The only Nobel Peace Prize winner to decline the award is Le Duc Tho, a Vietnamese diplomat and politician.
Le Duc Tho shared the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with Henry Kissinger for their work in negotiating the Paris Peace Accords, which aimed to end the Vietnam War.
However, Le Duc Tho declined the award, citing the ongoing fighting in Vietnam and arguing that peace had not yet been achieved.
He believed that accepting the prize would be a misrepresentation of the situation and that the award should be given when peace was truly established.
Le Duc Tho's decision was controversial, but it highlighted the complexities of the peace process and the importance of recognizing the realities of conflict.
