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Philanthropist


2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8

2004 Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94

2003 Laurence Tisch, entrepreneur/philanthropist, president of Loews Theatres, dies at 80

2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75

2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94

1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38

1997 Mother Teresa, philanthropist, Nobel (1979), No Greater Love, dies of cardiac arrest at 87

1996 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95

1996 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94

1994 Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist, dies at 82

1994 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64

1978 John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71

1970 Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London

1961 Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73

1960 John D Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist, dies at 86

1948 Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59

1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80

1937 Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist

1935 Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal

1929 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates

1925 Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians

1920 Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist

1919 Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83

1912 Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist

1906 John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil

1901 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist

1901 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist

1901 Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies

1896 Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist, Wolf Trap Institute

1894 George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books

1890 Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76

1887 Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist

1874 John David Rockefeller, Jr., born in Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropist

1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame

1867 Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist, died aboard Titanic

1867 Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist

1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes

1864 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies

1861 Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City

1857 Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist

1854 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies

1836 Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen

1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist

1814 Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire

1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library

1813 Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art

1806 David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies

1801 John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist

1795 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University

1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist

1791 Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist, Cooper Union

1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist

1764 Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist

1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale


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