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| Boilerpipe Text | Former President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize from committee chair Thorbjoern Jagland in Oslo in 2009. Photo: Heidi Wideroe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It is rare for a U.S. president to win the
Nobel Peace Prize
.
Why it matters:
President
Trump
has publicly campaigned for
the prize
for months, but missed out Friday when the committee announced the honor would go to Venezuelan opposition leader
MarĂa Corina Machado
.
State of play:
Trump has promoted himself as a peacemaker during his second term, claiming he's
ended several wars
and brokered international peace deals.
"I deserve it," Trump
said
of the Nobel in February, "but they would never give it to me."
Bloomberg
reports that the Nobel decision was likely made Monday.
U.S. presidents and Americans who have won the prize:
Presidents who won the Nobel Peace Prize
President Theodore Roosevelt
won the award in 1906 for mediating a war between Japan and Russia,
stalling it from
escalating into a global conflict.
Roosevelt's victory was marred by controversy, per the
prize's website
. He was the first statesman to win the honor, which didn't sit well with some Norwegians who saw him as a military-focused imperialist.
Similarly, the Swedish "wrote that Alfred Nobel was turning in his grave," per the site, and that Roosevelt won for political reasons tied to Sweden and Norway relations.
President Woodrow Wilson
won the award in 1919
for his role in helping end World War I and
develop the League of Nations
, a peace-seeking international organization founded after the war.
Albert Schmedeman, an American minister,
accepted the prize
on his behalf.
Fun fact:
An American named Robert Woodrow Wilson (no relation)
won
the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 for discovering "cosmic microwave background radiation."
President Jimmy Carter
won the award in 2002 for peacemaking, promoting democracy and human rights, and promoting economic development, according to the
Nobel Prize website
.
Carter earned the honor when former President George W. Bush was planning the Iraq War.
Gunnar Berge, chairman of the Nobel Committee at the time,
suggested
Carter should have won the award in 1978 for negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel.
President Barack Obama
earned the award in 2009 for his role in
international diplomacy
.
Obama
said
he was surprised by the win, which happened in his presidential term.
"I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage," he said in his acceptance speech.
The push for Trump to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Lawmakers
and public figures
are cheering for Trump after he announced a peace agreement between
Israel and Hamas
earlier in the week.
The deal includes Israel pulling some troops from Gaza in the first phase, with Hamas releasing remaining hostages.
"It's a great day for Israel and for the world,"
Trump told Axios
.
What they're saying:
"Undoubtedly, President Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize," wrote Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
on X
.
"Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it!" the official X account of the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel
posted
Thursday.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
told Fox News
on Thursday that he'd support Trump winning the award if the president helped end the war in Ukraine.
Last month,
Pfizer CEO
Albert Bourla said Trump deserved the prize for
helping develop
the COVID-19 vaccine.
Context:
The
Nobel Peace Prize
has been awarded 105 times since 1901 — with 111 individuals and 31 organizations winning the award, per the prize website Thursday.
The winner, selected by a
five-person committee
elected by the Norwegian Parliament, is pulled from a
pool of candidates
.
Other notable Americans who won Nobel Peace Prize
George Marshall
won in 1953 for leading Europe's postwar recovery, per
the award's website
.
The award came after World War II, where Marshall was responsible for the strategy for the invasion of Normandy and helped develop orders for the use of atomic bombs, the site says.
Marshall, who later became secretary of state and defense secretary, also helped plan Europe's post-World War II economic future.
Martin Luther King Jr.
earned the honor in 1964 "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population," per the
award's website
.
King said in his
acceptance speech
that the honor should be given to the civil rights movement as a whole.
"I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize."
Henry Kissinger
won the award in 1973.
The former secretary of state took
home the prize
for helping negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam.
"More than the achievement of peace, it symbolizes the quest for peace. Though I deeply cherish this honor in a personal sense, I accept it on behalf of that quest and in the light of that grand purpose," Kissinger said in his
acceptance speech
.
Elie Wiesel
received the honor in 1986 for promoting peace as an author and speaker about the Holocaust.
Wiesel, whose family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, wrote the acclaimed book "Night."
In his
acceptance speech
, Wiesel said his award belonged to all Jewish people: "It pleases me because I may say that this honor belongs to all the survivors and their children, and through us, to the Jewish people with whose destiny I have always identified."
Vice President Al Gore
won the award in 2007 for
his efforts
to spread awareness and develop solutions to climate change.
He
shared the award
with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which also won for raising awareness of climate change.
More from Axios:
Trump tells Axios he's "likely" going to Israel for speech after Gaza deal
Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. Most Americans say he doesn't deserve one.
Trump's deep obsession: Winning a Nobel Peace Prize
Editor's note: This story was updated with news of Friday's announcement. | ||||||||||||||||||
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# These U.S. presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize
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Former President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize from committee chair Thorbjoern Jagland in Oslo in 2009. Photo: Heidi Wideroe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It is rare for a U.S. president to win the [Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/01/trump-nobel-peace-prize-obsession).
**Why it matters:** President [Trump](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/trump-nobel-peace-prize-un-speech-new-poll) has publicly campaigned for [the prize](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/01/trump-nobel-peace-prize-obsession) for months, but missed out Friday when the committee announced the honor would go to Venezuelan opposition leader [MarĂa Corina Machado](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/nobel-peace-prize-winner-machado-venezuela-trump).
**State of play:** Trump has promoted himself as a peacemaker during his second term, claiming he's [ended several wars](https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/trump-ended-wars-stop-ukraine-israel-iran) and brokered international peace deals.
- "I deserve it," Trump [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We3IrKtdTq4) of the Nobel in February, "but they would never give it to me."
- [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/norway-on-edge-over-trump-ahead-of-nobel-peace-prize-verdict?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MDAxMTgzNiwiZXhwIjoxNzYwNjE2NjM2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUM1YwRk5HT1QwSkswMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4ODFERTU4QUUwNjI0NzU5QkU4REU1MzQ2QzRCMEE0NSJ9.xfhGjLL4yldEPhjH2Sw8CeGn290V4VJcjWU-N1J_HTg) reports that the Nobel decision was likely made Monday.
*U.S. presidents and Americans who have won the prize:*
## Presidents who won the Nobel Peace Prize
**President Theodore Roosevelt** won the award in 1906 for mediating a war between Japan and Russia, [stalling it from](https://www.nps.gov/jica/learn/historyculture/nobel-peace-prize-presidents.htm) escalating into a global conflict.
- Roosevelt's victory was marred by controversy, per the [prize's website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1906/roosevelt/facts/). He was the first statesman to win the honor, which didn't sit well with some Norwegians who saw him as a military-focused imperialist.
- Similarly, the Swedish "wrote that Alfred Nobel was turning in his grave," per the site, and that Roosevelt won for political reasons tied to Sweden and Norway relations.
**President Woodrow Wilson** won the award in 1919for his role in helping end World War I and [develop the League of Nations](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1919/wilson/speedread/), a peace-seeking international organization founded after the war.
- Albert Schmedeman, an American minister, [accepted the prize](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1919/wilson/acceptance-speech/) on his behalf.
- **Fun fact:** An American named Robert Woodrow Wilson (no relation) [won](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1978/wilson/facts/) the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 for discovering "cosmic microwave background radiation."
**President Jimmy Carter** won the award in 2002 for peacemaking, promoting democracy and human rights, and promoting economic development, according to the [Nobel Prize website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2002/carter/facts/).
- Carter earned the honor when former President George W. Bush was planning the Iraq War.
- Gunnar Berge, chairman of the Nobel Committee at the time, [suggested](https://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc1119.html) Carter should have won the award in 1978 for negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel.
**President Barack Obama** earned the award in 2009 for his role in [international diplomacy](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2009/obama/facts/).
- Obama [said](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/12/10/day-history-four-presidents-and-vp-received-nobel-peace-prize) he was surprised by the win, which happened in his presidential term.
- "I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage," he said in his acceptance speech.
## The push for Trump to win a Nobel Peace Prize
**[Lawmakers](https://x.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1976322633495957887) and public figures** are cheering for Trump after he announced a peace agreement between [Israel and Hamas](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/08/gaza-deal-trump-announce-war-over) earlier in the week.
- The deal includes Israel pulling some troops from Gaza in the first phase, with Hamas releasing remaining hostages.
- "It's a great day for Israel and for the world," [Trump told Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/trump-israel-visit-gaza-hostage-peace-deal).
**What they're saying:** "Undoubtedly, President Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize," wrote Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick [on X](https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1976081557845893438).
- "Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it!" the official X account of the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel [posted](https://x.com/IsraeliPM/status/1976281973766369527) Thursday.
- Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) [told Fox News](https://x.com/atrupar/status/1976284153004904579) on Thursday that he'd support Trump winning the award if the president helped end the war in Ukraine.
- Last month, [Pfizer CEO](https://www.axios.com/2021/03/07/pfizer-ceo-coronavirus-vaccine) Albert Bourla said Trump deserved the prize for [helping develop](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/03/covid-vaccine-trump-nobel-peace-prize-pfizer) the COVID-19 vaccine.
**Context:** The [Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-peace-prizes/) has been awarded 105 times since 1901 — with 111 individuals and 31 organizations winning the award, per the prize website Thursday.
- The winner, selected by a [five-person committee](https://www.nobelprize.org/about/the-norwegian-nobel-committee/) elected by the Norwegian Parliament, is pulled from a [pool of candidates](https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/#:~:text=Selection%20process,of%20the%20most%20likely%20candidates.).
## Other notable Americans who won Nobel Peace Prize
**George Marshall** won in 1953 for leading Europe's postwar recovery, per [the award's website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1953/marshall/facts/).
- The award came after World War II, where Marshall was responsible for the strategy for the invasion of Normandy and helped develop orders for the use of atomic bombs, the site says.
- Marshall, who later became secretary of state and defense secretary, also helped plan Europe's post-World War II economic future.
**Martin Luther King Jr.** earned the honor in 1964 "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population," per the [award's website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/facts/).
- King said in his [acceptance speech](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/acceptance-speech/) that the honor should be given to the civil rights movement as a whole.
- "I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize."
**Henry Kissinger** won the award in 1973.The former secretary of state took [home the prize](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1973/kissinger/facts/) for helping negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam.
- "More than the achievement of peace, it symbolizes the quest for peace. Though I deeply cherish this honor in a personal sense, I accept it on behalf of that quest and in the light of that grand purpose," Kissinger said in his [acceptance speech](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1973/kissinger/acceptance-speech/#:~:text=The%20Nobel%20Peace%20Prize%20is,light%20of%20that%20grand%20purpose.).
**Elie Wiesel** received the honor in 1986 for promoting peace as an author and speaker about the Holocaust.
- Wiesel, whose family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, wrote the acclaimed book "Night."
- In his [acceptance speech](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1986/wiesel/acceptance-speech/), Wiesel said his award belonged to all Jewish people: "It pleases me because I may say that this honor belongs to all the survivors and their children, and through us, to the Jewish people with whose destiny I have always identified."
**Vice President Al Gore** won the award in 2007 for [his efforts](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/gore/facts/) to spread awareness and develop solutions to climate change.
- He [shared the award](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/gore/speedread/) with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which also won for raising awareness of climate change.
**More from Axios:**
- [Trump tells Axios he's "likely" going to Israel for speech after Gaza deal](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/trump-israel-visit-gaza-hostage-peace-deal)
- [Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. Most Americans say he doesn't deserve one.](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/trump-nobel-peace-prize-un-speech-new-poll)
- [Trump's deep obsession: Winning a Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/01/trump-nobel-peace-prize-obsession)
*Editor's note: This story was updated with news of Friday's announcement.*
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Former President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize from committee chair Thorbjoern Jagland in Oslo in 2009. Photo: Heidi Wideroe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It is rare for a U.S. president to win the [Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/01/trump-nobel-peace-prize-obsession). **Why it matters:** President [Trump](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/trump-nobel-peace-prize-un-speech-new-poll) has publicly campaigned for [the prize](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/01/trump-nobel-peace-prize-obsession) for months, but missed out Friday when the committee announced the honor would go to Venezuelan opposition leader [MarĂa Corina Machado](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/nobel-peace-prize-winner-machado-venezuela-trump).
**State of play:** Trump has promoted himself as a peacemaker during his second term, claiming he's [ended several wars](https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/trump-ended-wars-stop-ukraine-israel-iran) and brokered international peace deals. "I deserve it," Trump [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We3IrKtdTq4) of the Nobel in February, "but they would never give it to me." [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/norway-on-edge-over-trump-ahead-of-nobel-peace-prize-verdict?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MDAxMTgzNiwiZXhwIjoxNzYwNjE2NjM2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUM1YwRk5HT1QwSkswMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4ODFERTU4QUUwNjI0NzU5QkU4REU1MzQ2QzRCMEE0NSJ9.xfhGjLL4yldEPhjH2Sw8CeGn290V4VJcjWU-N1J_HTg) reports that the Nobel decision was likely made Monday. *U.S. presidents and Americans who have won the prize:* Presidents who won the Nobel Peace Prize **President Theodore Roosevelt** won the award in 1906 for mediating a war between Japan and Russia, [stalling it from](https://www.nps.gov/jica/learn/historyculture/nobel-peace-prize-presidents.htm) escalating into a global conflict. Roosevelt's victory was marred by controversy, per the [prize's website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1906/roosevelt/facts/). He was the first statesman to win the honor, which didn't sit well with some Norwegians who saw him as a military-focused imperialist. Similarly, the Swedish "wrote that Alfred Nobel was turning in his grave," per the site, and that Roosevelt won for political reasons tied to Sweden and Norway relations. **President Woodrow Wilson** won the award in 1919for his role in helping end World War I and [develop the League of Nations](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1919/wilson/speedread/), a peace-seeking international organization founded after the war. Albert Schmedeman, an American minister, [accepted the prize](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1919/wilson/acceptance-speech/) on his behalf. **Fun fact:** An American named Robert Woodrow Wilson (no relation) [won](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1978/wilson/facts/) the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 for discovering "cosmic microwave background radiation." **President Jimmy Carter** won the award in 2002 for peacemaking, promoting democracy and human rights, and promoting economic development, according to the [Nobel Prize website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2002/carter/facts/). Carter earned the honor when former President George W. Bush was planning the Iraq War. Gunnar Berge, chairman of the Nobel Committee at the time, [suggested](https://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc1119.html) Carter should have won the award in 1978 for negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel. **President Barack Obama** earned the award in 2009 for his role in [international diplomacy](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2009/obama/facts/). Obama [said](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/12/10/day-history-four-presidents-and-vp-received-nobel-peace-prize) he was surprised by the win, which happened in his presidential term. "I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage," he said in his acceptance speech. The push for Trump to win a Nobel Peace Prize **[Lawmakers](https://x.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1976322633495957887) and public figures** are cheering for Trump after he announced a peace agreement between [Israel and Hamas](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/08/gaza-deal-trump-announce-war-over) earlier in the week. The deal includes Israel pulling some troops from Gaza in the first phase, with Hamas releasing remaining hostages. "It's a great day for Israel and for the world," [Trump told Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/trump-israel-visit-gaza-hostage-peace-deal). **What they're saying:** "Undoubtedly, President Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize," wrote Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick [on X](https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1976081557845893438). "Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it!" the official X account of the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel [posted](https://x.com/IsraeliPM/status/1976281973766369527) Thursday. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) [told Fox News](https://x.com/atrupar/status/1976284153004904579) on Thursday that he'd support Trump winning the award if the president helped end the war in Ukraine. Last month, [Pfizer CEO](https://www.axios.com/2021/03/07/pfizer-ceo-coronavirus-vaccine) Albert Bourla said Trump deserved the prize for [helping develop](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/03/covid-vaccine-trump-nobel-peace-prize-pfizer) the COVID-19 vaccine. **Context:** The [Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-peace-prizes/) has been awarded 105 times since 1901 — with 111 individuals and 31 organizations winning the award, per the prize website Thursday. The winner, selected by a [five-person committee](https://www.nobelprize.org/about/the-norwegian-nobel-committee/) elected by the Norwegian Parliament, is pulled from a [pool of candidates](https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/#:~:text=Selection%20process,of%20the%20most%20likely%20candidates.). Other notable Americans who won Nobel Peace Prize **George Marshall** won in 1953 for leading Europe's postwar recovery, per [the award's website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1953/marshall/facts/). The award came after World War II, where Marshall was responsible for the strategy for the invasion of Normandy and helped develop orders for the use of atomic bombs, the site says. Marshall, who later became secretary of state and defense secretary, also helped plan Europe's post-World War II economic future. **Martin Luther King Jr.** earned the honor in 1964 "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population," per the [award's website](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/facts/). King said in his [acceptance speech](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/acceptance-speech/) that the honor should be given to the civil rights movement as a whole. "I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize." **Henry Kissinger** won the award in 1973.The former secretary of state took [home the prize](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1973/kissinger/facts/) for helping negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam. "More than the achievement of peace, it symbolizes the quest for peace. Though I deeply cherish this honor in a personal sense, I accept it on behalf of that quest and in the light of that grand purpose," Kissinger said in his [acceptance speech](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1973/kissinger/acceptance-speech/#:~:text=The%20Nobel%20Peace%20Prize%20is,light%20of%20that%20grand%20purpose.). **Elie Wiesel** received the honor in 1986 for promoting peace as an author and speaker about the Holocaust. Wiesel, whose family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, wrote the acclaimed book "Night." In his [acceptance speech](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1986/wiesel/acceptance-speech/), Wiesel said his award belonged to all Jewish people: "It pleases me because I may say that this honor belongs to all the survivors and their children, and through us, to the Jewish people with whose destiny I have always identified." **Vice President Al Gore** won the award in 2007 for [his efforts](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/gore/facts/) to spread awareness and develop solutions to climate change. He [shared the award](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/gore/speedread/) with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which also won for raising awareness of climate change. **More from Axios:** [Trump tells Axios he's "likely" going to Israel for speech after Gaza deal](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/trump-israel-visit-gaza-hostage-peace-deal) [Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. Most Americans say he doesn't deserve one.](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/trump-nobel-peace-prize-un-speech-new-poll) [Trump's deep obsession: Winning a Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/01/trump-nobel-peace-prize-obsession) *Editor's note: This story was updated with news of Friday's announcement.* | ||||||||||||||||||
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