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Also Known As Jean-Henri Dunant
Born May 8, 1828 ‱ Geneva ‱ Switzerland
Died October 30, 1910 (aged 82) ‱ Switzerland
Founder Red Cross and Red Crescent
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1901)

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