Estournelles de constant
Paul Henri Benjamin Balluat
[pawl ahn-ree ban-zha-man ba-lwa] /pɔl ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃ baˈlwa/ (Show IPA), Baron Constant de Rebecque
[duh ruh-bek] /də rəˈbɛk/ (Show IPA), 1852–1924, French diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
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