The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, established in 1993, is awarded by the Fulbright Association to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others.
Fulbright Prize laureates include:
- Nelson Mandela (1993)
- Jimmy Carter (1994)
- Franz Vranitzky (1995)
- Corazon Aquino (1996)
- Václav Havel (1997)
- Patricio Aylwin Azócar (1998)
- Mary Robinson (1999)
- Martti Ahtisaari (2000)
- Kofi Annan (2001)
- Sadako Ogata (2002)
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso (2003)
- Colin Powell (2004)
- Bill Clinton (2006)
- Desmond Tutu (2008)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2010)
- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (2012)
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