Four American Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize. President Woodrow Wilson--Wilson won the peace prize for his work in founding the League of Nations President Theodore Teddy Roosevelt--President Roosevelt negotiated a peace treaty ending the bloody war between Japan and Russia. President James Earl Jimmy Carter--Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his many accomplishement in promoting peace and human rights, including the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel . President Barack Obama--According to the Nobel Prize Committee, President Obama won the award for efforts to strengthen international diplomacy, his vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons and for inspiring hope and creating a new climate in international politics. Video of ...