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André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
André Frédéric Cournand (September 24, 1895 – February 19, 1988) was a French-American physician and physiologist. Cournand was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 along with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. In 1981, Cournand became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.
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André Frédéric Cournand was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1895 | 2026 |
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| Population | 68.0M | 341 million |
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