Nelson Mandela, Ibrahim Rugova, Aung San Suu Kyi, Reporters without Borders and Aliaksandr Milinkevich are among the previous winners of the prize.
Andrejs Saharovs Iepriekšējo gadu Saharova balvas laureātu vidū ir Nelsons Mandela, „Reportieri bez robežām” un Aleksandrs Milinkevičs.