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- Birth nameAlfred Bernhard Nobel
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. He died on December 10, 1896 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy.
- He owned Bofors, which he redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.
- Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.
- He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.
- Surname is pronounced "noh-bell", not "noh-bole".
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