Jimmy Carter

Born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924, Jimmy Carter grew up in a farming family and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy before serving in the Navy. He later returned home to run the family peanut business and entered politics, eventually becoming governor of Georgia and then the 39th president of the United States.

Carter served as president from 1977 to 1981. He is often remembered for helping broker the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, along with a presidency shaped by energy policy, human rights, and difficult economic and international challenges.

After leaving office, he built an unusually active post-presidency through The Carter Center, which worked on peace, democracy, disease prevention, and election monitoring around the world. In 2002, he received the Nobel Peace Prize, and he remained a widely admired public figure for decades. Carter died on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100.