• The Nobel Peace Prize has been recognizing global strides in peace-making since 1901. • Famous recipients range from the Dalai Lama to Barack Obama. • The 2025 winner is María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan politician and activist.
It's been 124 years since the first Nobel Peace Prize was handed out to one of the cofounders of the Red Cross and the founder of the first French Peace Society.
Since then, activists, politicians, diplomats, authors, humanitarian organizations, and political prisoners from across the world have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
This year's winner, María Corina Machado, is the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, which is currently under autocratic rule.
Here's who has won the Nobel Peace Prize every year it has been awarded, from 1901 to 202