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The Nobel Prize has been awarded since 1901. The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 were Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy.


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The first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10, 1901. The Nobel Peace Prize was founded by Alfred Nobel (the inventor of dynamite).
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Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frédéric Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time. In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.

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