Thislist of peace activists includes people who have proactively advocateddiplomatic , philosophical, and non-military resolution of major territorial or ideological disputes throughnonviolent means and methods. Peaceactivists usually work with others in the overallanti-war andpeace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating to, and held in place by, the various violent, habitual, and historically fearful thought-processes residing at the core of these conflicts, with the intention of peacefully ending the conflicts themselves.
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Ambedkar Uri Avnery Diane Abbott , British formerLabour Party and current IndependentMember of Parliament (MP) and patron of anti-war groupStop the War Coalition Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964–2011) – Kenyan peace activist, government consultantDavid Adams (born 1939) – American author and peace activist, task force chair of the United NationsInternational Year for the Culture of Peace , coordinator of theCulture of Peace News Network [ 1] Jane Addams (1860–1935) – American, national chairman ofWoman's Peace Party , co-founder and president ofWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom Ruth Adler (1944–1994) – feminist, and human rights campaigner in ScotlandEqbal Ahmad (1933/34–1999) – Pakistani political scientist, activistMartti Ahtisaari (1937–2023) – former president of Finland, active in conflict resolutionRobert Baker Aitken (1917–2010) –Zen BuddhistRōshi and anti-war activist,anti-nuclear testing activist, and proponent ofdeep ecology Tadatoshi Akiba (born 1942) – Japanese pacifist andnuclear disarmament advocate, former mayor ofHiroshima Widad Akrawi (born 1969) – Danish-Kurdish peace advocate, organizerStew Albert (1939–2006) – American anti-Vietnam war activist, organizerAbdulkadir Yahya Ali (1957–2005) – Somali peace activist and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue in SomaliaB. 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Ambedkar (1891–1956) – Polymath, economist, jurist, social reformer, civil rights leader, political philosopher andrevivalist of Buddhism in India Günther Anders (born Günther Siegmund Stern, 1902–1992) – German philosopher and a critic of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrenceGhassan Andoni (born 1956) – Palestinian physicist, Christian, advocate ofnon-violent resistance Andrea Andreen (1888–1972) – Swedish physician, pacifist, and feministAnnot (1894–1981) – German artist, anti-war andanti-nuclear activistJosé Argüelles (1939–2011) – AmericanNew Age author and pacifistÉmile Armand (1872–1963) – French anarchist and pacifist writerÉmile Arnaud (1864–1921) – French peace campaigner, coined the word "pacifism"Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916) – Swedish pacifist, Nobel peace laureate, founder of theSwedish Peace and Arbitration Society Ya'akov Arnon (1913–1995) – Israeli economist, government official and pacifistVittorio Arrigoni (1975–2011) – Italian reporter, anti-war activistPat Arrowsmith (1930–2023) – British author and peace campaigner, co-founder ofCND Arik Ascherman (born 1959) – Israeli-American rabbi and advocate for human rights in Israel and PalestineMuhammad Ashafa (born 1960) – Nigerian Imam and co-founder of the Interfaith Mediation Center of the Muslim-Christian DialogueSteve Ashley (born 1946) — British singer-songwriter and peace campaignerMargaret Ashton (1856–1937) – British suffragist, local politician, pacifistNafez Assaily (born 1956) – Palestinian sociologist and long-term advocate of nonviolenceJulian Assange (born 1971) – founder ofWikiLeaks , recipient of numerous prizes and awards, and one of only six people to be recognised with theGold medal for Peace with Justice of the Sydney Peace FoundationAnita Augspurg (1857–1943) – German lawyer, writer, feminist, pacifistUri Avnery (1923–2018) – Israeli writer and founder ofGush Shalom Mubarak Awad (born 1943) – Palestinian–American advocate of nonviolent resistance, founder of thePalestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence Ali Abu Awwad (born 1972) – Palestinian peace activist and proponent of nonviolence fromBeit Ummar , founder ofTaghyeer (Change) Movement Ayo Ayoola-Amale (born 1970) – Nigerian conflict resolution professional, ombudsman, peace builder and poetMedea Benjamin James Bevel Elise M. Boulding José Bové Caoimhe Butterly Anton Bacalbașa (1865–1899) – Romanian Marxist and pacifistEva Bacon (1909–1994) – Australian socialist, feminist, pacifistGertrud Baer (1890–1981) – German Jewish peace activist, and a founding member of theWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom Joan Baez (born 1941) – American anti-war protester, inspirational singerMatilde Bajer (1840–1934) – Danish feminist and peace activistsElla Baker (1903–1986) – African-American civil rights activist, feminist, pacifistEmily Greene Balch (1867–1961) – American pacifist, leader ofWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom , and 1946 Nobel peace laureateErnesto Balducci (1922–1992) – Italian priest and peace activistRoger Nash Baldwin (1884–1981) – American pacifist, leader in Civil Liberties Bureau ofAmerican Union Against Militarism , supporting conscientious objectors to World War I; lifelong civil libertarian, co-founder ofACLU Edith Ballantyne (1922–2025) – Czech-Canadian peace activistMary Barbour (1875–1958) – Scottish socialist, a founder ofthe Women's Peace Crusade , local councillor and magistrate; involved in theRed Clydeside movementDaniel Barenboim (born 1942) – pianist and conductor, joint founder – withEdward Said – of theWest–Eastern Divan Orchestra , citizen of Argentina, Israel, Palestine and SpainChristine Ross Barker (1866–1940) – Canadian pacifist and suffragistLudwig Bauer (1878–1935) – Austro-Swiss writer and pacifistArchibald Baxter (1881–1970) – New Zealand pacifist, socialist, and anti-war activistAlaide Gualberta Beccari (1842–1906) – Italian feminist, pacifist and social reformerYolanda Becerra (born 1959) – Colombian feminist and peace activistHenriette Beenfeldt (1878–1949) – radical Danish peace activistHarry Belafonte (1927–2023) – American anti-war protester, performerCarlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (born 1948) –East Timorese bishop, Nobel peace laureatePope Benedict XV (1854–1922, Pope 1914–1922) – advocated peace throughout WW1; opposed aerial warfare; promoted humanitarian initiatives to protect children, prisoners of war, the wounded and missing personsMedea Benjamin (born 1952) – American author, organizer, co-founder of the anti-militaristCode Pink Tony Benn (1925–2014) – British Member of Parliament, anti-war and anti-imperialism campaigner, one of the founders of theStop the War Coalition Meg Beresford (born 1937) – British activist,European Nuclear Disarmament movementDaniel Berrigan (1921–2016) – American anti-Vietnam war protester, Jesuit (Catholic) priest, poet, author, anti-nuke and warFrida Berrigan (born 1974) – American antinuclear activistPhilip Berrigan (1923–2002) – American anti-Vietnam war protester, former Josephite (Catholic) priest, author, anti-nuke and warJames Bevel (1936–2008) – American civil rights activist, anti-Vietnam war leader, organizerVinoba Bhave (1895–1982) – Indian, Gandhian, teacher, author, organizerWilliam J. Bichsel ("Bix") (1928–2015) – American Jesuit priest and antinuclear activistAlbert Bigelow (1906–1993) – former US Navy officer turned pacifist, skipper of the first vessel to attempt disruption of the atmospheric testing of nuclear weaponsIone Biggs (1916–2005) – American human rights activistLotte Binder (1888–1930) – Transylvanian pacifist feministDoris Blackburn (1889–1970) – Australian social reformer, politician, pacifistJanet Bloomfield (1953–2007) – British peace and disarmament campaigner, chair of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament Bhikkhu Bodhi (born 1944) – American Theravada Buddhist monk and founder ofBuddhist Global Relief [ 2] Kees Boeke (1884–1966) – Dutch educator, missionary and pacifistBeatrice Boeke-Cadbury (1884–1976) – English social activist, educator, Quaker missionary and pacifistCarl Bonnevie (1881–1972) – Norwegian jurist and peace activistBono (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist; bornPaul David Hewson [ 3] Charles-Auguste Bontemps (1893–1981) – French anarchist, pacifist, writerJohn Bosco (1815–1888) – Italian priest, educator and author, who devoted his life to disadvantaged youth; founded theSalesians of Don Bosco and developed the nonviolentSalesian Preventive System of teachingElise M. Boulding (1920–2010) – Norwegian-born American sociologist, specialising in academic peace researchAlbert Bourderon (1858–1930) – French socialist and pacifistJulia Boutros – Lebanese singer, humanitarian activist, and pacifist known as the "Lioness of Lebanon"José Bové (born 1953) – French farmer, politician, pacifistNorma Elizabeth Boyd (1888–1985) – African American politically active educator, children's rights proponent, pacifistHeloise Brainerd (1881–1969) – American women activist, pacifistSophonisba Breckinridge (1866–1948) – American educator, social reformer, pacifistLenni Brenner (born 1937) – Americancivil rights activist, opposed to the Vietnam war and strongopponent of Zionism Robin Briant (born 1939), New Zealand doctor and chair ofInternational Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Pierre Brizon (1878–1923) – French politician and pacifistVera Brittain (1893–1970) – British writer, pacifistJosé Brocca (1891–1950) – Spanish activist, international delegateWar Resisters' International , organiser of relief efforts during the Spanish Civil WarHugh Brock (1914–1985) – lifelong British pacifist and editor ofPeace News Peter Brock (1920–2006) – British-born Canadian pacifist historianFenner Brockway (1888–1988) – British politician andLabour MP ; humanist, pacifist and anti-imperialist; opposed conscription and founded theNo-Conscription Fellowship in 1914; first chairperson of theWar Resisters' International (1926–1934); founder member of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament and of the charityWar on Want Emilia Broomé (1866–1925) – Swedish politician, feminist and peace activistBrigid Brophy (1929–1995) – British novelist, feminist, pacifistOlympia Brown (1835–1926) – American theologist, suffragist, pacifistElihu Burritt (1810–1879) – American diplomat, social activistCaoimhe Butterly (born 1978) – Irish peace and human rights activistMaria C. Buțureanu (1872–1919) – Romanian educator and feminist pacifistCharles Roden Buxton (1875–1942) – BritishLiberal and laterLabour MP , philanthropist and peace activist, critical of theTreaty of Versailles return to table of contents
Helen Caldicott Montserrat Cervera Rodon Judy Collins Peter Ritchie Calder (1906–1982) – Scottish science journalist, socialist and peace activistHelen Caldicott (born 1938) – Australian physician,anti-nuclear activist, revivedPhysicians for Social Responsibility , campaigner against the dangers ofradiation Hélder Câmara (1909–1999) – Brazilian archbishop, advocate ofliberation theology , opponent of military dictatorshipMarcelle Capy (1891–1962), novelist, journalist, pacifistAngelo Cardona (born 1997), Colombian peace activist, pacifistAndrew Carnegie (1835–1919) – American industrialist and founder of theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace April Carter (1937–2022) – British peace activist, researcher, editorJimmy Carter (1924–2024) – American negotiator and former US president, organizer, international conflict resolutionRené Cassin (1887–1976) – French jurist, professor, and judge, co-wrote the 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen (1865–1952) – Danish peace activistPierre Cérésole (1879–1945) – Swiss engineer, founder ofService Civil International (SCI) or International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP)Montserrat Cervera Rodon (born 1949) – Catalan anti-militarist, feminist, and women's health activistFélicien Challaye (1875–1967) – French philosopher and pacifistÉmile Chartier (1868–1951) – French philosopher, educator and pacifistSimone Tanner Chaumet (1916–1962) – French peace activistCesar Chavez (1927–1993) – American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activistHelen Chenevix (1886–1963) – Irish suffragist, trade unionist, pacifistAda Nield Chew (1870–1945) – British suffragist and pacifistMolly Childers (1875–1964) – Irish writer, nationalist, pacifistNoam Chomsky (born 1928) – American linguist, philosopher, and activistAlice Amelia Chown (1866–1949) – Canadian feminist, pacifist and writerHoward Clark (1950–2013) – British peace activist, deputy editor ofPeace News War Resisters' International .Ramsey Clark (1927–2021) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear lawyer, activist, former U.S. Attorney GeneralHelena Cobban (born 1952) – British peace activist, journalist, authorWilliam Sloane Coffin (1924–2006) – American cleric, anti-war activistJames Colaianni (1922–2016) – American author, publisher, first anti-Napalm organizerJudy Collins (born 1939) – American anti-war singer/songwriter, protesterAlex Comfort (1920–2000) – British scientist, physician, writer, pacifist, conscientious objector and author ofThe Joy of Sex Alecu Constantinescu (1872–1949) – Romanian trade unionist, journalist and pacifistJeremy Corbyn (born 1949) – British politician, socialist, long-time anti-war, anti-imperialism and anti-racism campaignerTom Cornell – American anti-war activist, initiated first anti-Vietnam War protestRachel Corrie (1979–2003) – American activist for Palestinian human rights[ 4] [ 5] David Cortright – American anti-nuclear weapon leaderNorman Cousins (1915–1990) – American journalist, author, organizer, initiatorSusan Crane (born c.1943) – American antinuclear activistRandal Cremer (1828–1908) – British trade unionist andLiberal MP (1885–1895, 1900–1908); pacifist; leading advocate for international arbitration; co-founded theInter-Parliamentary Union and theInternational Arbitration League ; promoted theHague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 ; awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1903)Frances Crowe (1919–2019) – American pacifist,anti-nuclear power activist, draft counselor supporting conscientious objectorsEdvin Kanka Ćudić (born 1988) – Bosnian human rights and peace activist, founder and coordinator ofAssociation for Social Research and Communications (UDIK)Adam Curle (1916–2006) – Quaker peace activist; first professor ofpeace studies in the UKreturn to table of contents Dorothy Day David Dellinger Margaretta D'Arcy (born 1934) – Irish actress, writer and peace activistMohammed Dajani Daoudi (born 1946) – Palestinian professor and peace activistThora Daugaard (1874–1951) – Danish feminist, pacifist, journal editor and translatorGeorge Maitland Lloyd Davies (1880–1949) – Welsh pacifist and anti-war campaigner, chair of thePeace Pledge Union (1946–1949)Rennie Davis (1941–2021) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, organizerDorothy Day (1897–1980) – American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of theCatholic Worker movementJohn Dear (born 1959) – American priest, author, and nonviolent activistÉlisabeth Decrey Warner (born 1953) – Swiss peace activist, founder ofGeneva Call Siri Derkert (1888–1973) – Swedish artist, pacifist and feministDavid Dellinger (1915–2004) – American pacifist, organizer, anti-war leaderMichael Denborough AM (1929–2014) – Australian medical researcher who founded theNuclear Disarmament Party Dorothy Detzer (1893–1981) – American feminist, peace activist, U.S. secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and FreedomAmanda Deyo (1838–?) – American Universalist minister, peace activist, correspondentMary Dingman (1875–1961) – American social and peace activistAnita Dobelli (1865–?) – Italian peace activist and pacifist feministAlma Dolens (1876–?) – Italian pacifist and suffragistFrank Dorrel – American peace activist, publisher ofAddicted to War Ann Druyan (born 1949) – American documentary producer, vocal advocate for nuclear disarmamentW. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) – American socialist, historian, civil rights activist, peace activist and authorGabrielle Duchêne (1870–1954) – French feminist and pacifistMuriel Duckworth (1908–2009) – Canadian pacifist, feminist and community activist, founder ofNova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace Élie Ducommun (1833–1906) – Swiss pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureatePeggy Duff (1910–1981) – British peace activist, socialist, founder and first General Secretary ofCND Henry Dunant (1828–1910) – Swiss businessman and social activist, founder of theRed Cross , and the joint first Nobel peace laureate (withFrédéric Passy )Roberta Dunbar (died 1956) – American clubwoman and peace activistMel Duncan (born 1950) – American pacifist, founding executive director ofNonviolent Peaceforce B. D. Dykstra (1871–1955) – Dutch American pastor, writer, newspaper editor, and pacifistreturn to table of contents
Abdul Sattar Edhi Hedy Epstein Crystal Eastman (1881–1928) – American lawyer, suffragist, pacifist, journalist, co-founder ofACLU Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) – Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, Nobel peace laureateDavid Eberhardt (born 1941) – American antiwar activistAnna B. Eckstein (1868–1947) – German advocate ofworld peace Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928–2016) – Pakistani philanthropist, created the world's largest ambulance network (EDHI )Nikolaus Ehlen (1886–1965) – German pacifist teacherHans Ehrenberg (1883–1958) – German Jewish philosopher and Christian theologianAlbert Einstein (1879–1955) – German-born American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate in physicsDaniel Ellsberg (1931–2023) – American anti-war whistleblower, protester, leaked thePentagon Papers Robert Ellsberg (born 1955) – American religious publisher, peace activist and editorScilla Elworthy (born 1943) – British Quaker, founded theOxford Research Group andPeace Direct ; advised in setting upThe Elders James Gareth Endicott (1898–1993) – Canadian missionary, initiator, organizer, protesterHedy Epstein (1924–2016) – Jewish-American antiwar activist, escaped Nazi Germany on theKindertransport ; active in opposition to Israeli military policiesGladys del Estal (1956–1979) – Basque ecological activist, shot dead by theGuardia Civil at a protest against theLemóniz Nuclear Power Plant and theBardenas firing rangeDorothy Evans (1888–1944) – Hunger-striking Britishsuffragette , secretary ofWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom Jodie Evans (born 1954) – American political activist, co-founder ofCode Pink , initiator, organizer, filmmakerMaya Evans – British peace campaigner, arrested for reading out, nearThe Cenotaph , the names of British soldiers killed in Iraqreturn to table of contents
Ursula Franklin Mildred Fahrni (1900–1992) – Canadian pacifist, feminist, internationally active in the peace movementAndrew Feinstein (born 1964) – South African activist against the arms trade; first member of the South African Parliament to introduce a motion on the HolocaustMichael Ferber (born 1944) – American author, professor, anti-war activistBenjamin Ferencz (1920–2023) – American chief prosecutor[ 6] Einsatzgruppen Trial Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021) – American poet, painter, peace and social activist[ 7] [ 8] Hermann Fernau (born 1883) – German lawyer, writer, journalist and pacifistSolange Fernex (1934–2006) – French peace activist and politicianBeatrice Fihn (born 1982) – Swedish anti-nuclear activist, chairperson ofInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)Genevieve Fiore (1912–2002) – American women's rights and peace activistIngrid Fiskaa (born 1977) – Norwegian politician and peace activistJane Fonda (born 1937) – American anti-war protester, actressHenni Forchhammer (1863–1955) – Danish educator, feminist and pacifistJim Forest (1941–2022) – American author, international secretary of the Orthodox Peace FellowshipRandall Forsberg (1943–2007) – led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden ofmilitary spending , and promote democratic institutions; career started at theStockholm International Peace Research Institute in 1968Tom Fox (1951–2006) – American QuakerDiana Francis (born 1944) – British peace activist and scholar, former president of theInternational Fellowship of Reconciliation Ursula Franklin (1921–2016) – German-Canadian scientist, pacifist and feminist, whose research helped end atmospheric nuclear testingMarcia Freedman (1938–2021) – American-Israeli peace activist, feminist and supporter of gay rightsComfort Freeman – Liberian anti-war activistMaikki Friberg (1861–1927) – Finnish educator, journal editor, suffragist and peace activistAlfred Fried (1864–1921) – co-founder of German peace movement, called for world peace organizationreturn to table of contents Mahatma Gandhi Emma Goldman Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama ofTibet on the 2006 United StatesCongressional Gold Medal Arun Manilal Gandhi (1934–2023) – Indian, organizer, educator, grandson of MohandasMahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) – Indian, writer, organizer, protester, lawyer, inspiration to movement leadersAlfonso García Robles (1911–1991) – Mexican diplomat, the driving force behind theTreaty of Tlatelolco , setting up a nuclear-free zone inLatin America andthe Caribbean . Awarded 1982Nobel Peace Prize Saadia Gardezi – Pakistani journalist and founder ofProject Dastaan Eric Garris (born 1953) – American activist, founding webmaster ofantiwar.com Martin Gauger (1905–1941) – German jurist and pacifistLeymah Gbowee (born 1972) – Liberian peace activist, organizer of women's peace movement in Liberia, awarded 2011Nobel Peace Prize Aviv Geffen (born 1973) – Israeli singer and peace activistEverett Gendler (1928–2022) – American conservative rabbi, peace activist, writerOlive Gibbs (1918–1995) – British politician, founding member of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament and second to serve as its chair, 1964–1967Carol Gilbert (born 1947) – American Dominican nun and antinuclear activistJeremy Gilley (born 1969) – as a result of Gilley's efforts, a General Assembly resolution was unanimously adopted by UN member states, establishing 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace – Peace Day.Ann Fagan Ginger (1925–2025) – American legal scholar and teacher, activist, originator of "peace law" conceptAllen Ginsberg (1926–1997) – American anti-war protester, writer, poetIgino Giordani (1894–1980) – Italian politician and cosponsor of the first Italian legislation on conscientious objection to military service, co-founder of the Catholic/ecumenicalFocolare movement dedicated to unity and universal fraternity.Arthur Gish (1939–2010) – American public speaker and peace activistBernie Glassman (1939–2018) – American Zen Buddhist roshi and founder ofZen Peacemakers Danny Glover (born 1946) – American actor and anti-war activistVilma Glücklich (1872–1927) – Hungarian educator, pacifist and women's rights activistEmma Goldman (1869–1940) – Russian/American activist imprisoned in the U.S. for opposition to World War IAmy Goodman (born 1957) – American journalist, host ofDemocracy Now! Paul Goodman (1911–1972) – American writer, psychotherapist, social critic, anarchist philosopher and public intellectualMikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) – Russian anti-nuclear activist during and after Soviet presidency. In 1993 he launchedGreen Cross International and in 1995 initiated theWorld Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates .Jean Goss (1912–1991) – French non-violence activistHildegard Goss-Mayr (born 1930) – Austrian pacifist and theologianDorothy Granada (born 1930) – American nurse, humanitarian, and peace and social justice activist who was the 1997 recipient of theInternational Pfeffer Peace Award Lorraine Granado (1948–2019) – American environmental, peace and social justice activist and organizer who co-founded the Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network and Neighbors for a Toxic-Free Community in DenverJonathan Granoff (born 1948) – Co-founder and President,Global Security Institute William Grassie (born 1957) – American nonviolence activistJürgen Grässlin (born 1957) – teacher and activist againstarms exports , especially ofsmall arms (Heckler & Koch )Wavy Gravy (born 1936) – American entertainer and activist for peaceGreat Peacemaker – Native American co-founder of theIroquois Confederacy , authorGreat Law of Peace Dick Gregory (1932–2017) – American comedian, anti-war protesterIrene Greenwood (1898–1992) – Australian feminist, peace activist and broadcasterRichard Grelling (1853–1929) – German lawyer, writer and pacifistBen Griffin (born 1977) – formerBritish SAS soldier andIraq War veteranSuze Groeneweg (1875–1940) – Dutch politician, feminist and pacifistEdward Grubb (1854–1939) – English Quaker, pacifist, active in theNo-Conscription Fellowship Emil Grunzweig (1947–1983) – Israeli teacher and peace activistGerson Gu-Konu , also Gerson Konu (1932–2006) – Peace and human rights activist fromTogo J. Edward Guinan (1936–2014) – Founder of theCommunity for Creative Non-Violence Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) – American anti-war protester and musician, inspirationTenzin Gyatso (born 1935) – 14th Dalai Lama ofTibet ,Nobel Peace Prize laureate and spiritual andformerly temporal ruler of Tibet and theTibetan Government-in-Exile return to table of contents Václav Havel Brian Haw Jessie Wallace Hughan Hugo Haase (1863–1919) – German socialist politician, jurist and pacifistHaggagovic (born 1984) – world traveler, peace activist, Egyptian television personalityLucina Hagman (1853–1946) – Finnish feminist, politician, pacifistOtto Hahn (1879–1968) – German chemist, discoverer ofnuclear fission ,Nobel Laureate , pacifist, anti-nuclear weapons and testing advocateJeanne Halbwachs (1890–1980) – French pacifist, feminist and socialistJeff Halper (born 1946) – American anthropologist and Israeli peace activist, founder of theIsraeli Committee Against House Demolitions France Hamelin (1918–2007) – French artist, peace activist and resistance workerEugénie Hamer (1865–after 1926) – Belgian peace activist and writerKatharine Hamnett (born 1947) – English fashion designer, known for designing T-shirts with large-print slogans against war and militarismJudith Hand (born 1940) – American biologist, pioneer of peaceethology Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen (1864–1939) – Norwegian teacher, shipowner, politician and founder of the Norwegian Peace AssociationEline Hansen (1859–1919) – Danish feminist and peace activistG. Simon Harak (1948–2019) – American professor of theology, peace activistKeir Hardie (1856–1915) – Scottish socialist and pacifist, co-founder ofIndependent Labour Party andLabour Party , opposedWWI Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870–1967) – American suffragist, social reformer, pacifist and diplomatDavid Harris (1946–2023) – American anti-war organizer and draft resistance leader; later a journalist and authorGeorge Harrison (1943–2001) – English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer, achieved international fame as the lead guitarist ofThe Beatles ; religious and anti-war activistDavid Hartsough (born 1940) – American Quaker peace activistMarian Fleming Harwood (1846–1934) – Scottish-born Australian scholar, linguist, pacifist, and philanthropistRhoda Hatch (1946–2020) – American peace activist who organized protests againstOperation Desert Storm Marii Hasegawa (1918–2012) – Japanese peace activist and president (1971–1975) of theWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom Václav Havel (1936–2011) – Czech nonviolent writer, poet, and politicianBrian Haw (1949–2011) – British activist, initiated and long time participant of theParliament Square Peace Campaign Tom Hayden (1939–2016) – American civil rights activist, anti-Vietnam war leader, author, California politicianWilson A. Head (1914–1993) – American/Canadian sociologist, activistLarry Hebert – Active duty Senior Airman in US Air Force who went on a hunger strike in Washington, D.C., in March and April 2024 to protest U.S. military support of Israel's war in Gaza.Fredrik Heffermehl (1938–2023) – Norwegian jurist, writer and peace activistIdy Hegnauer (1909–2006) – Swiss nurse and peace activistEstrid Hein (1873–1956) – Danish ophthalmologist, women's rights activist and pacifistArthur Henderson (1863–1935) – British politician,Labour Party leader,Foreign Secretary , chair of theGeneva Disarmament Conference ,Nobel Peace Prize 1934Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970) – American Christian pacifist, anarchist and social activistYella Hertzka (1873–1948) – Austrian peace and women's rights activistAlice Herz (1882–1965) – German-born feminist and anti-fascist who was the first person in the U.S. toself-immolate in protest against theVietnam War Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) – Polish-born American rabbi, professor at Jewish Theological Seminary, civil rights and peace activistBono (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist; born Paul David HewsonPaul David Hewson (born 1960) – Irish singer-songwriter; seeBono aboveHiawatha (1525–?) – Native American co-founder of theIroguois League and co-author of theGreat Law of Peace Sidney Hinkes (1925–2006) – British pacifist and Anglican priestRaichō Hiratsuka (1886–1971) – Japanese writer, political activist, feminist and pacifistUnutea Hirshon (born 1947) – French Polynesian anti-nuclear activistEmily Hobhouse (1860–1926) – British welfare campaigner, pacifist, and anti-war activist, publicly denounced the existence of theBritish concentration camps inSouth Africa Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, co-founder ofYippies Ann-Margret Holmgren (1850–1940) – Swedish writer, feminist, and pacifistMargaret Holmes ,AM (1909–2009) – Australian activist during theVietnam War , memberAnglican Pacifist Fellowship Robert L. Holmes (1935) – American Professor emeritus, international lecturer and theorist of nonviolence, war and morality at theUniversity of Rochester [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] Inger Holmlund (1927–2019) – Swedish anti-nuclear activistWinifred Holtby (1898–1935) – English novelist; feminist, socialist and pacifist; active in theIndependent Labour Party andLeague of Nations Union Alec Horsley (1902–1993) – British Quaker businessman, founder of the company which becameNorthern Foods , member of theCommon Wealth Party , theCommittee of 100 , founding member ofCND Ellen Hørup (1871–1953) – Danish writer, pacifist, and women's rights activistNobuto Hosaka (born 1955) – Japanese politician, mayor of Setagaya in Tokyo; campaigned and won the mayor's job on ananti-nuclear platform in April 2011, just over a month after theFukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) – American writer, social activist, peace advocate, author of theMother's Day Proclamation Helmuth Hübener (1925–1942) – executed at the age of 17 inNazi Germany for distributing anti-war leafletsKate Hudson (born 1958) – British left-wing political activist and academic; General Secretary of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and National Secretary ofLeft Unity ; officer of theStop the War Coalition since 2002Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875–1955) – founder of theWar Resisters League ; socialist and radical pacifistEmrys Hughes (1894–1969) – Welsh socialist member of the British Parliament, where he was an outspoken pacifistLaura Hughes (1886–1966) – Canadian feminist and pacifistHannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958) – American Quaker activist, in the leadership ofWILPF in the USJohn Hume (1937–2020) – IrishNobel Peace Prize andGandhi Peace Prize recipient, former leader of theSocial Democratic and Labour Party , and former MP forFoyle 1983–2005John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – Canadian scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate, wrote the first draft of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – English pacifist, anti-war and anti-conflict writerreturn to table of contents Daisaku Ikeda Miguel Giménez Igualada (1888–1973) – Spanish anarchist, writer, pacifistDaisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) – Japanese Buddhist leader, writer, president ofSoka Gakkai International , and founder of multiple educational and peace research institutionsKathleen Innes (1883–1967) – British educator, writer, pacifistJosephine Irwin (1890–1984) – American suffragist and educatorMargaret Isely (1921–1997) – American peace activist and co-founder ofWCPA Philip Isely (1915–2012) – American peace activist, writer and founder ofWCPA & GRENHenriette Ith (1885–1978) – Swiss pacifist, Esperantist, authorreturn to table of contents
Kirthi Jayakumar Berthold Jacob (1898–1944) – German journalist and pacifistAletta Jacobs (1854–1929) – Dutch physician, feminist and peace activistMartha Larsen Jahn (1875–1954) – Norwegian peace activist and feministJean Jaurès (1859–1914) – French anti-war activist, socialist leaderKirthi Jayakumar (born 1987) – Indian peace activist and gender equality activist, youth peace activist, peace educator and founder of The Red Elephant FoundationZorica Jevremović (1948–2023) – Serbian playwright, theatre director, peace activistJigonhsasee – co-founder, along with TheGreat Peacemaker andHiawatha , of theIroquois Confederacy , she became known as the Mother of Nations among the Iroquois.Tano Jōdai (1886–1982) – Japanese English literature professor, peace activist and university presidentJohn Paul II (1920–2005) – Polish Catholic pope, inspiration, advocateHelen John (1937–2017) – British activist, one of the first full-time members of theGreenham Common peace camp Hagbard Jonassen (1903–1977) – Danish botanist and peace activistAlice Jouenne (1873–1954) – French educator and socialist activistTerasawa Junsei (born 1950) – Japanese Buddhist monk and peace activistreturn to table of contents Tawakkol Karman Martin Luther King Jr. Ekaterina Karavelova (1860–1947) – Bulgarian educator, writer, suffragist, feminist, pacifistTawakkol Karman (born 1979) – Yemeni journalist, politician and human rights activist; shared 2011 Nobel Peace prizeRandy Kehler (1944–2024) – American pacifist, anti-war activist, imprisoned draft resister, tax resister, nuclear weapons freeze organizer; inspiration toDaniel Ellsberg Helena Kekkonen (1926–2014) – Finnish peace activist and peace educatorHelen Keller (1880–1968) – American activist, deafblind writer, speech "Strike Against The War" Carnegie Hall, New York 1916Kathy Kelly (born 1952) – American peace and anti-war activist, arrested over 60 times during protests; member and organizer of international peace teamsPetra Kelly (1947–1992) – German politician, feminist, pacifistSteve Kelly (born c.1949) – American Jesuit priest and antinuclear activistBruce Kent (1929–2022) – British political activist, former Catholic priest; anti-nuclear campaigner with theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and president of theInternational Peace Bureau Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988) – Pashtun independence activist, spiritual and political leader, lifelong pacifistWahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) – Indian Islamic scholar and peace activistAbraham Yehudah Khein (1878–1957) – Ukrainian rabbi, essayist, pacifistSteve Killelea – initiatedGlobal Peace Index andInstitute for Economics and Peace Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) – American author, civil rights leader, and active in the anti-Vietnam war movementMartin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) – Civil rights leader, American anti-Vietnam war protesterAnna Kleman (1862–1940) – Swedish suffragist and peace activistMichael D. Knox (born 1946) – founder of US Peace Memorial Foundation, antiwar activist, psychologist, professorAdam Kokesh (born 1982) – American activist,Iraq Veterans Against the War Annette Kolb (1870–1967) – German writer and pacifistRon Kovic (born 1946) – American Vietnam war veteran, war protesterPaul Krassner (1932–2019) – American anti-Vietnam war organizer, writer, Yippie co-founderDennis Kucinich (born 1946) – former U.S. Representative from Ohio, advocate for US Department of Peacereturn to table of contents
Henri La Fontaine John Lennon Bertie Lewis Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943) – Belgian initiator, organizer, Nobel Peace Prize winnerLéonie La Fontaine (1857–1949) – Belgian feminist and pacifistWilliam Ladd (1778–1841) – early American activist, initiator, first president of theAmerican Peace Society Benjamin Ladraa (born 1982) – Swedish activistBernard Lafayette (born 1940) – American organizer, educator, initiatorMaurice Laisant (1909–1991) – French anarchist and pacifistGeorge Lakey (born 1937) – American peace activist, co-founder of theMovement for a New Society Grigoris Lambrakis (1912–1963) – Greek athlete, physician, politician, activistGustav Landauer (1870–1919) – German writer, anarchist, pacifistElena Landázuri (1888–1970) – Mexican feminist, pacifist, and social workerLanza del Vasto (1901–1981) – Italian Gandhian, philosopher, poet, nonviolent activistChristian Lous Lange (1869–1938) – Norwegian historian and pacifistAlexander Langer (1946–1995) – Italian journalist, peace activist and politicianGeorge Lansbury (1859–1940) – British politician and Christian pacifist;Labour Party Leader (1932–1935); campaigner for social justice and women's rights and against imperialism; opposedWW1 ; campaigned for disarmament in the 1920s and 1930s; president of thePeace Pledge Union (1937)Roger Allen LaPorte (1943–1965) – AmericanCatholic Worker whoself-immolated in protest against theVietnam War Bryan Law (1954–2013) – Australian non-violent activistLouis Lecoin (1888–1971) – French anarchist and pacifistUrbain Ledoux (1874–1941) – AmericanBaháʼí diplomat and activistJohn Lennon (1940–1980) – British singer/songwriter, anti-war protesterSidney Lens (1912–1986) – American anti-Vietnam war leaderMuriel Lester (1885–1968) – British social reformer, pacifist andnonconformist ; Ambassador and Secretary for theInternational Fellowship of Reconciliation ; co-founder of theKingsley Hall Captain Howard Levy – Army Captain sent toLeavenworth Military Prison for over two years for refusing an order to train Green Beret medics on their way to Vietnam.Bertie Lewis (1920–2010) – RAF airman who went on to become a U.K. peace campaignerThomas Lewis (1940–2008) – American artist, anti-war activist with (Baltimore Four and Catonsville Nine)Bart de Ligt (1883–1938) – Dutch anarchist, pacifist and antimilitaristGeorgia Lloyd (1913–1999) – American pacifist, writerLola Maverick Lloyd (1875–1944) – American pacifist, suffragist, feministGabriele Moreno Locatelli (1959–1993) – Italian pacifistGrace Lolim (fl. 2000) – Kenyan human rights and peace activistJames Loney (born 1964) – Canadian peace worker, kidnap victimIsabel Longworth (1881–1961) – Australian dentist and peace activistLee Lorch (1915–2014) – Canadian mathematician and peace activistFernand Loriot (1870–1932) – French teacher and pacifistLowkey (born 1986) – Britishrapper and peace activist; opposed to the invasion of Iraq and US/UK foreign policy more generallyDavid Loy (born 1947) – American scholar, author andSanbo Kyodan Zen Buddhist teacherChiara Lubich (1920–2008) – Italian Catholic mystic and founder ofFocolare movement, advocate of unity amongst Christians, interreligious dialogue and cooperative relations between religious and non-religious people. Promoted "universal fraternity".Rae Luckock (1893–1972) – Canadian feminist, peace activist and politicianSigrid Helliesen Lund (1892–1987) – Norwegian peace activistRosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) – German Marxist and anti–war activistJake Lynch (born 1964) – peace journalist, academic and writerStaughton Lynd (1929–2022) – American anti-Vietnam war leaderBradford Lyttle (born 1927) – American pacifist, writer, presidential candidate, and organizer with theCommittee for Non-Violent Action return to table of contents
Nelson Mandela Rigoberta Menchú Alaa Murabit Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) –Kenyan environmental activist, Nobel peace laureateJohn Maclean (1879–1923) – Scottish radical socialist, who sawcapitalism as the root of warChrystal Macmillan (1872–1937) – Scottish politician, feminist, pacifistSalvador de Madariaga (1886–1978) – Spanish diplomat, historian and pacifistCarmen Magallón (born 1951) – Spanish physicist, pacifist, conducting research in support of women's advancement in science and peaceNorman Mailer (1923–2007) – American anti-war writer, war protesterMairead Maguire (born 1944) – Northern Ireland peace movement, Nobel peace laureateNelson Mandela (1918–2013) – South African statesman, leader in the anti-apartheid movement and post-apartheid reconciliation, founder ofThe Elders , inspirationRosa Manus (1881–1942) – Dutch pacifist and suffragistBob Marley (1945–1981) – Jamaican, inspirational anti-war singer/songwriter, inspirationJacques Martin (1906–2001) – French pacifist and Protestant pastorYoko Matsuoka (1916–1979) – Japanese anti-war activist, writer, and feministElizabeth McAlister (born 1939) – American former nun, peace activist, and co-founder ofJonah House Colman McCarthy (born 1938) – American journalist, teacher, lecturer, pacifist, progressive, anarchist, and long-time peace activistEmmanuel Charles McCarthy (born 1940) – American peace activistEugene McCarthy (1916–2005) – U.S. presidential candidate, ran on an anti-Vietnam war agendaJohn McConnell (1915–2012) – American peace activist, creator ofEarth Day George McGovern (1922–2012) – U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, anti-Vietnam war agendaKeith McHenry (born 1957) – American co-founder ofFood Not Bombs Ciaran McKeown (1943–2019) – Irish Peace ActivistDavid McReynolds (1929–2018) – leader in U.S.War Resisters League for 40 years, chair ofWar Resisters' International , organizer of major national anti-Vietnam War demonstrationsDavid McTaggart (1932–2001) – Canadian activist againstnuclear weapons testing , co-founderGreenpeace 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 theGood Friday Peace Agreement in 1998.Jeanne Mélin (1877–1964) – French pacifist, feminist, writer, and politicianAdrienne van Melle-Hermans (1931–2007) – Dutch anti-nuclear peace activist, also active in ex-YugoslaviaMarjorie Bradford Melville (born 1929) – Member of theCatonsville Nine Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959) – Guatemalan indigenous rights advocate, anti-war activist, and co-founder ofNobel Women's Initiative Chico Mendes (1944–1988) – Brazilian environmentalist, trade union leader, and human rights advocate of peasants and indigenous peoples; assassinated in 1988Frank Merrick (1886–1981) – English composer, pianist, conscientious objectorThomas Merton (1915–1968) – AmericanTrappist monk and poet, inspirational writer, philosopherJohanne Meyer (1838–1915) – pioneering Danish suffragist, pacifist, and journal editorKarl Meyer (born 1937) – American pacifist and tax resisterSelma Meyer (1890–1941) – Dutch pacifist and resistance fighter of Jewish originFred Mfuranzima (born 1997) – Rwandan writer, peace activistKizito Mihigo (1981–2020) – Rwandan Christian singer; genocide survivor; dedicated to forgiveness, peace and reconciliation after the1994 genocide Olga Misař (1876–1950) – Austrian peace activist and writerBarry Mitcalfe (1930–1986) – a leader of the New Zealand movement against the Vietnam War and theNew Zealand anti-nuclear movement Malebogo Molefhe (bornc.1980) – Botswanan activist againstgender-based violence Eva Moltesen (1871–1934) – Finnish-Danish writer and peace activistRoger Monclin (1903–1985) – French pacifist and anarchistAgda Montelius (1850–1920) – Swedish philanthropist, feminist and peace activistE. 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Morel (1873–1924) – British journalist, author, pacifist and politician; opposed theFirst World War and campaigned against slavery in the CongoSimonne Monet-Chartrand (1919–1993) – Canadian women's rights activist, feminist, and pacifistAnne Montgomery (1926–2012) – American Roman Catholic nun and antinuclear activistHoward Morland (born 1942) – American journalist, nuclear weapons abolitionistNorman Morrison (1933–1965) – American Quaker whoset himself on fire in protest against theVietnam War Sybil Morrison (1893–1984) – British pacifist active in thePeace Pledge Union Émilie de Morsier (1843–1896) – Swiss feminist, pacifist and abolitionistJohn Mott (1865–1955) – American evangelist, leader of theYMCA andWSCF , 1946 Nobel peace laureateBobby Muller (born 1946) – Vietnam vet and driving force behind campaign to ban landmines, 1997 Nobel Peace PrizeAlaa Murabit (born 1989) – Libyan Canadianphysician and human rights advocate for inclusive peace and securityCraig Murray (born 1958) – British former diplomat turnedwhistleblower , human rights activist and anti-war campaignerJohn Middleton Murry (1889–1957) – British author, sponsor of the Peace Pledge Union, and editor ofPeace News 1940–1946A. 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Abie Nathan Fumiko Nakamura (1913–2013) – Japanese teacher and anti-war activist.Ottfried Nassauer (1956–2020) – German journalist and researcher, activist forarms control and against arms exportsAbie Nathan (1927–2008) – Israelihumanitarian , foundedVoice of Peace radio,[ 12] Ezra Nawi (1952–2021) – Israeli human rights activist and pacifistPaul Newman (1925–2008) – American anti-war protester, actorGabriela Ngirmang (1922–2007) – Palauan peace and anti-nuclear activistMrs. Ba Thanh Ngo (1931–2004) – Vietnamese anti-war and peace activistElizabeth Pease Nichol (1807–1897) – suffragist, chartist, abolitionist, anti-vivisectionist, member of thePeace Society Georg Friedrich Nicolai (1874–1964) – German professor, famous for the bookThe Biology of War Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) – German anti-Nazi Lutheran pastor, imprisoned inSachsenhausen andDachau , vocal pacifist and campaigner for disarmamentAnna T. Nilsson (1869–1947) – Swedish educator and peace activistPhilip Noel-Baker (1889–1982) – BritishLabour Party politician, Olympic silver medallist, active campaigner for disarmament,Nobel Peace Prize 1959, co-founder withFenner Brockway of the World Disarmament CampaignLouise Nørlund (1854–1919) – Danish feminist and peace activistSari Nusseibeh (born 1949) – Palestinian activistreturn to table of contents
Billboard displayingYoko Ono's artworkImagine Peace Phil Ochs (1940–1976) – American anti-Vietnam war singer/songwriter, initiated protest eventsPaul Oestreich (1878–1959) – Germaneducator , board member of the "German Peace Society" in 1921– 1926Paul Oestreicher (born 1931) – German-born British human rights activist, Canon emeritus ofCoventry Cathedral , Christian pacifist, active in post-war reconciliationYoko Ono (born 1933) – Japanese anti-Vietnam war campaigner in America and EuropeCiaron O'Reilly (born 1960) – Australian pacifist, anti-war activist, Catholic Worker, served prison time in America and Ireland for disarming war materialCarl von Ossietzky (1889–1938) – German pacifist, Nobel peace laureate, the opponent of Nazi rearmamentGeoffrey Ostergaard (1926–1990) – British political scientist, academic, writer, anarchist, pacifistLaurence Overmire (born 1957) – American poet, author, theoristreturn to table of contents
Medha Patkar Peace Pilgrim Abbé Pierre Achola Pala – Kenyan anthropologist and sociologistOlof Palme (1927–1986) – Swedish prime minister, diplomatEllen Palmstierna (1869–1941) – Swedish women's rights and peace activistBetty Papworth (1914–2008) – British communist and anti-war activist, member of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) andStop the War Coalition Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor (1878–1952) – British anti-war activistFrédéric Passy (1822–1912) – French economist, peace activist and joint recipient (together withHenry Dunant ) of the first Nobel Peace Prize (1901)Medha Patkar (born 1954) – Indian activist forTribals andDalits affected by dam projectsRon Paul (born 1935) – American author, physician, former U.S. congressman and presidential candidate, anti-war activist,libertarian Republican Ava Helen Pauling (1903–1981) – American human rights activist, feminist, pacifistLinus Pauling (1901–1994) – American anti-nuclear testing advocate and leaderJames Peck (1914–1993) – American anti-war and civil rights activist; advocate of nonviolent civil disobediencePriscilla Hannah Peckover (1833–1931) – English pacifist, nominated four times for the Nobel Peace PrizeMattityahu Peled (1923–1995) – Israeli scholar, officer and peace activistMiko Peled (born 1961) – Israeli peace activist, author of the bookThe General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine Lindis Percy (born 1941) – British nurse, midwife, pacifist, founder of theCampaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)Frida Perlen (1870–1933) – Co-founder of the German section of theWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom Gabrielle Petit (1860–1952) – French feminist activist, anticlerical, libertarian socialist, newspaper editorAnn Pettitt (born 1947) – co-founder ofGreenham Common Women's Peace Camp Concepción Picciotto (1936–2016) – Spanish-bornanti-nuclear and anti-war protester, White House Peace VigilAbbé Pierre (1912–2007) – French priest, founder of theEmmaus movement Ardeth Platte (1936–2020) – American Roman Catholic nun and antinuclear activist, and inspiration for Sister Jane Ingalls onOrange is the New Black .Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) – American activist, walked the highways and streets of America promoting peaceAmparo Poch y Gascón (1902–1968) – Spanish anarchist, pacifist and physicianRonald Podrow (1926–2004) – American pacifist and peace activistPaula Pogány (1884–1982) – Hungarian peace activist, suffragist, and conditioning/strength coachMaria Pognon (1844–1925) – French writer, feminist, suffragist and pacifistJoseph Polowsky (1916–1983) – American GI, advocate of better relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union between 1955 and 1983Pomnyun Sunim (born 1952) – South Korean author, peace activist,YouTuber Alberto Portugheis (born 1941) – Musician, campaigner for peace through the universal abolition of militarismWillemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897–1989) – Dutch economist, feminist, pacifistVasily Pozdnyakov (1869–1921) – Russian conscientious objector and writerManasi Pradhan (born 1962) – Indian activist; founder of Honour for Women National CampaignDevi Prasad (1921–2011) – Indian activist and artistHarriet Dunlop Prenter (1865/1866–1939) – Canadian feminist, pacifistChristoph Probst (1919–1943) – German pacifist and member of the anti-Nazi White Rose resistancereturn to table of contents Ludwig Quidde (1858–1941) – German pacifist, 1927 Nobel peace laureatereturn to table of contents
Coleen Rowley Jim Radford (1928–2020) – British social, political and peace activist, Britain's youngest D-Day veteran, folk singer and co-organiser of the firstAldermaston March in 1958Gabrielle Radziwill (1877–1968) – Lithuanian pacifist, feminist and League of Nations officialClara Ragaz (1874–1957) – Swiss pacifist and feministAbdullah Abu Rahmah – Palestinian peace activistMilan Rai (born 1965) – British writer and anti-war activistJustin Raimondo (1951–2019) – American author, anti-war activist, founder ofAntiwar.com Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann (1871–1957) – Dutch teacher, feminist and pacifistJosé Ramos-Horta (born 1949) – East Timorese politician, head of theUnited Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau , Nobel peace laureateMichael Randle (born 1933) – British peace activist and co-organiser of the firstAldermaston March Darrell Rankin (born 1957) – Canadian peace activist and Communist politicianJeannette Rankin (1880–1973) – first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, lifelong pacifistMarcus Raskin (1934–2017) – American social critic, opponent of the Vietnam war and the draftDahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005) – Israeli poet and peace activistBetty Reardon (1929) – founder and director of the Peace Education Center and Peace Education Graduate Degree Program atTeachers College, Columbia University Madeleine Rees (fl. from 1990s) – British lawyer, human right and peace proponentErnie Regehr – Canadian peace researcherEugen Relgis (1865–1987) – Romanian writer, pacifist and anarchistPatrick Reinsborough (born 1972) – American anti-war activist and authorMaixux Rekalde (1934–2022) – Spanish Basque pacifist, activist, and journalistMegan Rice SHCJ (1930–2021) – Sister of the Holy Child and antinuclear disarmament activistHenry Richard (1812–1888) – Welsh Congregationalist minister andMember of Parliament (1868–1888), known as "the Apostle of Peace" / "Apostol Heddwch", advocate of international arbitration, secretary of thePeace Society for forty years (1848–1884)Lewis Fry Richardson (1881–1953) – English mathematician, physicist, pacifist, pioneer of modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting and their application to studying the causes of war and how to prevent themRenate Riemeck (1920–2003) – German historian and Christian peace activistPaul Robeson (1898–1976) – American singer, actor, anti-fascist political activist, and vocal opponent of theCold War Ellen Robinson (1840–1912) – British peace campaignerJulian Perry Robinson (1941–2020) – British peace researcherAdi Roche (born 1955) – Irish activist, chief executive of the charityChernobyl Children International Douglas Roche (1929) – Canadian author, parliamentarian, diplomat, and peace activistNicholas Roerich (1874–1947) – Russian visionary artist and mystic, creator of theRoerich Pact and Nobel Peace Prize candidateAmelia Rokotuivuna (1941–2005) – Fijian opponent of French nuclear tests in the PacificMadeleine Rolland (1872–1960) – French translator and peace activist; sister ofRomain Rolland Romain Rolland (1866–1944) – French dramatist, novelist, essayist, anti-war activistÓscar Romero (1917–1980) – Archbishop of San Salvador (Catholic), assassinated for his stand against social injustice and violence, canonized 14 October 2018Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – American pacifist, organized the 1948 United Nations'Universal Declaration of Human Rights , firstGandhi Peace Award winnerMartha Root (1872–1939) – AmericanBaháʼí traveling teacherEugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888–1973) – historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyondFranz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) – German Jewish theologian (rabi) and philosopherMurray Rothbard (1926–1995) – American author, political theorist, historian, staunch opponent of military interventionsElisabeth Rotten (1882–1964) – German-born Swiss peace activist and education reformerColeen Rowley (born 1954) – ex-FBI agent, whistleblower, peace activist, and the first recipient of theSam Adams Award Arundhati Roy (born 1961) – Indian writer, social critic and peace activistJerry Rubin (1938–1994) – American anti-Vietnam war leader, co-founder of theYippies Hagar Rublev (1954–2000) – Israeli peace activist, founder ofWomen in Black Otto Rühle (1874–1943) – German Marxist and pacifistBertrand Russell (1872–1970) – British philosopher, logician, mathematician, outspoken advocate ofnuclear disarmament Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) – American nonviolence,Anti-racism andLGBT Quaker activistKathleen Rutherford (1896–1975) – British physician, philanthropist, humanitarian aid worker and peace campaigner.[ 13] Han Ryner (1861–1938) – French anarchist philosopher, pacifistreturn to table of contents
Carl Sagan Teresa Sarti Strada Albert Schweitzer Cindy Sheehan Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – American astronomer, opposed escalation of thenuclear arms race Mohamed Sahnoun (1931–2018) – Algerian diplomat, peace activist,UN envoy toSomalia and to theGreat Lakes region of Africa Edward Said (1935–2003) – Palestinian-American academic and cultural critic, joint founder withDaniel Barenboim of theWest–Eastern Divan Orchestra Avril de Sainte-Croix (1855–1939) – French feminist, pacifist and writerAndrei Sakharov (1921–1989) – Russian nuclear physicist, human rights activist, and pacifistAda Salter (1866–1942) – English Quaker and pacifist, a founding member ofWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom Ed Sanders (born 1939) – American poet, organizer and singer, co-founder of anti-war bandThe Fugs Teresa Sarti Strada (1946–2009) – Italian teacher, pacifist and philanthropist who co-founded the NGOEmergency Mark Satin (born 1946) – American political theorist, anti-war proponent, draft-resistance organizer, philosopher, and writerGerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022) – Norwegian writer and peace activistJean-René Saulière (1911–1999) – French anarchist and pacifistHenriette Sauret (1890–1976) – French feminist, author, pacifist, journalistJonathan Schell (1943–2014) – American writer and campaigner against nuclear weapons, anti-war activistManon Schick (born 1974) – Swiss-German journalist, human rights activistSophie Scholl (1921–1943) – German student and Christian pacifist, active in theWhite Rose non-violentresistance movement in Nazi Germany Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) – German-French activist against nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon testing whose speeches were published asPeace or Atomic War ; co-founder ofThe Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954) – child activist, Bachpan Bachao Aandolan, Nobel Peace PrizeRosika Schwimmer (1877–1948) – Hungarian feminist, pacifist and suffragistMolly Scott Cato (born 1963) – British green economist, Green Party politician, pacifist, and anti-nuclear campaignerPete Seeger (1919–2014) – American singer, anti-war protester and inspirational singer/songwriterMargarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922) – German zoologist, feminist, and pacifistSuvada Selimović (born 1965), Bosnian pacifist who works to promote mutual aid between women and for those responsible for the crimes of theBosnian War to be brought to justiceRavi Shankar (born 1956) – Indian spiritual teacher, humanitarian leader, and ambassador of peaceMary Shapard (c. 1882–1950s) – American author and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; she was reportedly the first American to advocate for the formation of a "league of nations" duringWorld War I and was also reportedly the source of the original text used by U.S. PresidentWoodrow Wilson to draft hisCovenant of the League of Nations Jeff Sharlet (1942–1969) – American journalist and anti-Vietnam war soldierGene Sharp (1928–2018) – American writer on non-violent resistance, founder of theAlbert Einstein Institution H. James Shea Jr. (1939–1970) – American politician and anti-Vietnam War activistCindy Sheehan (born 1957) – American anti-Iraq and anti-Afghanistan war leaderFrancis Sheehy-Skeffington (1878–1916) – Irish feminist, peace activist and writerMartin Sheen (born 1940) – American anti-war and anti-nuclear bomb protester, inspirational actorNancy Shelley OAM (died 2010) –Quaker who represented theAustralian peace movement at the UN in 1982Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) – English Romantic poet, non-violent philosopher, and inspirationDick Sheppard (1880–1937) – Anglican priest and Christian pacifist, started thePeace Pledge Union David Dean Shulman (born 1949) – American indologist, humanist, peace activist and defender of Palestinian human rightsFriedrich Siegmund-Schultze (1885–1969) – German theologian and pacifistToma Sik (1939–2004) – Hungarian-Israeli peace activistVivian Silver (1949–2023) – Canadian-Israeli peace activist, Palestinian rights activist, and women's rights activist, killed in theHamas attack on 7 October 2023 Jeanmarie Simpson (born 1959) – American feminist and peace activistRamjee Singh (born 1927) – Indian activist, philosopher, and GandhianEllen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) –President of Liberia , shared 2011 Nobel Peace Prize withTawakkol Karman andLeymah 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 andengaged Buddhist activistSamantha Smith (1972–1985) – American schoolgirl, young advocate of peace between Soviets and AmericansJulia Solly (1862–1953) – British-born South African suffragist, feminist and pacifistMiriam Soljak (1879–1971) – New Zealand feminist, communist, unemployed-rights activist and pacifistMyrtle Solomon (1921–1987) – British General Secretary of thePeace Pledge Union and Chair ofWar Resisters' International Cornelio Sommaruga (1932–2024) – Swiss diplomat, president of theICRC (1987–1999), founding President ofInitiatives of Change International Donald Soper (1903–1998) – British Methodist minister, president of theFellowship of Reconciliation and active in theCND August Spångberg (1893–1987) – Swedish member of parliament and recipient of theEldh-Ekblad Peace Prize Sofia Elisabet Spångberg (1898 – 1992) – Swedish peace activist awardedKing Haakon VII's Freedom Cross for her contributions to the Norwegian resistance during World War IIBenjamin Spock (1903–1998) –American pediatrician, anti-Vietnam war protester, writer, inspirationHope Squire (1878–1936) – British composer, pianist, and activistHelene Stähelin (1891–1970) – Swiss mathematician and peace activistRingo Starr (born 1940) – British singer-songwriter, member of The BeatlesHelen Steven (1942–2016) – ScottishQuaker and co-founder of the Scottish Centre for NonviolenceCat Stevens (born 1948) – British singer-songwriter, convert to Islam, and humanitarianLilian Stevenson (1870–1960) – Irish peace activist and historiographerJoffre Stewart (1925–2019) – American poet, anarchist, and pacifistFrances Benedict Stewart (fl. 1920s–1950s) – Chilean-born American sociologist, pacifist, feminist andBaháʼí Faith pioneerYehuda Stolov (born 1961) – Founding director of the Interfaith Encounter AssociationGino Strada (1948–2021) – Italian surgeon, anti-war activist, human rights activist, and founder ofEmergency David Swanson (born 1969) – American anti-war activist, blogger and authorIvan Supek (1915–2007) – Croatian physicist, philosopher, peace activist and writerBertha von Suttner (1843–1914) – Czech-Austrian pacifist, first woman Nobel peace laureateHelena Swanwick (1864–1939) – British feminist and pacifistIrma Szirmai (1867–1958) – Hungarian feminist and pacifistreturn to table of contents Thích Nhất Hạnh Leo Tolstoy Kathleen Tacchi-Morris (1899–1993) – British dancer, founder of Women for World DisarmamentNahoko Takada (1905–1991) – Japanese educator, trade unionist, politician, socialist and peace activistTamanend (c. 1625–c. 1701) – known as a lover of peace and friendship, the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of theLenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signed the Peace Treaty withWilliam Penn Guri Tambs-Lyche (1917–2008) – Norwegian women's rights activist and pacifistTank Man – Stood in front of the tank during 1989 China protestPeter Tatchell (born 1952) – Australian-born British LGBT and human rights campaigner, founder of Christians for PeaceEve Tetaz (1931–2023) – retired American teacher, peace and justice activistThích Nhất Hạnh (1926–2022) – VietnameseThiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and inspirator ofengaged Buddhism Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1936–1989) – Activist for the New Caledonia movementThomas (1947–2009) – American anti-nuclear activist, White House peace vigilEllen Thomas (born 1947) – American peace activist, White House peace vigilHelen Thomas (1966–1989) – Welsh peace activist who died after being hit by a police vehicle at theGreenham Common Women's Peace Camp Dorothy Thompson (1923–2011) – English historian and peace activistHenry David Thoreau (1817–1862) – American writer, philosopher, inspiration to movement leadersSybil Thorndike (1882–1976) – British actress and pacifist; member of the Peace Pledge Union who gave readings for its benefitSetsuko Thurlow (born 1932) – Japanese-Canadian non-nuclear weapon activist, figure ofInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)Aethel Tollemache (1875–1955), Britishsuffragette who became a pacifist, was arrested in London in 1917 (during World War I) for collecting signatures for a peace memorialLeo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – Russian writer on nonviolence, inspiration to Gandhi, Bevel, and other movement leadersAya Virginie Touré – Ivorian peace activist, proponent of non-violent resistanceJakow Trachtenberg (1888–1953) – Russian engineer and pacifistAndré Trocmé (1901–1971), with his wife Italian-bornMagda (1901–1996) – French Protestant pacifist pastor, saved many Jews inVichy France Benjamin Franklin Trueblood (1847–1916) – 19th century American writer, editor, organizer, pacifist, active in the American Peace SocietyBarbara Grace Tucker – Australian born peace activist, long time participant of theParliament Square Peace Campaign Titia van der Tuuk (1854–1939) – Dutch feminist and pacifistDesmond Tutu (1931–2021) – South African cleric, initiator, anti-apartheid, Nobel Peace Prize 1984Clara Tybjerg (1864–1941) – Danish feminist, peace activist and educatorreturn to table of contents
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Jody Williams Mien van Wulfften Palthe Lillian Wald (1867–1940) – American nurse, writer, human rights activist, suffragist and pacifistJulia Grace Wales (1881–1957) – Canadian academic and pacifistJohn Wallach (1943–2002) – American journalist, founder ofSeeds of Peace Sam Walton (born 1980s) – British Quaker, arrested (later acquitted) for attempting to disarm warplanes being used to bombYemen ; CEO ofFree Tibet Alyn Ware (born 1962) – New Zealand peace educator and campaigner, global coordinator forParliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament since 2002Roger Waters (born 1943) – English musician, co-founder ofPink Floyd , and anti-war activistChristopher Weeramantry (1926–2017) – President of theInternational Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms , former Sri Lankan Supreme Court JudgeMatilda Widegren (1863–1938) – Swedish educator and committed peace activistOwen Wilkes (1940–2005) – New Zealand peace researcher and activistAnita Parkhurst Willcox (1892–1984) – American artist, feminist, pacifistBetty Williams (1943–2020) – Nobel peace laureate for her work towards bringing about reconciliation in Northern IrelandJody Williams (born 1950) – American anti-landmine advocate and organizer, Nobel peace laureateMary Wilhelmine Williams (1878–1944) – American historian, feminist and pacifistWaldo Williams (1904–1971) – Welsh language poet, Christian pacifist and Quaker, opposed the Korean War and conscription, imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes which could fund warGeorge Willoughby (1914–2010) – American Quaker peace activist, co-founder of theMovement for a New Society and ofPeace Brigades International Brian Willson (born 1941) – American veteran, peace activist and lawyerDagmar Wilson (1916–2011) – founder,Women Strike for Peace George Winne Jr. (1947–1970) – American student whoimmolated himself in protest against theVietnam War Lawrence S. Wittner (born 1941) – American peace historian, researcher, and movement activistLilian Wolfe (1875–1974) – British anarchist, pacifist, feministWalter Wolfgang (1923–2019) – German-born British activistAnn Wright (born 1947) – retired US army colonel and State Department official who resigned in opposition to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, becoming a peace activist and antiwar campaignerLouise Wright (1861–1935) – Danish philanthropist, feminist and peace activistMien van Wulfften Palthe (1875–1960) – Dutch feminist, suffragist and pacifistJames Wuye (born 1960) – Nigerian pastor and co-founder of the Interfaith Mediation Center of the Muslim-Christian DialogueDavid Wylie (born 1929) – American attorney, author, and peace activistreturn to table of contents Cheng Yen return to table of contents
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"American peace activist killed by army bulldozer in Rafah" .Haaretz . 17 March 2003. Retrieved6 July 2014 .Bodhi, Bhikkhu (Fall 2018)."A Call to Conscience" .Tricycle: The Buddhist Review . Retrieved12 August 2019 .Chandran, Sudha (24 November 2000). "An Angel's Song".The Gulf Today . Sharjah. Colburn, Don (7 June 1988)."No More 'Evil Empire' .The Washington Post .ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved21 June 2021 . "Dr Kathleen Eleanor Hyde Rutherford MBE, MB, ChB, (1896-1975)" (PDF) . Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland. n.d. Retrieved23 June 2025 .Holmes, Robert L. (2013). Cicovacki, Predrag (ed.).The Ethics of Nonviolence: Essays by Robert L. Holmes ISBN 978-1-62356-962-4 Holmes, Robert L. (2017).Pacifism: A Philosophy of Nonviolence ISBN 978-1-4742-7982-6 "Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies aged 81" .Haaretz . Associated Press. 28 August 2008. Retrieved6 July 2014 .Ludel, Wallace (23 February 2021)."Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, and founder of San Francisco's City Lights bookstore, has died, aged 101" The Art Newspaper . Retrieved3 March 2021 .These experiences, particularly witnessing the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing, turned Ferlinghetti into a lifelong pacifist and anti-war activist. "Peace Summit Award 2008: Bono" .World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates . 12 December 2008. Retrieved16 June 2019 ."Profile: Rachel Corrie" . BBC News. 28 August 2012. Retrieved6 July 2014 ."Robert Holmes Named to Mercer Brugler Professorship" (Press release).University of Rochester . 14 October 1994. Retrieved2 November 2025 .Tangcay, Jazz (22 January 2020)." .Variety . Retrieved2 December 2019 . Williams, Nadya (February 2021)."Lawrence Ferlinghetti: a veteran for peace" . Obituary.Morning Star . Retrieved3 March 2021 .The turning point in Ferlinghetti's life came in late September 1945 as he walked the streets of Nagasaki, Japan, six weeks after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city by his country's government. ... Among the 40,000 Japanese who were incinerated on the day of August 9 was one who was drinking tea at the time. ... Ferlinghetti picked up that person's teacup; it had flesh and bone fused into it. The cup has now sat on the mantelpiece of his home for 75-and-a-half years. ... In all his prodigiously creative works, he never missed the opportunity to chastise the absurdity of materialism, the obscenity of war and the soullessness of profit-driven destruction.
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