| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Number: | 4 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Josué de Castro |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| Country: | BRAZIL (BR) |
| Motivation: | For his work on increase in population and access to food in his book "Geography of Hunger". |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | E.L. Viana |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Brazil |
| Country: | BRAZIL (BR) |
| Comments: | Professor Victor Leal from the same University also signed the nomination. |