The first couple nominated for the Nobel Prize were the American pacifists Edwin Mead (1849–1937) and Lucia Ames Mead (1856–1936). They were endorsed by Samuel Train Dutton (1849–1919) for their numerous contributions in the promotion of peace.Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize nobelprize.org Henceforth, other couples began getting nominated for the prestigious Swedish prize whether jointly or separately in their respective fields. Aside from the following couples with verified nominations from the Nobel Committee, there are also other couples purportedly endorsed and whose nominations are yet to be verified since the archives are revealed 50 years after, among them are Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci-Şahin (for Medicine), John Q. Trojanowski and Virginia Man-Yee Lee (for Medicine), Patrick S. Moore and Yuan Chang-Moore (for Medicine), John Kappler and Philippa Marrack-Kappler 1 April 2023. (for Medicine), Jerome Karle and Isabella Lugoski Karle (for Chemistry), Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky-Pevear (for Literature), Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt (for Literature), Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates (for Peace), Amory Lovins and Hunter Sheldon-Lovins (for Peace), Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Engle-Suvanjieff (for Peace), and Søren Johansen and Katarina Juselius-Johansen (for Economics).
