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James H. Harless
Humanitarian & Peace
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James H. Harless

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
c. 1920 โ€“ 2014 (94 years old)

James Howard Harless, better known as Buck Harless, was an American coal and timber operator and philanthropist, who was renowned in the area of his hometown of Gilbert, West Virginia, for his extensive contributions to schools, churches, healthcare and education programs.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States
George Aratani
Humanitarian & Peace
22
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George Aratani

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
c. 1918 โ€“ 2013 (95 years old)

George Tetsuo Aratani was a Japanese American entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder of Mikasa china and owner of the Kenwood Electronics corporation.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States
Herbert Loebl
Humanitarian & Peace
20
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Herbert Loebl

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
c. 1924 โ€“ 2013 (89 years old)

Dr Herbert Loebl, was a British businessman, philanthropist and leading proponent of exporting, notable as a co-founder of Joyce, Loebl & Company, a manufacturer of scientific instruments.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

London, United Kingdom
Gitta Sereny
Humanitarian & Peace
35
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Gitta Sereny

Gitta Sereny
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
1921 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Austrian-British investigative author and humanitarian journalist who worked with war-traumatized children following World War II and authored masterwork psychological explorations into the roots of human evil, including 'Into That Darkness'.

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Kane Hadya
Humanitarian & Peace
15
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Kane Hadya

ูƒุงู†ูŠ ู‡ุงุฏูŠุง
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania
1932 โ€“ 2011 (79 years old)

Pioneering educator and social worker from Boghรฉ along the Senegal River who founded the earliest women's literacy and vocational training centers in post-independence Mauritania.

Boghรฉ, Mauritania
Abbรฉ Pierre
Humanitarian & Peace
41
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Abbรฉ Pierre

Henri Antoine Grouรจs
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
5 August 1912 โ€“ 22 January 2007 (94 years old)

Abbรฉ Pierre (Henri Grouรจs) was a French Roman Catholic priest, WWII Resistance fighter, and deputy who founded the international Emmaรผs movement in 1949 to combat homelessness and poverty. During the deadly winter of 1954, his famous radio broadcast 'Insurrection of Goodness' mobilized the French nation to build emergency shelters, making him France's most beloved moral icon for decades.

Esteville, Seine-Maritime, France
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