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Lê Đức Thọ

1911 - 1990

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Lê Đức Thọ (Vietnamese: [lē ɗɨ̌k tʰɔ̂ˀ] ; 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973, but refused the award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lê Đức Thọ is the 87th most popular social activist (down from 48th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Social Activist.

Lê đức thọ is most famous for being the first Vietnamese person to win a Nobel Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the parasite that causes leprosy.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lê Đức Thọ ranks 87 out of 840. Before him are Liu Xiaobo, Jenny von Westphalen, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Buenaventura Durruti, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and Axel Munthe. After him are Jimmy Hoffa, Alexei Navalny, Widukind, Jane Addams, Beatrice Cenci, and An Jung-geun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lê Đức Thọ ranks 40. Before him are Wilhelm Mohnke, Gian Carlo Menotti, Max Frisch, Klaus Fuchs, Trygve Haavelmo, and Odysseas Elytis. After him are Richard Baer, Jules Dassin, Lee Yoo-hyung, Jean Harlow, Joseph Barbera, and John Archibald Wheeler. Among people deceased in 1990, Lê Đức Thọ ranks 24. Before him are Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Ronald Evans, Ilya Frank, John Bowlby, Robert Hofstadter, and Patrick White. After him are Miguel Muñoz, Sandro Pertini, Luigi Nono, Arthur Kennedy, Keith Haring, and Tunku Abdul Rahman.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Lê Đức Thọ ranks 9 out of 136. Before him are Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), and Bảo Đại (1913). After him are Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), and Jonathan Ke Quan (1971).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Vietnam

Among social activists born in Vietnam, Lê Đức Thọ ranks 2. Before him are Thích Quảng Đức (1897). After him are Peter Nguyen Van Hung (1958).

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