Question

name the scientist who rejected the Nobel Prize

Answer 1

Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize

Answer 2

Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord.