The first Nobel Peace Prize, in 1901, was awarded to

Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red CrossCorrect answerYour answerthe International Committee of the Red CrossCorrect answerYour answerthe League of NationsCorrect answerYour answerAlfred Nobel's executorsCorrect answerYour answer

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Henry Dunant was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
The organisation he founded has been honoured with the Peace Prize three times, but those awards came later.
The League of Nations did not exist in 1901.

Worth noting

A founder and the body he founded can both be laureates, and this pair is the standard example. The founder came first by nearly two decades.

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