Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
R. Crosby Kemper Jr.
Rufus Crosby Kemper Jr. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.
James H. Harless
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.
George Aratani
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.
Elspet Gray, Baroness Rix
Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.
Jack Singer
Jack Singer was a Canadian real estate developer, financier, and philanthropist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.
Herbert Loebl
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.
Kroum Pindoff
Kroum Pindoff was a Bulgarian Canadian businessman.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.
Dr. Pierre Chaulet
(ุจูุงุฑ ุดููู)
Christian Algerian physician who treated wounded FLN leaders in Algiers, worked closely with Frantz Fanon in Tunis, and eradicated tuberculosis in independent Algeria.
Gitta Sereny
(Gitta Sereny)
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'.
Kane Hadya
(ูุงูู ูุงุฏูุง)
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.
Albertina Sisulu
(Nontsikelelo Albertina Thethiwe)
Revered as 'Ma Sisulu' and 'Mother of the Nation', prominent anti-apartheid leader, nurse, and co-president of the United Democratic Front.
Elizabeth Edwards
(Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards)
American attorney, bestselling author, and health care crusader whose candor, grace, and courage while battling terminal cancer inspired millions of patients and caregivers.
Isabelle Caro
(Isabelle Caro)
French model and actress who bravely posed for Oliviero Toscani's shocking 'No Anorexia' global awareness campaign to expose the deadly realities of eating disorders in fashion.
Dorothy Irene Height
(Dorothy Height)
Prรฉsidente pendant quarante ans du National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), unique femme ร siรฉger aux cรดtรฉs des Big Six lors de la prรฉparation de la Marche sur Washington de 1963.
Howard Zinn
(Howard Zinn)
Influential American historian and civil rights campaigner whose masterwork A People's History of the United States retold history from the standpoint of grassroots struggles.
Norman Ernest Borlaug
(Norman Borlaug)
Agronome amรฉricain surnommรฉ le pรจre de la Rรฉvolution verte, crรฉditรฉ d'avoir sauvรฉ plus d'un milliard d'รชtres humains de la famine, prix Nobel de la paix 1970.
Baba Amte
(Murlidhar Devidas Amte)
Indian social activist and Gandhian visionary who founded Anandwan ('Forest of Joy'), transforming the lives of tens of thousands of ostracized leprosy patients.
Abbรฉ Pierre
(Henri Antoine Grouรจs)
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.