Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.
Current Ambassadors
Current UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors and the year they were appointed.| Year | Ambassador | Country | Actions |
| 2019 | Mahira Khan | Pakistan | actor |
| 2018 | Ben Stiller | USA | actor |
| 2017 | Praya Lundberg | Thailand | model and actress |
| 2017 | Miyavi | Japan | musician |
| 2017 | Neil Gaiman | GBR | writer |
| 2017 | Yusra Mardini | SYR | swimmer |
| 2017 | Kristin Davis | USA | actor |
| 2017 | David Morrissey | GBR | actor |
| 2017 | Alessandro Gassman | ITA | actor |
| 2017 | Iskui Abalyan | ARM BLR | singer |
| 2017 | Yasmine Salhi | TUN | artiste |
| 2016 | Cate Blanchett | Australia | actor |
| 2016 | John Abraham | IND | actor |
| 2015 | Jung Woo-sung | South Korea | actor |
| 2015 | Ger Duany | SSD | actor and model |
| 2015 | Rokia Traore | MLI | singer-songwriter |
| 2015 | Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah | KWT | philanthropist and former journalist |
| 2013 | Aidos Sagat | Kazakhstan | singer |
| 2013 | Alek Wek | UK | supermodel |
| 2013 | Khaled Hosseini | USA | writer |
| 2013 | Yao Chen | China | actor |
| 2007 | Jesús Vázquez | Spain | TV presenter |
| 2007 | Muazzez Ersoy | Turkey | singer |
| 2006 | George Dalaras | Greece | singer |
| 2006 | Osvaldo Laport | Uruguay | actor |
| 2003 | Julien Clerc | France | singer |
| 2000 | Adel Emam | Egypt | actor |
| 1987 | Barbara Hendricks | USA | classical singer |
Other positions
- Barbara Hendricks became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the first in 2002, the only person to hold this title.
- Angelina Jolie became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed the .
Past Ambassadors
- Kris Aquino
- Giorgio Armani
- Đorđe Balašević
- Richard Burton
- Nazia Hassan
- Justus Frantz
- Udo Jürgens
- Lady Antebellum
- Sophia Loren
- Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- James Mason
- Riccardo Muti
- Arja Saijonmaa
- The Schürzenjäger
- Jack Thompson
- Duraid Lahham