| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1972 | 
| Number: | 116 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Dennis  Gabor | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1900 | 
| Year, Death: | 1979 | 
| Profession: | Electrical engineer and physicist | 
| University: | Imperial College London | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Cornelis Jacobus   Gorter | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1907 | 
| Year, Death: | 1980 | 
| Profession: | Experimental and theoretical physicist | 
| City: | Leiden | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Jean  Roche | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1901 | 
| Year, Death: | 1992 | 
| Profession: | Biochemist | 
| University: | University of Paris | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Comments: | The prize to be shared between D. Gabor and C.J. Gabor. | 
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