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Dominique Pire

1910 - 1969

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Dominique Pire, O.P. (born Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire; 10 February 1910 – 30 January 1969) was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace, in December 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dominique Pire is the 59th most popular social activist (up from 72nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 76th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Social Activist.

Dominique Pire is most famous for his "Nude" series, which depicts the female body in a realistic and unidealized way.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dominique Pire ranks 59 out of 840. Before him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Hassan al-Banna, Harriet Tubman, Witold Pilecki, Yemelyan Pugachev, and Frantz Fanon. After him are Syed Ahmad Khan, Kim Hyong-jik, Gerald Durrell, Carl von Ossietzky, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and Túpac Amaru II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Dominique Pire ranks 15. Before him are Lee Byung-chul, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Gloria Stuart, Irena Sendler, and Jean Genet. After him are Jacques Monod, Django Reinhardt, Konrad Zuse, David Niven, Walter Schellenberg, and Paul Flory. Among people deceased in 1969, Dominique Pire ranks 28. Before him are Iskander Mirza, Brian Jones, Morihei Ueshiba, Jack Kerouac, Robert Taylor, and Vesto Slipher. After him are Levi Eshkol, Otto Dix, Moïse Tshombe, Arthur Friedenreich, Witold Gombrowicz, and Sonja Henie.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Dominique Pire ranks 64 out of 1,190. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), Simon Stevin (1548), Henry van de Velde (1863), Yves Chauvin (1930), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927). After him are Isabella of Austria (1501), Léon Degrelle (1906), Jacob Jordaens (1593), François Englert (1932), Django Reinhardt (1910), and James Ensor (1860).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Belgium

Among social activists born in Belgium, Dominique Pire ranks 1. After him are Marie Popelin (1846), Gabrielle Petit (1893), Henry Spira (1927), and Anuna De Wever (2001).

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