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Born January 18, 1937 • Londonderry • Northern Ireland
Died August 3, 2020 (aged 83) • Londonderry • Northern Ireland
Title / Office assembly (1998-2000), Northern Ireland • parliament (1983-2005), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation Social Democratic Labour Party
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1998)

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Sir Randal Cremer.
Sir Randal Cremer
British labor leader
Lord Noel-Baker.
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
British statesman
Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson
British statesman
Sir Austen Chamberlain.
Sir Austen Chamberlain
British statesman
Viscount Cecil, detail of an oil painting by John Mansbridge; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil
British statesman
Peter David Robinson, 2008.
Peter David Robinson
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Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley
first minister of Northern Ireland
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan
Northern Ireland politician
James Craig.
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
prime minister of Northern Ireland
David Trimble
David Trimble
British politician
Máiread Maguire
Máiread Maguire
Northern Irish peace activist
Betty Williams
Northern Irish activist
Bright, John
John Bright
British politician
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Irish leader
Reg Empey
Reg Empey
British politician
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Sir Roger Casement
British politician
John Wilson Croker
Irish author
Robert Bradford
Northern Irish clergyman
O'Brien, James Bronterre
James Bronterre O’Brien
British radical