – American anti-Vietnam war organizer, writer, Yippie co-founder * Dennis Kucinich (born 1946) – former U.S. Representative from Ohio, advocate for US Department of Peace :

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* Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943) – Belgian initiator, organizer, Nobel Peace Prize winner * Léonie La Fontaine (1857–1949) – Belgian feminist and pacifist * William Ladd (1778–1841) – early American activist, initiator, first president of the American Peace Society * Benjamin Ladraa (born 1982) – Swedish activist * Bernard Lafayette (born 1940) – American organizer, educator, initiator * Maurice Laisant (1909–1991) – French anarchist and pacifist * George Lakey (born 1937) – American peace activist, co-founder of the Movement for a New Society * Grigoris Lambrakis (1912–1963) – Greek athlete, physician, politician, activist * Gustav Landauer (1870–1919) – German writer, anarchist, pacifist * Lanza del Vasto (1901–1981) – Italian Gandhian, philosopher, poet, nonviolent activist * Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938) – Norwegian historian and pacifist * Alexander Langer (1946–1995) – Italian journalist, peace activist and politician * George Lansbury (1859–1940) – British politician and Christian pacifist; Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Leader (1932–5); campaigner for social justice and women's rights and against imperialism; opposed WW1; campaigned for disarmament in the 1920s and 1930s; president of the

(1937) * André Larivière (born 1948) – Canadian ecologist and anti-nuclear activist * Bryan Law (1954–2013) – Australian non-violent activist * Louis Lecoin (1888–1971) – French anarchist and pacifist * Urbain Ledoux (1874–1941) – American Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí diplomat and activist * John Lennon (1940–1980) – British singer/songwriter, anti-war protester * Sidney Lens (1912–1986) – American anti-Vietnam war leader * Muriel Lester (1885–1968) – British social reformer, pacifist and Nonconformist (Protestantism), nonconformist; Ambassador and Secretary for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation; co-founder of the Kingsley Hall * Captain Howard Levy – Army Captain sent to Fort Leavenworth, 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 campaigner * Thomas Lewis (activist), Thomas Lewis (1940–2008) – American artist, anti-war activist with (Baltimore Four and Catonsville Nine) * Bart de Ligt (1883–1938) – Dutch anarchist, pacifist and antimilitarist * Lola Maverick Lloyd (1875–1944) – American pacifist, suffragist, feminist * Gabriele Moreno Locatelli (1959–1993) – Italian pacifist * Grace Lolim (fl. 2000) – Kenyan human rights and peace activist * James Loney (peace activist), James Loney (born 1964) – Canadian peace worker, kidnap victim * Isabel Longworth (1881–1961) – Australian dentist and peace activist * Lee Lorch (1915–2014) – Canadian mathematician and peace activist * Fernand Loriot (1870–1932) – French teacher and pacifist * Lowkey (born 1986) – British rapper and peace activist; opposed to the invasion of Iraq and US/UK foreign policy more generally * David Loy (born 1947) – American scholar, author and Sanbo Kyodan Zen Buddhist teacher * Chiara 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 politician * Sigrid Helliesen Lund (1892–1987) – Norwegian peace activist * Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) – German Marxist and anti–war activist * Jake Lynch (born 1964) – peace journalist, academic and writer * Staughton Lynd (born 1929) – American anti-Vietnam war leader * Bradford Lyttle (born 1927) – American pacifist, writer, presidential candidate, and organizer with the Committee for Non-Violent Action :

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* Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) – Kenyan environmental activist, Nobel peace laureate * Chrystal Macmillan (1872–1937) – Scottish politician, feminist, pacifist * Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978) – Spanish diplomat, historian and pacifist * Carmen Magallón (born 1951) – Spanish physicist, pacifist, conducting research in support of women's advancement in science and peace * Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – American anti-war writer, war protester * Mairead Maguire (born 1944) – Northern Ireland peace movement, Nobel peace laureate * Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) – South African statesman, leader in the anti-apartheid movement and post-apartheid reconciliation, founder of The Elders (organization), The Elders, inspiration * Rosa Manus (1881–1942) – Dutch pacifist and suffragist * Bob Marley (1945–1981) – Jamaican, inspirational anti-war singer/songwriter, inspiration * Jacques Martin (pacifist), Jacques Martin (1906–2001) – French pacifist and Protestant pastor * Elizabeth 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 activist * Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005) – U.S. presidential candidate, ran on an anti-Vietnam war agenda * John McConnell (peace activist), John McConnell (1915–2012) – American peace activist, creator of Earth Day * George McGovern (1922–2012) – U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, anti-Vietnam war agenda * Keith McHenry (born 1957) – American co-founder of Food Not Bombs * David McReynolds (1929-2018) – leader in U.S. War Resisters League for 40 years, chair of

, organizer of major national anti-Vietnam War demonstrations * David 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 politician * Marjorie 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 1988 * Frank Merrick (1886-1981) – English composer, pianist, conscientious objector * Thomas Merton (1915–1968) – American Trappists, Trappist monk and poet, inspirational writer, philosopher * Johanne Meyer (1838–1915) – pioneering Danish suffragist, pacifist, and journal editor * Karl Meyer (activist), Karl Meyer (born 1937) – American pacifist and tax resister * Selma Meyer (1890–1941) – Dutch pacifist and resistance fighter of Jewish origin * Fred Mfuranzima (born 1997) – Rwandan writer, peace activist * Kizito Mihigo (1981–2020) – Rwandan Christian singer; genocide survivor; dedicated to forgiveness, peace and reconciliation after the Rwandan genocide, 1994 genocide * Barry Mitcalfe (1930–1986) – a leader of the New Zealand movement against the Vietnam War and the New Zealand nuclear-free zone, New Zealand anti-nuclear movement * Malebogo Molefhe (born 1980) – Botswanan activist against gender-based violence * Eva Moltesen (1871–1934) – Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist * Roger Monclin (1903–1985) – French pacifist and anarchist * Agda Montelius (1850–1920) – Swedish philanthropist, feminist and peace activist * E. D. Morel (1873–1924) – British journalist, author, pacifist and politician; opposed the First World War and campaigned against slavery in the Congo * Simonne Monet-Chartrand (1919–1993) – Canadian women's rights activist, feminist, and pacifist * Howard Morland (born 1942) – American journalist, nuclear weapons abolitionist * Sybil Morrison (1893–1984) – British pacifist active in the

* Émilie de Morsier (1843–1896) – Swiss feminist, pacifist and abolitionist * John Mott (1865–1955) – American evangelist, leader of the YMCA and World Student Christian Federation, WSCF, 1946 Nobel peace laureate * Bobby Muller (born 1946) – Vietnam vet and driving force behind campaign to ban landmines, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize * Alaa Murabit (born 1989) – Libyan Canadian physician and human rights advocate for inclusive peace and security * Craig Murray (born 1958) – British former diplomat turned whistleblower, human rights activist and anti-war campaigner * John Middleton Murry (1889–1957) – British author, sponsor of the Peace Pledge Union, and editor of ''Peace News'' 1940–1946 * A. J. Muste (1885–1967) – American pacifist, organizer, anti-Vietnam War leader :

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* Otfried Nassauer, Ottfried Nassauer (1956–2020) – German journalist and researcher, activist for arms control and against arms exports * Abie Nathan (1927–2008) – Israeli humanitarian, founded Voice of Peace radio, met with all sides of a conflict * Ezra Nawi (1952–2021) – Israeli human rights activist and pacifist * Paul Newman (1925–2008) – American anti-war protester, actor * Gabriela Ngirmang (1922–2007) – Palauan peace and anti-nuclear activist * Elizabeth 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 concentration camp, Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camp, Dachau, vocal pacifist and campaigner for disarmament * Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982) – British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician, Olympic silver medallist, active campaigner for disarmament, Nobel Peace Prize 1959, co-founder with

of the World Disarmament Campaign * Louise Nørlund (1854–1919) – Danish feminist and peace activist * Sari Nusseibeh (born 1949) – Palestinian activist :

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* Phil Ochs (1940–1976) – American anti-Vietnam war singer/songwriter, initiated protest events * Paul Oestreich (1878–1959) – German educator, board member of the "German Peace Society" in 1921– 1926 * Paul Oestreicher (born 1931) – German-born British human rights activist, Canon emeritus of Coventry Cathedral, Christian pacifist, active in post-war reconciliation * Yoko Ono (born 1933) – Japanese anti-Vietnam war campaigner in America and Europe * Ciaron O'Reilly (born 1960) – Australian pacifist, anti-war activist, Catholic Worker, served prison time in America and Ireland for disarming war material * Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938) – German pacifist, Nobel peace laureate, the opponent of Nazi rearmament * Geoffrey Ostergaard (1926–1990) – British political scientist, academic, writer, anarchist, pacifist * Laurence Overmire (born 1957) – American poet, author, theorist :

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* Olof Palme (1927–1986) – Swedish prime minister, diplomat * Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor (1878–1952) – British anti-war activist * Medha Patkar (born 1954) – Indian activist for Tribals and Dalits affected by dam projects *

(1822–1912) – French economist, peace activist and joint recipient (together with

) 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, pacifist * Linus Pauling (1901–1994) – American anti-nuclear testing advocate and leader * James Peck (pacifist), James Peck 1914–1993 – American anti-war and civil rights activist; advocate of nonviolent civil disobedience * Priscilla Hannah Peckover (1833–1931) – English pacifist, nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize * Mattityahu Peled (1923–1995) – Israeli scholar, officer and peace activist * Miko 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) * Concepción Picciotto (born 1945?) – Spanish-born

and anti-war protester, White House Peace Vigil * Abbé Pierre (1912–2007) – French priest, founder of the Emmaus (charity), Emmaus movement * Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) – American activist, walked the highways and streets of America promoting peace * Amparo Poch y Gascón (1902–1968) – Spanish anarchist, pacifist and physician * Maria Pognon (1844–1925) – French writer, feminist, suffragist and pacifist * Joseph Polowsky (1916–1983) – American GI, advocate of better relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union between 1955 and 1983 * Pomnyun Sunim (born 1952) – South Korean author, peace activist
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* Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897–1989) – Dutch economist, feminist, pacifist * Vasily Pozdnyakov (1869–1921) – Russian conscientious objector and writer * Manasi Pradhan (born 1962) – Indian activist; founder of Honour for Women National Campaign * Devi Prasad (artist), Devi Prasad (1921–2011) – Indian activist and artist * Harriet Dunlop Prenter (1865 or 1856–1939) – Canadian feminist, pacifist * Christoph Probst (1919–1943) – German pacifist and member of the anti-Nazi White Rose resistance :

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* Ludwig Quidde (1858–1941) – German pacifist, 1927 Nobel peace laureate :

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* 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 1958 * Gabrielle Radziwill (1877–1968) – Lithuanian pacifist, feminist and League of Nations official * Clara Ragaz (1874–1957) – Swiss pacifist and feminist * Bil'in, Abdullah Abu Rahmah – Palestinian peace activist * Milan Rai (born 1965) – British writer and anti-war activist * Justin Raimondo (born 1951) – American author, anti-war activist, founder of Antiwar.com * Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann (1871–1957) – Dutch teacher, feminist and pacifist * José Ramos-Horta (born 1949) – East Timorese politician, head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, Nobel peace laureate * Michael Randle (born 1933) – British peace activist and co-organiser of the first Aldermaston March * Darrell Rankin (born 1957) – Canadian peace activist and Communist politician * Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973) – first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, lifelong pacifist * Marcus Raskin (1934–2017) – American social critic, opponent of the Vietnam war and the draft * Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005) – Israeli poet and peace activist * Betty 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 proponent * Ernie Regehr – Canadian peace researcher * Eugen Relgis (1865–1987) – Romanian writer, pacifist and anarchist * Patrick Reinsborough (born 1972) – American anti-war activist and author * Megan Rice SHCJ (1930–2021) – Sister of the Holy Child and antinuclear disarmament activist * Henry 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 (1848–84) * 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 them * Renate Riemeck (1920–2003) – German historian and Christian peace activist * Ellen Robinson (1840–1912) – British peace campaigner * Julian Perry Robinson (1941–2020) – British peace researcher * Adi Roche (born 1955) – Irish activist, chief executive of the charity Chernobyl Children International * Douglas Roche (1929) – Canadian author, parliamentarian, diplomat, and peace activist * Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) – Russian visionary artist and mystic, creator of the Roerich Pact and Nobel Peace Prize candidate * Amelia Rokotuivuna (1941–2005) – Fijian opponent of French nuclear tests in the Pacific * Romain Rolland (1866–1944) – French dramatist, novelist, essayist, anti-war activist * Óscar Romero (1917–1980) – Venerable Archbishop of San Salvador * Martha Root (1872–1939) – American Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí traveling teacher * Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888–1973) – historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyond * Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) – German Jewish theologian (rabi) and philosopher * Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) – American author, political theorist, historian, staunch opponent of military interventions * Elisabeth Rotten (1882–1964) – German-born Swiss peace activist and education reformer * Coleen 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 activist * Jerry Rubin (1938–1994) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, co-founder of the Yippies * Otto Rühle (1874–1943) – German Marxist and pacifist * Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) – British philosopher, logician, mathematician, outspoken advocate of

* Han Ryner (1861–1938) – French anarchist philosopher, pacifist :

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* 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 *

(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 writer * Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989) – Russian nuclear physicist, human rights activist, and pacifist * Ada Salter (1866–1942) – English Quaker and pacifist, a founding member of

* 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 (organization), Emergency * Mark Satin (born 1946) – American political theorist, anti-war proponent, draft-resistance organizer, philosopher, and writer * Gerd Grønvold Saue (born 1930) – Norwegian writer and peace activist * Jean-René Saulière (1911–1999) – French anarchist and pacifist * Jonathan Schell (1943–2014) – American writer and campaigner against nuclear weapons, anti-war activist * Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) – German student and Christian pacifist, active in the White Rose non-violent German resistance to Nazism, 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 Peace Action, The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy * Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954) – child activist, Bachpan Bachao Aandolan, Nobel Peace Prize * Rosika Schwimmer (1877–1948) – Hungarian feminist, pacifist and suffragist * Molly Scott Cato (born 1963) – British green economist, Green Party politician, pacifist, and anti-nuclear campaigner * Pete Seeger (1919–2014) – American singer, anti-war protester and inspirational singer/songwriter * Margarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922) – German zoologist, feminist, and pacifist * Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader), Ravi Shankar (born 1956) – Indian spiritual teacher, humanitarian leader, and ambassador of peace * Jeff Sharlet (activist), Jeff Sharlet (1942–1969) – American journalist and anti-Vietnam war soldier * Gene 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 activist * Cindy Sheehan (born 1957) – American anti-Iraq and anti-Afghanistan war leader * Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (1878–1916) – Irish feminist, peace activist and writer * Martin Sheen (born 1940) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear bomb protester, inspirational actor * Nancy Shelley Order of Australia, OAM (died 2010) – Quaker who represented the Anti-nuclear movement in Australia, Australian peace movement at the UN in 1982 * Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) – English Romantic poet, non-violent philosopher, and inspiration * Dick Sheppard (priest), Dick Sheppard (1880–1937) – Anglican priest and Christian pacifist, started the

* David Dean Shulman (born 1949) – American indologist, humanist, peace activist and defender of Palestinian human rights * Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze (1885–1969) – German theologian and pacifist * Toma Sik (1939–2004) – Hungarian-Israeli peace activist * Jeanmarie Simpson (born 1959) – American feminist and peace activist * Ramjee Singh (born 1927) – Indian activist, philosopher, and Gandhian * Ellen 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 Buddhism, engaged Buddhist activist * Samantha Smith (1972–1985) – American schoolgirl, young advocate of peace between Soviets and Americans * Julia Solly (1862–1953) – British-born South African suffragist, feminist and pacifist * Miriam Soljak (1879–1971) – New Zealand feminist, communist, unemployed-rights activist and pacifist * Myrtle Solomon (1921–1987) – British General Secretary of the

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* Cornelio Sommaruga (born 1932) – Swiss diplomat, president of the ICRC (1987–1999), founding President of Initiatives of Change, Initiatives of Change International * Donald Soper (1903–1998) – British Methodist minister, president of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and active in the

* Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) – American pediatrician, anti-Vietnam war protester, writer, inspiration * Hope Squire (1878–1936) – British composer, pianist, and activist * Helene Stähelin (1891–1970) – Swiss mathematician and peace activist * Ringo Starr (born 1940) – British singer-songwriter, member of The Beatles * Helen Steven (1942–2016) – Scottish Quakers, Quaker and co-founder of the Scottish Centre for Nonviolence * Cat Stevens (born 1948) – British singer-songwriter, convert to Islam, and humanitarian * Lilian Stevenson (1870–1960) – Irish peace activist and historiographer * Joffre Stewart (1925–2019) – American poet, anarchist, and pacifist * Frances Benedict Stewart (fl. 1920s–1950s) – Chilean-born American sociologist, pacifist, feminist and Baháʼí Faith pioneer * Gino Strada (1948–2021) – Italian surgeon, anti-war activist, human rights activist, and founder of Emergency (organization), Emergency * David Swanson (born 1969) – American anti-war activist, blogger and author * Ivan Supek (1915–2007) – Croatian physicist, philosopher, peace activist and writer * Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914) – Czech-Austrian pacifist, first woman Nobel peace laureate * Helena Swanwick (1864–1939) – British feminist and pacifist :

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* Kathleen Tacchi-Morris (1899–1993) – British dancer, founder of Women for World Disarmament * Tamanend (c. 1625–c. 1701) – known as a lover of peace and friendship, the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenape, 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 pacifist * Tank Man – Stood in front of the tank during 1989 China protest * Peter Tatchell (born 1952) – Australian-born British LGBT and human rights campaigner, founder of Christians for Peace * Eve Tetaz (born 1931) – retired American teacher, peace and justice activist * Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926–2022) – Vietnamese Vietnamese Thiền, Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and inspirator of engaged Buddhism * Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1936–1989) – Activist for the New Caledonia movement * Thomas (activist), Thomas (1947–2009) – American anti-nuclear activist, White House peace vigil * Ellen Thomas (born 1947) – American peace activist, White House peace vigil * Helen Thomas (activist), Helen 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 (historian), Dorothy Thompson (1923–2011) – English historian and peace activist * Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) – American writer, philosopher, inspiration to movement leaders * Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976) – British actress and pacifist; member of the Peace Pledge Union who gave readings for its benefit * Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – Russian writer on nonviolence, inspiration to Gandhi, Bevel, and other movement leaders * Aya Virginie Touré – Ivorian peace activist, proponent of non-violent resistance * Setsuko Thurlow (born 1932) – Japanese-Canadian non-nuclear weapon activist, figure of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) * Jakow Trachtenberg (1888–1953) – Russian engineer and pacifist * André and Magda Trocmé, André Trocmé (1901–1971), with his wife Italian-born André and Magda Trocmé, 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 Society * Barbara Grace Tucker – Australian born peace activist, long time participant of the Parliament Square Peace Campaign * Titia van der Tuuk (1854–1939) – Dutch feminist and pacifist * Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) – South African cleric, initiator, anti-apartheid * Clara Tybjerg (1864–1941) – Danish feminist, peace activist and educator :

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* Jo Vallentine (born 1946) – Australian politician and peace activist * Alfred Vanderpol (1854–1915) – French engineer, pacifist and writer * Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954) – Israeli whistleblower * Krista van Velzen (born 1974) – Dutch politician, pacifist and antimilitarist * Madeleine Vernet (1878–1949) – French educator, writer and pacifist * Llorenç Vidal Vidal (born 1936) – Spanish poet, educator and pacifist * Stellan Vinthagen (born 1964) – Swedish anti-war and nonviolent resistance scholar-activist * Louis Vitale (born 1932) – American anti-war activist and Franciscan friar * Bruno Vogel (1898–1987) – German pacifist and writer * Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear writer and protester :

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* Lillian Wald (1867–1940) – American nurse, writer, human rights activist, suffragist and pacifist * Julia Grace Wales (1881–1957) – Canadian academic and pacifist * John Wallach (1943–2002) – American journalist, founder of Seeds of Peace * Alyn Ware (born 1962) – New Zealand peace educator and campaigner, global coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament since 2002 * Roger Waters (born 1943) – English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd, and anti-war activist * Christopher Weeramantry (1926–2017) – President of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms, former Sri Lankan Supreme Court Judge * Mary Wilhelmine Williams (1878–1944) – American historian, feminist and pacifist * Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) – New Zealand peace researcher and activist * Anita Parkhurst Willcox (1892–1984) – American artist, feminist, pacifist * Betty Williams (peace activist), Betty Williams (1943–2020) – Nobel peace laureate for her work towards bringing about reconciliation in Northern Ireland * Jody Williams (born 1950) – American anti-landmine advocate and organizer, Nobel peace laureate * Waldo 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 war * George Willoughby (activist), George 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 lawyer * Lawrence S. Wittner (born 1941) – American peace historian, researcher, and movement activist * Lilian Wolfe (1875–1974) – British anarchist, pacifist, feminist * Walter Wolfgang (1923–2019) – German-born British activist * Ann 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 campaigner * Louise Wright (activist), Louise Wright (1861–1935) – Danish philanthropist, feminist and peace activist * Mien van Wulfften Palthe (1875–1960) – Dutch feminist, suffragist and pacifist * David Wylie (author), David Wylie (born 1929) – American attorney, author, and peace activist :

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* Peter Yarrow (born 1938) – American singer-songwriter, anti-war activist * Cheng Yen (born 1937) – Taiwanese Buddhist nun (bhikkhuni) and founder of Tzu Chi, Tzu Chi Foundation * Ada Yonath (born 1939) – Israeli Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009, pacifist * Yosano Akiko (1878–1942) – Japanese writer, feminist, pacifist * Edip Yüksel (born 1957) – Kurdish-Turkish-American lawyer/author, Islamic peace proponent * Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) – Pakistani peace advocate :

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* L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917) – creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language, fascinated by the idea of a world without war * Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) – Cuban-born American historian, lawyer in international law and human rights, vociferous critic of military interventions and the use of torture * Angie Zelter (born 1951) – British anti-war and anti-nuclear activist, co-founder of Trident Ploughshares * Clara Zetkin (1857–1933) – German Marxist, feminist and pacifist * Howard Zinn (1922–2010) – American historian, writer, peace advocate * Arnold Zweig (1887–1968) – German writer and anti-war activist :

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