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Abdullah Abu Sayeed    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2004 Bangladesh

Abdul Samad Ismail    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1994 Malaysia

Abdul Sattar Edhi, Bilquis Edhi    won the award for    Public Service 1986 Pakistan

Abdurrahman Wadir    won the award for    Community Leadership 1993 Indonesia

Ahangamage Ariyaratne    won the award for    Community Leadership 1969 Sri Lanka

Ahmad Syafii Maarif    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2008 Indonesia

Akhtar Hameed Khan    won the award for    Government Service 1963 Pakistan

Akio Ishii    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2008 Japan

Akira Kurosawa    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1965 Japan

Alfredo R.A. Bengzon    won the award for    Government Service 1991 Philippines

Ali Sadikin    won the award for    Government Service 1971 Indonesia

Aloysius Mboi, Nafsiah Mboi    won the award for    Government Service 1986 Indonesia

Aloysius Schwartz    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1983 American in Korea

Amitabha Chowdhury    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1961 India

Ananda Galappatti    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2008 Sri Lanka

Anand Panyarachun    won the award for    Government Service 1997 Thailand

Angel Alcala    won the award for    Public Service 1992 Philippines

Angela Gomes    won the award for    Community Leadership 1999 Bangladesh

Aniceto Guterres Lopes    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2003 East Timor

Antonio Fortich, Benjamin Gaston    won the award for    Public Service 1973 Philippines

Antonio Meloto    won the award for    Community Leadership 2006 Philippines

Anton Soedjarwo    won the award for    Community Leadership 1983 Indonesia

Aree Valyasevi    won the award for    Community Leadership 1987 Thailand

Arturo Alcaraz    won the award for    Government Service 1982 Philippines

Aruna Roy    won the award for    Community Leadership 2000 India

Arun Shourie    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1982 India

Arvind Kejriwal    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2006 India

Asian Institute of Management    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1995 Philippines based

Asian Institute of Technology    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1989 Thailand based

Asma Jahangir    won the award for    Public Service 1995 Pakistan

Association of Southeast Asian Nations    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1979

Atmakusumah Astraatmadja    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2000 Indonesia

Augustine Joung Kang    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1981 Korea

Augustine Nguyen Lac Hoa    won the award for    Public Service 1964 South Vietnam

Baba Amte    won the award for    Public Service 1985 India

Balachandra Sekhar    won the award for    Government Service 1973 Malaysia

Banoo Jehangir Coyaji    won the award for    Public Service 1993 India

Bayanihan Folk Arts Center and Its Supporting Entities    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1965 Philippines based

Bejamin Galstaun    won the award for    Government Service 1977 Indonesia

Benjamin Abadiano    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2004 Philippines

Bharat Koirala    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2002 Nepal

Bienvenido Lumbera    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1993 Philippines

Boobli George Verghese    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1975 India

C D Desmukh    won the award for    Government Service 1959 India

Cecile Guidote, Gilopez Kabayao    won the award for    Public Service 1972 Philippines

Center for Agriculture & Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions    won the award for    Public Service 2008 Philippines

Chamlong Srimuang    won the award for    Government Service 1992 Thailand

Chandi Prasad Bhatt    won the award for    Community Leadership 1982 India

Chang Chun-ha    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1962 Korea

Chang Kee-ryo    won the award for    Public Service 1979 Korea

Chen Guangcheng    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2007 China Chung To -- Emergent Leadership --2007 China

College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB)    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1977 Philippines

Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin and Cooperating Entities    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1966 Kampuchea, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam with international support

Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere (CARE)    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1968 Philippines based

Corazon Aquino    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1998 Philippines

Cynthia Maung    won the award for    Community Leadership 2002 Burma

Dalai Lama    won the award for    Community Leadership 1959 Tibet

Dato Bin Yub Shahrum    won the award for    Government Service 1978 Malaysia

Deep Joshi    won the award for    Public Service 2009 India - For “his vision and leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India, by effectively combining ‘head’ and ‘heart’ in the transformative development of rural communities.”

Diane Ying    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1987 Taiwan

Dr. Prakash Amte and Dr. Mandakini Amte    won the award for    Community Leadership 2008 India

Dr. Sanduk Ruit    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2006 Nepal

Ediriweera Sarachchandra    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1988 Sri Lanka

Eduardo Jorge Anzorena    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1994 Argentinian in Japan

Edward Law Yone    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1960 Burma

Ek Sonn Chan    won the award for    Government Service 2006 Cambodia

Ela Bhatt    won the award for    Community Leadership 1977 India

Elsie Tu    won the award for    Government Service 1976 British in Hong Kong

Eugenia Duran Apostol    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2006 Philippines

Eva Fidela Maamo    won the award for    Community Leadership 1997 Philippines

Fazle Hasan Abed    won the award for    Community Leadership 1980 Bangladesh

Fe Del Mundo    won the award for    Public Service 1977 Philippines

Fei Xiaotong    won the award for    Community Leadership 1994 China

Fon Saengsingkaew    won the award for    Government Service 1966 Thailand

Francisca Aquino    won the award for    Government Service 1962 Philippines

F. Sionil Jose    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1980 Philippines

Fua Hariphitak    won the award for    Public Service 1983 Thailand

Fusaye Ichikawa    won the award for    Community Leadership 1974 Japan

Gao Yajolie    won the award for    Public Service 2003 China

Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation    won the award for    Community Leadership 2006 Philippines based

Genevieve Caulfield    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1961 USA/Thailand

Goh Keng Swee    won the award for    Government Service 1972 Singapore

Gour Kishore Ghosh    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1981 India

Grace Padaca    won the award for    Government Service 2008 Philippines

Gus Borgeest    won the award for    Community Leadership 1961 British in Hong Kong

Haji Hanafiah    won the award for    Government Service 1987 Malaysia

Hans Jassin    won the award for    Public Service 1987 Indonesia

Hans Westenberg    won the award for    Community Leadership 1972 Indonesia

Harold Ray Watson    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1985 Philippines based

Haydee Yorac    won the award for    Government Service 2004 Philippines

Helen Kim    won the award for    Public Service 1963 Korea

Henning Holck-Larsen    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1976 Danish in India

Henry Holland, Ronald Holland    won the award for    Public Service 1960 British in Pakistan

Hermenegild Fernandez    won the award for    Public Service 1976 French in Sri Lanka

Hilario G. Davide, Jr.    won the award for    Government Service 2002 Philippines

Hiroshi Kuroki    won the award for    Government Service 1974 Japan

Ho Ming-Teh    won the award for    Community Leadership 1995 Taiwan

Horace Kadoorie and Lawrence Kadoorie    won the award for    Public Service 1962 British in Hongkong

Hsu Shih-chu    won the award for    Government Service 1969 Taiwan

Ikuo Hirayama    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2001 Japan

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1986 Philippines based

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1969 American based in Philippines

James Michael Lyngdoh    won the award for    Government Service 2003 India

James Reuter    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1989 Philippines based

Jayaprakash Narayan    won the award for    Public Service 1965 India

Jesse Robredo    won the award for    Government Service 2000 Philippines

Jiang Menglin    won the award for    Government Service 1958 Taiwan

Jiang Yanyong    won the award for    Public Service 2004 China

Jiro Kawakita    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1984 Japan

Joaquin Vilallonga    won the award for    Public Service 1959 Philippines

Jockin Arputham    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2000 India

Johanna Nasution    won the award for    Public Service 1981 Indonesia

John Vincent Daly    won the award for    Community Leadership 1986 American in Korea

John Woong-Jin Oh    won the award for    Public Service 1996 Korea

Jon Ungphakorn    won the award for    Government Service 2005 Thailand

Jose Aguilar    won the award for    Government Service 1959 Philippines

Jovito R. Salonga    won the award for    Government Service 2007 Philippines

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay    won the award for    Community Leadership 1966 India

Kayser Sung    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1964 Chinese in Hong Kong

Keo Viphakone    won the award for    Government Service 1967 Laos

Ka Hsaw Wa    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2009. Burma. For "his dauntlessly pursuing non violent yet effective channels of redress, exposure, and education for the defence of human rights, the environment, and democracy in Burma."

Kim Hyung-Seo    won the award for    Public Service 1969 Korea

Kim Im-soon    won the award for    Community Leadership 1989 Korea

Kim Sun-tae    won the award for    Public Service 2007 Korea

Kim Yong-ki    won the award for    Public Service 1966 Korea

Kiran Bedi    won the award for    Government Service 1994 India

Koesna Poeradiredja    won the award for    Community Leadership 1962 Indonesia

Krasae Chanawongse    won the award for    Community Leadership 1973 Thailand

K.V. Subbanna    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1991 India

Laksmhi Chand Jain    won the award for    Public Service 1989 India

Laxminarayan Ramdas    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2004 India Ibn Abdur Rehman -- Peace and International Understanding -- 2004 Pakistan

Lee Kwoh-ting    won the award for    Government Service 1968 Taiwan

Lee Tai-Young    won the award for    Community Leadership 1975 Korea

Liang Congjie    won the award for    Public Service 2000 China

Lim Kim San    won the award for    Community Leadership 1965 Singapore

Lin Hwai-Min    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1999 Taiwan

Lino Brocka    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1985 Philippines

Lokukamkanamge Manjusri    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1979 Sri Lanka

Mabelle Arole, Rajanikant Arole    won the award for    Community Leadership 1979 India

Mahabir Pun    won the award for    Community Leadership 2007 Nepal

Mahasweta Devi    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1997 India

Mahesh Chandra Mehta    won the award for    Public Service 1997 India

Mahesh Chandra Regmi    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1977 Nepal

Manibhai Desai    won the award for    Public Service 1982 India

Marcelline Jayakody    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1983 Sri Lanka

Mary Rutnam    won the award for    Public Service 1958 Sri Lanka

Masanobu Fukuoka    won the award for    Public Service 1988 Japan

Matiur Rahman    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2005 Bangladesh

Mechai Viravaidya    won the award for    Public Service 1994 Thailand

Michiko Ishimure    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1973 Japan

Miriam Santiago    won the award for    Government Service 1988 Philippines

Mitoji Nishimoto    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1969 Japan

Mochtar Lubis    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1959 Indonesia

Mohammed Sufian    won the award for    Government Service 1975 Malaysia

Mohammed Yeasin    won the award for    Community Leadership 1988 Bangladesh

Morihiko Hiramatsu    won the award for    Government Service 1995 Japan

Mother Teresa    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1962 India

M.S. Subbulakshmi    won the award for    Public Service 1974 India

M.S. Swaminathan    won the award for    Community Leadership 1971 India

Muhammad Yunus    won the award for    Community Leadership 1984 Bangladesh

Muhammed Alias    won the award for    Government Service 1980 Malaysia

Nick Joaquin    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1996 Philippines

Nilawan Pintong    won the award for    Public Service 1961 Thailand

Noboru Iwamura    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1993 Japan

Nuon Phaly    won the award for    Community Leadership 1998 Cambodia

Ohm Dae-sup    won the award for    Public Service 1980 Korea

Operation Brotherhood    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1958 Philippines

Oung Chanthol    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2001 Cambodia Dita Sari -- Emergent Leadership -- 2001 Indonesia

Pablo Tapia    won the award for    Community Leadership 1964 Philippines

Palayil Narayanan    won the award for    Community Leadership 1962 Malaysia

Pandurang Shastri Athavale    won the award for    Community Leadership 1996 India

Park Won Soon    won the award for    Public Service 2006 Korea

Patrick James McGlinchey    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1975 Irish in Korea

Paul Jeong Gu Jei    won the award for    Community Leadership 1986 Korea

Pedro Orata    won the award for    Public Service 1971 Philippines

Phra Parnchand    won the award for    Public Service 1975 Thailand

Pomnyun Sunim    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2002 Korea

Pramod Karan Sethi    won the award for    Community Leadership 1981 India

Pramoedya Ananta Toer    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1995 Indonesia

Prateep Hata    won the award for    Public Service 1978 Thailand

Prawes Wasi    won the award for    Government Service 1981 Thailand

Prayong Ronnarong    won the award for    Community Leadership 2004 Thailand

Prayoon Chanyavongs    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1971 Thailand

Press Foundation of Asia    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1991 Philippines based

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn    won the award for    Public Service 1991 Thailand

P. Sainath    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2007 India

Puey Ungpakorn    won the award for    Government Service 1965 Thailand

Raden Kodijat    won the award for    Government Service 1961 Indonesia

Raden Wasito    won the award for    Government Service 1979 Indonesia

Radio Veritas    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1986 Philippines based

Rahman, Abdul    won the award for    Community Leadership 1960 Malaysia

Rajendra Singh    won the award for    Community Leadership 2001 India

Raul Locsin    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1999 Philippines

Ravi Shankar    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1992 India

Razak Abdul    won the award for    Community Leadership 1967 Malaysia

Richard William Timm    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1987 Bangladesh/United States

Richard Wilson    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1964 British in Hong Kong

R. K. Laxman    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1984 India

Robert Dick    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1958 United Kingdom

Rosario Encarnacion, Silvino Encarnacion    won the award for    Community Leadership 1968 Philippines

Rosa Rosal    won the award for    Public Service 1999 Philippines

The Royal Project    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1988 Thailand

Ruocheng Ying    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1998 China

Ruth Pfau    won the award for    Public Service 2002 Pakistan

Saburo Okita    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1971 Japan

Sadako Ogata    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1997 Japan

Sandeep Pandey    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2002 India

Satyajit Ray    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1967 India

Seiichi Tobata    won the award for    Public Service 1968 Japan

Shantha Sinha    won the award for    Community Leadership 2003 India

Sheila Coronel    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2003 Philippines

Shigeharu Matsumoto    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1980 Japan

Shiroshi Nasu    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1967 Japan

Shoaib Sultan Khan    won the award for    Community Leadership 1992 Pakistan

Sima Samar    won the award for    Community Leadership 1994 Afghan in Pakistan

Sithiporn Kridakara    won the award for    Public Service 1967 Thailand

Soedjatmoko    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1978 Indonesia

Sombath Somphone    won the award for    Community Leadership 2005 Lao

Sombhu Mitra    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1976 India

Sophon Suphapong    won the award for    Public Service 1998 Thailand

Summer Institute of Linguistics    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1973 based in the Philippines

Su Nan-cheng    won the award for    Government Service 1983 Taiwan

Syed Abidul Rizvi    won the award for    Government Service 1998 Pakistan

Tahrunessa Abdullah    won the award for    Community Leadership 1978 Bangladesh

Tang Xiyang    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2007 China

Tarzie Vittachi    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1960 Sri Lanka

Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui    won the award for    Government Service 1999 Pakistan

Ta-You Wu    won the award for    Government Service 1984 Taiwan

Tee Tee Luce    won the award for    Public Service 1959 Burma

Teten Masduki    won the award for    Public Service 2005 Indonesia

Tetsu Nakamura    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 2003 Japan Seiei Toyoma -- Peace and International Understanding -- 2003 Japan

Therdchai Jivacate    won the award for    Public Service 2008 Thailand

Thongbai Thongpao    won the award for    Public Service 1984 Thailand

T N Seshan    won the award for    Government Service 1996 India

Ton That Thien    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1968 Vietnam

Toshihiro Takami    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1996 Japan

Toshikazu Wakatsuki    won the award for    Community Leadership 1976 Japan

Tan Sri Noordin    won the award for    Government Service 1985 Malaysia

U.S. Peace Corps    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1963 in Asia

Ven Cheng Yen    won the award for    Community Leadership 1991 Taiwan

Verghese Kurien, Dara Khurodi, Tribhuvandas Patel    won the award for    Community Leadership 1963 India

Vinoba Bhave    won the award for    Community Leadership 1958 India

Vo-Tong Xuan    won the award for    Government Service 1993 Vietnam

V. Shanta    won the award for    Public Service 2005 India

Wannakuwatta Amaradeva    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 2001 Sri Lanka

Washington SyCip    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1992 Philippines/United States

Welthy Fisher    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1964 American in India

William Masterson    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1974 Philippines

Wu Qing    won the award for    Public Service 2001 China

Yasuji Hanamori    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1972 Japan

YC James Yen    won the award for    Peace and International Understanding 1960 Taiwan

Yoon Hye-Ran    won the award for    Emergent Leadership 2005 South Korea

Yoon Suk-joong    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1978 Korea

Yukiharu Miki    won the award for    Government Service 1964 Japan

Yuan Longping    won the award for    Government Service 2001 China

Zacarias Sarian    won the award for    Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts 1974 Philippines

Zafrullah Chowdhury    won the award for    Community Leadership 1985 Bangladesh

Zakiah Hanum    won the award for    Government Service 1989 Malaysia

Facts contributed by:

Arjun Pai

JMK

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