| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 51 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
|
| Name: | Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao Occhialini |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1907 |
| Year, Death: | 1993 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Milan |
| Country: | ITALY (IT) |
| Nominee 2: |
|
| Name: | Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov [Čerenkov] |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1904 |
| Year, Death: | 1990 |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 | |
| Nominator: |
|
| Name: | Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (Baron Blackett) |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1974 |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |