This
list of peace activists includes people who have proactively advocated
diplomatic, philosophical, and non-military resolution of major territorial or ideological disputes. through
nonviolent means and methods. Peace
activists usually work with others in the overall
anti-war and
peace movements to focus the world's attention on the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating to, and held in place by, the various irrational, violent, habitual, and historically fearful thought-processes residing at the core of these conflicts, with the intention of peacefully ending the conflicts themselves.