2004 Death Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8 2004 Death Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94 2003 Death Laurence Tisch, entrepreneur/philanthropist, president of Loews Theatres, dies at 80 2003 Death Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 2002 Death Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 1999 Death John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38 1997 Death Mother Teresa, philanthropist, Nobel (1979), No Greater Love, dies of cardiac arrest at 87 1996 Death Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 1996 Death Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94 1994 Death Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist, dies at 82 1994 Death Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64 1978 Death John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 1972 Birthday Geri Halliwell, born in Watford, England, author, philanthropist, known as 'Ginger Spice' from band, the Spice Girls, representative for the United Nations Population Fund 1970 Birthday Alan Shearer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, professional soccer player, striker, record goal scorer for Newcastle and Premier League, philanthropist 1970 Event Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London 1965 Birthday Michael Dell, born in Houston, Texas, businessman, founder of Dell, Inc., philanthropist, named 'Inc.' magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, worth over $12 billion 1961 Death Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 1960 Death John D Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist, dies at 86 1948 Death Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59 1945 Death John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80 1937 Birthday Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist 1935 Birthday Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal 1929 Birthday Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates 1925 Birthday Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians 1920 Birthday Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist 1919 Death Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 1912 Birthday Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist 1906 Birthday John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil 1901 Birthday Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist 1901 Birthday Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist 1901 Death Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies 1896 Birthday Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist, Wolf Trap Institute 1894 Birthday George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books 1890 Death Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 1887 Birthday Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist 1874 Birthday John David Rockefeller, Jr., born in Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropist 1868 Birthday Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame 1867 Birthday Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist, died aboard Titanic 1867 Birthday Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist 1865 Birthday Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes 1864 Death Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies 1861 Birthday Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City 1857 Birthday Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist 1854 Death Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies 1836 Birthday Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen 1835 Birthday Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist 1814 Birthday Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire 1814 Birthday Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1813 Birthday Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art 1806 Death David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies 1801 Birthday John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist 1795 Birthday Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University 1795 Birthday George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist 1791 Birthday Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist, Cooper Union 1789 Birthday Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist 1764 Birthday Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist 1649 Birthday Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale
