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See the 20 Most Famous Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

On Friday, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced. Since 1901, the Norwegian committee has bestowed 101 awards to individuals and 22 to organizations. Here are the 20 most famous figures who have received the prestigious honor

President Obama speaks on healthcare and the Affordable Care Act 03/25/2006. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Dortmund. Aspen Institute Holds Awards Dinner Kofi Annan Portrait Of Shimon Peres JERUSALEM-BIO-RABIN File picture of PLO chairman Arafat speaking during the ceremony of the sixth anniversary of the Palestinian declaration of independence BIO-MANDELA SALUTES-SQUATTER CAMP (FILES) Photo dated 23 May 1996 shows My Mikhail S. Gorbachev The Dalai Lama Various Writers and Journalists Elie Wiesel at Nobel Peace Prize Press Conference 00/10/1979. MERE TERESA ET LES PAUVRES A CALCUTTA Anwar Sadat Henry Kissinger MARTIN LUTHER KING A PARIS 1965 Jane Addams, American reformer and feminist President Woodrow Wilson in the Oval Office Theodore Roosevelt

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