Statesman · 1874 – 1965

Winston Churchill

Little-Known Facts

  • He earned much of his income from writing, producing dozens of volumes of history and memoir.
  • The Nobel committee cited his mastery of historical and biographical description and his oratory.

Myths & Misconceptions

Did Churchill win the Nobel Prize for Peace?

No — he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1953, for his historical writing and oratory, not the Peace Prize.