This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and advocates, who work on behalf of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for children's rights. UNICEF goodwill ambassadors are usually selected by regional and national UNICEF offices, the primary office at the United Nations building in New York is responsible for international appointments. UNICEF has the largest and most extensive goodwill ambassador and human rights advocacy program in the world for children.
In order of appointment:
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (February 1984)[1]
Nana Mouskouri (October 1993)[2]
Leon Lai (July 1994)[3]
Vanessa Redgrave (June 1995)[4]
Judy Collins (September 1995)[5]
Maxim Vengerov (July 1997)[6] Susan Sarandon (December 1999)[7] Mia Farrow (September 2000)[8]
Sebastião Salgado (April 2001)[9]
Femi Kuti (June 2002)[10]
Angélique Kidjo (July 2002)[11] Whoopi Goldberg (September 2003)[12]
Shakira (October 2003)[13]
Ricky Martin (December 2003)[14] Jackie Chan (April 2004)[15]
Lang Lang (May 2004)[16] Danny Glover (September 2004)[17] David Beckham (January 2005)[18]
Amitabh Bachchan (April 2005)[19]
Queen Rania of Jordan (January 2007)[20]
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (April 2007)[21]
Gavin Rajah (August 2007)[22]
Berliner Philharmoniker (November 2007)[23] Simon Rattle (November 2007)[23]
Biyouna (November 2012)
Ishmael Beah (November 2007)[24]
Myung-whun Chung (April 2008)[25]
Maria Guleghina (February 2009)[26] Selena Gomez (September 2009)[27] Orlando Bloom (October 2009)[28]
Lionel Messi (March 2010)[29] Yuna Kim (July 2010)[30] Liam Neeson (March 2011)[31] Serena Williams (September 2011)[32] Katy Perry (December 2013)[33]
Novak Djokovic (August 2015)[34] Priyanka Chopra (December 2016)
Lilly Singh (July 2017)[35] Millie Bobby Brown (November 2018)[36]
Vanessa Nakate (September 2022)[37]
In order of appointment:
Danny Kaye (1954)[38] Peter Ustinov (1968)[39] Richard Attenborough (October 1987)[40] Audrey Hepburn (1989)[41]
Youssou N'Dour (April 1991)[42] Roger Moore (August 1991)[43]
Johann Olav Koss (December 1994)[44]
Vendela Kirsebom (May 1996)[45]
George Weah (April 1997)[46] Jessica Lange (June 2003)[47]
Roger Federer (April 2006)[48] Mikael Persbrandt (2011)[49]In order of appointment:
Aamir Khan (October 2014)[50] Sachin Tendulkar (November 2013)[51] Anatoly Karpov (June 1988)[51]
Milena Zupančič (1998)[51] Diego Torres (November 2006)[51]
Ricardo Montaner (November 2007)[51]
Mahmoud Kabil (January 2004)[51]
Nancy Ajram (October 2009)[51] Yvonne Chaka Chaka (April 2005)[51] Zola (November 2006)[51]
Name Six (May 2007)[52]
Oliver Mtukudzi (June 2011)[51] Tendai Mtawarira (2022)[51]
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (January 2007)[51] Miriam Yeung (October 2009)[51]
Merewalesi Nailatikau (February 2011)[51] Aaron Kwok (October 2011)[51] Agnes Chan (2016)[51] Choi Siwon (October 2019)[53][54]
Gladys Habu (2021)[51]In order of appointment:
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