Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1936 |
Number: | 9 - 5 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Baron Pierre de Coubertin |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1863 |
Year, Death: | 1937 |
Profession: | Founder of the modern Olympic Games. Educator (physical education). |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Motivation: | Coubertin was nominated for his efforts to diminish world tensions by reviving and arranging international Olympic Games for amateur athletes in 1894 onwards. He initiated the founding of the International Olympic Committee, and he was its second president (1896-1925). |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Jigoro Kano |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Japanese Senate |
Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.
See them all presented here.
See them all presented here.