| Nelson Mandela |
2010 |
| Prime Minister Sali Berisha |
2009 |
| Parents Circle Families Forum |
2008 |
| President Lech Walesa |
2007 |
| Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak |
2006 |
| Carol Bellamy |
2005 |
| Maestro Luciano Pavarotti |
2004 |
| Seeds of Peace |
2003 |
| His Late Majesty, King Hussein I of Jordan (posthumously) |
2002 |
| The Honorable Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu |
2000 |
| President Árpád Göncz |
1999 |
| Save the Children |
1998 |
| The Honorable Jimmy Carter |
1997 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (posthumously) |
1996 |
| President Anwar el Sadat (posthumously) |
1996 |
| Dharma Master Cheng Yen |
1994 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres |
1992 |
| Harold E. Stassen |
1992 |
| Ambassador Maxwell M. Rabb |
1990 |
| Mother Teresa |
1988 |
| President Ronald Reagan |
1986 |
| Norman Cousins |
1984 |
| Mrs. Marian Adair |
1983 |
| Dr. Y.C. James Yen |
1983 |
| Vice President George Bush |
1982 |
| Educational Travel Institute |
1980 |
| Mrs. Catherine W. Menninger |
1980 |
| Mr. Magnus von Braun |
1976 |
| Mr. Donald J. Hall |
1973 |
| Mr. Albert Pick, Jr. |
1972 |
| Mr. Joyce C. Hall |
1971 |
| Dr. Melville B. Grosvenor |
1970 |
| Neil Armstrong |
1969 |
| Ambassador George Venable Allen |
1969 |
| Frank H. Krusen, M.D. |
1969 |
| Mrs. Carter Collins |
1968 |
| Mrs. Renzo Sawada |
1968 |
| Mrs. Guido Panteleoni |
1968 |
| Dr. Louise Kim |
1968 |
| Arnold Palmer |
1968 |
| Dr. James A. McCain |
1968 |