Actor
Born Aug 2, 1923 · Wiszniewo, Poland [now Vishnyeva, Belarus]
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Fear, Philadelphia Liberty Medal, Steiger Award, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
Shimon Peres (Hebrew: שמעון פרס; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of…