
1. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, was nominated 32 times for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine but was never awarded.
2. International Red Cross won the Nobel Prize in Peace for three times, more than any other.
3.UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) was awarded twice for Peace.
4. Self-nomination automatically disqualifies the nominee.
5. Le DucTho declined the Nobel Peace Prize in 1873, due to the situation in Vietnam.
6. The names of nominations are not revealed until 50 years later.
7. So far 48 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine are from Genetics.
8.Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1914-1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1939-1943, 1948, 1955-1956, 1966-1967 and 1972.
9. The Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Peace in 1939.