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1. 1867–1961

   Emily Greene Balch

   Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1946). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

2. 1867–1925

   Władysław Reymont

   Władysław Reymont (1867–1925) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1924). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

3. 1867–1933

   John Galsworthy

   John Galsworthy (1867–1933) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1932). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

4. 1867–1936

   Luigi Pirandello

   Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1934). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

5. 1867–1934

   Marie Skłodowska Curie

   A physicist and chemist born in Warsaw whose work with Pierre Curie led to the discovery of polonium and radium and to the study of radioactivity. This entry recognizes that collaboration and its later scientific and medical uses.

6. 1868–1928

   Theodore W. Richards

   Theodore W. Richards (1868–1928) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1914). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

7. 1868–1934

   Fritz Haber

   Fritz Haber (1868–1934) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1918). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

8. 1868–1953

   Robert A. Millikan

   Robert A. Millikan (1868–1953) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1923). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

9. 1868–1943

   Karl Landsteiner

   Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1930). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

10. 1869–1948

    Mahatma Gandhi

    Gandhi developed forms of satyagraha in South Africa and turned them into mass campaigns against laws, taxes and British rule in India. Non-cooperation, the Salt March and Quit India mobilized millions, although other movements and leaders disputed his strategy and his positions on caste, gender and race evolved and remain debated. His assassination in 1948 came after the independence and Partition he had failed to prevent

11. 1869–1937

    Gustaf Dalén

    Gustaf Dalén (1869–1937) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1912). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

12. 1869–1930

    Fritz Pregl

    Fritz Pregl (1869–1930) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1923). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

13. 1869–1941

    Hans Spemann

    Hans Spemann (1869–1941) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1935). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

14. 1869–1959

    C.T.R. Wilson

    C.T.R. Wilson (1869–1959) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1927). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

15. 1869–1938

    Christian Lange

    Christian Lange (1869–1938) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1921). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

16. 1869–1951

    André Gide

    André Gide (1869–1951) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1947). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

17. 1870–1961

    Jules Bordet

    Jules Bordet (1870–1961) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1919). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

18. 1870–1942

    Jean Baptiste Perrin

    Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870–1942) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1926). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

19. 1870–1953

    Ivan Bunin

    Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1933). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

20. 1871–1937

    Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1908). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

21. 1871–1935

    Victor Grignard

    Victor Grignard (1871–1935) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1912). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

22. 1871–1955

    Cordell Hull

    Cordell Hull (1871–1955) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1945). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

23. 1871–1936

    Grazia Deledda

    Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1926). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

24. 1872–1942

    Richard Willstätter

    Richard Willstätter (1872–1942) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1915). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

25. 1872–1967

    Sir Norman Angell

    Sir Norman Angell (1872–1967) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1933). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

26. 1872–1970

    Bertrand Russell

    Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1950). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

27. 1873–1964

    Hans von Euler-Chelpin

    Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873–1964) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1929). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

28. 1873–1944

    Alexis Carrel

    Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1912). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

29. 1873–1961

    Otto Loewi

    Otto Loewi (1873–1961) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1936). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

30. 1873–1950

    Johannes V. Jensen

    Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1944). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.