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Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation - 2011 Awardees Announced...
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By the end of 2011, there are already
272
individuals and
18
organization recipients of the Magsaysay Award.
India has the most number of Magsaysay Awardees with a
48
-awardee count, followed by the Philippines with a
36
-awardee count.
Dr. Sima Samar
was the first and only Afghan to have received the Magsaysay Award.
The
Dalai Lama
is the only surviving recipient among the 1959 batch of Magsaysay Awardees.
The oldest (upon receiving the Award) male recipient of the Magsaysay Award was
Seiei Toyama
, aged 96; oldest woman recipient was
Mary Rutnam
, aged 85.