Jean Henri Dunant (8 May 1828 – 30 October 1910) also known as
Henry Dunant was the founder of the Red Cross, and the first recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize. The 1864
Geneva Convention was based on Dunant's ideas. In 1901 he received the first
Nobel Peace Prize together with
Frédéric Passy, making Dunant the first Swiss Nobel laureate.