Politician and human rights activist.
Founded a union and was the first president of Poland after the end of the Eastern Bloc. Was in office between 1990 and 1995. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.

Activist.
A leading figure in India's struggle for independence. He promoted the principles of peaceful disobedience and nonviolence.

Portuguese Consul-General in Bordeaux.
Saved thousands of Jews during the Nazi regime by issuing visas in contravention of instructions from the Portuguese government.

Politician
After being imprisoned for 27 years for his struggle against the regime of racial segregation, he was the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Contributed to the reconciliation of his country. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Politician.
Has fought for the abolition of slavery in his country. Was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize in 2013.

After a battle in Solferino (Italy), in 1859, he organized a medical aid mission for the Italian, French and Austrian soldiers who participated in the conflict. He wrote about the possibility of assisting wounded soldiers in enemy territories, regardless of their origin. This initiative of his lead to the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (1863), and to the adoption of the Geneva Convention (1864).

Activist.
Fought for indigenous rights and ethnic reconciliation in her country. Some of her family members were murdered by the Guatemalan regime. Despite this, Rigoberta led the negotiations for reconciliation. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992

Jurist and Scholar.
Worked at the United Nations for 20 years, and proposed the creation of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 1963.

Migrant rights' activist.
Was consul in Mexico where she reported trafficking in human beings. Was found dead in her home in 2017.

Activist
Led the civil rights struggle in the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Activist.
Chinese-American, human rights activist. Spent 19 years in forced labour camps in China. Emigrated to the United States and founded, in 1992, the Laogai Research Foundation, dedicated to spreading the brutalities committed in the forced labour fields in China.

Activist
Founded the Green Belt Movement to advocate women's rights, environmental protection and tree planting. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

Businessman
Saved over 1,300 Jews during the period of the Nazi regime.

Lawyer
Provided free legal assistance to people who were victims of human rights violations. Was awarded the Sakharov Prize in 2007.

Lawyer.
Has been dedicated to the defence of political prisoners of the political regime in her country. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.

Writer, scholar and activist
Was arrested because of his political activity. His son was murdered by the Israeli army while trying to rescue a wounded colleague. Nevertheless, Izzat never stopped fighting for there to be communication between Israelis and Palestinians. Was awarded the Sakharov Prize in 2001.

Lawyer
Provided free legal support to women and children sentenced to death by stoning as punishment for adultery or amputation as punishment for theft. Was awarded the Sakharov Prize in 2005.

Politician.
Was the first woman to be elected head of state in Africa (Liberia, between 2006 and 2018). Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.

Elected municipal councilwoman of Rio de Janeiro, she was an activist for the rights of black women, homosexuals, and young people. Was murdered in 2018.

Was kidnapped in 2014 by ISIS and made a sex slave, and only managed to escape after three months. She reported the crimes committed by the abductors and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018.

Activist
Fought for the rights of Pakistani women, including the right to education. She was the youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize (Peace, 2014).

Was the founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité, a non-governmental organization that promotes the role of women in politics in Africa.

Activist for the rights of indigenous women. Was murdered by robbers.

Journalist, actress and activist.
Fought for gay and lesbian rights in the UK.

Activist.
Worked for the protection of children kidnapped by her country's military forces. Was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize in 1998.

Human rights activist and opponent of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Was murdered with her daughter in her home (Turkey) in 2017.

Nuclear Physicist and Activist.
Led the project that resulted in the Soviet Union hydrogen bomb. Aware of the dangers of his work, he fought for non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Was a dissenting voice of the Soviet regime, where he fought for fundamental rights. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. The European Parliament has established a prize with his name.

Tenzin Gyatso, Buddhist monk, 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his nonviolent fight for the liberation of Tibet, and for his environmental concerns.

Doctor.

Founded a hospital specializing in the treatment of women victims of rape. In 2018, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (along with Nadia Murad, a Congolese women's rights activist) and the United Nations Human Rights Prize.

Journalist, politician and activist.

Fought for press freedom in Yemen and founded the Women Journalists Without Chains movement in 2005. Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.