
Birthday: June 28, 1940 (Cancer)
Born In: Chittagong
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Age: 82 Years, 82 Year Old Males
Spouse/Ex-: Vera Forostenko (m. 1970–1979)
father: Hazi Dula Mia Shoudagar
mother: Sufia Khatun
siblings: Muhammad Ibrahim Yunus, Muhammad Jahangir Yunus
children: Deena Afroz Yunus, Monica Yunus
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Founder/Co-Founder: Grameen Bank
education: Vanderbilt University, Chittagong University, University of Dhaka, Chittagong College
awards: 1978 - President's Award
1984 - Ramon Magsaysay Award
1985 - Bangladesh Bank Award
1987 - Shwadhinota Dibosh Puroshkar
1989 - Aga Khan Award for Architecture
1993 - CARE Humanitarian Award
1994 - World Food Prize
1995 - Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize
1996 - UNESCO Simón Bolívar Prize
1998 - Indira Gandhi Prize
1998 - Prince of Asturias Award
1998 - Sydney Peace Prize
2001 - Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
2004 - The Volvo Environment Prize
2004 - The Economist the newspaper's Prize for social and economic innovation
2006 - Mother Teresa Award instituted
2006 - Millennium Award
2006 - Freedom from Want Award
2006 - ITU World Information Society Award
2006 - Seoul Peace Prize
2006 - Nobel Peace Prize
2007 - The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University[20]
2007 - Order of the Liberator in First Class
2008 - Corine Award
2009 - The Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Leadership and Service
2009 - Presidential Medal of Freedom
2010 - President's Medal
2010 - Congressional Gold Medal
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