1 Won First Nobel Peace Prize - Henri Dunant

Henri Dunant, who shared the inaugural Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frédéric Passy, spent decades in near-total obscurity before the award — living in a small Swiss almshouse, largely forgotten after his bankruptcy and expulsion from the Red Cross he had founded. North Korea's decision to commemorate him is worth pausing on: a state with one of the worst humanitarian records on earth issuing a coin honoring the man who established the modern framework for wartime civilian protection.