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    The Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1979 was ethnically Albanian (born in what was then the Ottoman Empire, and her real name is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. By what name was she universally known?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      Mother Theresa. Mother Theresa did wonderful work during her lifetime helping abandoned children and the dying in Calcutta. She founded her Missionaries of Charity there in 1948, after becoming an Indian citizen!

    What world organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 for its work in helping children around the world?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      UNICEF. UNICEF stands for the 'United Nations Children's Fund'. (Until 1953 it was called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund: hence the six letters of the abbreviation).

    This Polish trade-union leader won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 in part for his 'solidarnosc' movement. What was his name?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      Lech Walesa. English speakers know the movement better as 'Solidarity', a confederation of trade unions. This movement changed the political system in Poland forever, helping transition the country toward a pluralistic government.

    This famous U.S. chemist not only won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1954, but also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his outspoken opposition of nuclear testing. Who was he?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      Linus Pauling. Pauling not only worked on discovering the nature of chemical bonds, and discovering that many proteins contained helical structures, but also was a tireless spokesman against nuclear testing...good man!

    What was the name of the Burmese (Myanmar) woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and later was imprisoned for her protests of the Burmese government?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, the 'father of the country' according to many Burmese. Unfortunately, Aung San was killed before Burma was officially made independent. Suu Kyi has worked toward pressuring the omnipresent military regime to open up Burmese politics to a more pluralistic form, but she has not quite been successful yet.

    What international organization won Nobel Peace Prizes during both World War 1 (1917) and World War 2 (1944) for its work in caring for the casualties of war?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      The Red Cross. The International Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss philanthropist, in 1864 during the Geneva Convention. He had tended to the wounded during the Battle of Solverino in 1859, leading to the founding of this wonderful international body. Clara Barton was the founder of the American Red Cross.

    Much to the chagrin of the Chinese government, this exiled leader won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Who was he?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      Dalai Lama. The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner was none other than the 14th incarnation of his holiness, the Dalai Lama. He was forced into exile in 1959 from Tibet when the Communist Chinese seized control of the country. From that time on, he worked without end toward promoting world peace in the typical Buddhist non-violent manner. The Dalai Lama set up a Tibetan government in exile in Dharmsala India, where he has continuously worked toward regaining Tibet's independence.

    What Secretary-General of the United Nations won the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961, after he had died in a plane crash?Interesting Nobel Peace Prize Winners

      Dag Hammarskjold. Hammarskjold opposed the British during the 1956 Suez Crisis and was attempting to mediate the crisis in Zaire when he died in a plane crash...how tragic!

    The 1913 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Physics is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes.

    The 1924 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Willem Einthoven.

    The 1999 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Physics is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Gerardus 't Hooft. 't Hooft won the Prize together with Martinus Veltman

    The 1969 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Economics is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Jan Tinbergen.

    The 1902 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Physics is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Pieter Zeeman.

    The 1929 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Christiaan Eijkman.

    The 1975 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Economics is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Tjalling C. Koopmans.

    The 1995 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Paul Crutzen.

    The 1901 Dutch Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry is?Dutch Nobel Prize Winners

      Jacobus Henricus Van 't Hoff.

    In 1903 Marie Sklodowska Curie won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Physics.

    In 1911 Marie Sklodowska Curie won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Chemistry.

    In 1909 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Literature.

    In 1945 Gabriela Mistral won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Literature.

    In 1931 Jane Addams won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Peace.

    In 1938 Pearl Buck won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Literature.

    In 1926 Grazia Deledda won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Literature.

    In 1905 Baroness Bertha Von Suttner won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Peace.

    In 1935 Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Chemistry.

    In 1928 Sigrid Undset won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1900-1950

      Literature.

    In 1982 Alva Myrdal won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1951-1999

      Peace.

    In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1951-1999

      Peace.

    In 1966 Nelly Sachs won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1951-1999

      Literature.

    In 1995 Christiane Nusslein-Volhard won the Nobel Prize. Which one?Female Nobel Prize Winners 1951-1999

      Physiology and Medicine.

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