He was the co-recipient, along with the UN, of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Peace in the centennial year of the Nobel Committee. Zewail was the first Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a science category. He was a co-recipient for the 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace for overseeing South Africa's transition from apartheid rule. Simon was born in Madagascar in 1913 [File:Wikipedia/Cretive Commons]Claude SimonClaude Simon was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature. Albert CamusCamus received the Nobel aged 44 [File: Getty Images]Algerian-born French author Albert Camus won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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