2019

Abiy Ahmed Ali – [Ethiopian]
(born August 15, 1976)

"for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea"

2018

Denis Mukwege – [Congolese] 
(born March 1, 1955)

"for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

2011

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – [Liberian]
(born  October 29, 1938)

She, along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."

2011 

Leymah Roberta Gbowee – [Liberian]
(born February 1, 1972)

She, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."

2009 

President Barack Obama – [American]
(August 4, 1961 – )

For his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"

2004

Wangarĩ Muta Maathai – [ Kenyan]
(April 1, 1940 – September 25, 2011)

For her "contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"

She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize

2001 

Kofi Atta Annan – [Ghanaian]
(April 8, 1938 – August 18, 2018)

The Peace Prize was to be divided between the UN and Annan. They were awarded the Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world,"

1993

Nelson Mandela – [South African]
(July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013)

He shared the Peace Prize with the man who had released him, President Frederik Willem de Klerk, because they had agreed on a peaceful transition to majority rule.

1984

Desmond Tutu – [South African]
(October 7, 1931)

For his opposition to South Africa's brutal apartheid regime

1978 

Anwar Sadat – [Egyptian]
(December 25, 1918 – 6 October 6, 1981)

He shared the Peace Prize with Israel's Prime Minister Begin after having taken the initiative in negotiating a peace treaty between the two countries.

1964 

Martin Luther King Jr. – [American]
(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

For combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance.

1960

Albert John Lutuli [commonly spelled Luthuli] – [South African]
(c. 1898 – 21 July 1967)

For his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid

He was the first person of African heritage to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1950 

Ralph Johnson Bunche – [American]
(August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971)

For having arranged a cease-fire between Israelis and Arabs during the war which followed the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

He was the first African American to be awarded the Peace Prize.