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1863-09-16 |
Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. |
1910-03-03 |
Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can be devoted full time to being a philanthropist |
1970-08-03 |
Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist" premieres in London |
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Date | Event |
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1636-11-02 |
Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721) |
1649-04-05 |
Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale |
1701-03-18 |
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776) |
1712-11-25 |
Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789) |
1715-03-07 |
Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (d. 1755) |
1744-10-06 |
James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) |
1757-02-20 |
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834) |
1759-08-24 |
William Wilberforce, Kingston upon Hull, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade |
1764-02-28 |
Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist |
1769-03-10 |
Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840) |
1771-06-20 |
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820) |
1781-03-04 |
Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869) |
1789-01-04 |
Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist |
1791-02-12 |
Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) |
1795-02-18 |
George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist |
1795-05-19 |
Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University |
1799-05-11 |
John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) |
1801-02-07 |
John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist |
1806-03-09 |
Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (d. 1872) |
1813-04-14 |
Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art) |
1814-02-09 |
Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library |
1814-04-24 |
Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire |
1831-12-19 |
Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884) |
1833-11-09 |
Sally Louisa Tompkins, nurse and philanthropist, only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War, born Mathews City, Virginia (D. 1916) |
1835-11-25 |
Andrew Carnegie, Dunfermline, Scottish/American industrialist/philanthropist |
1836-08-14 |
Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen) |
1843-11-25 |
Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919) |
1855-03-24 |
Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, banker (Mellon Bank), US Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32) and philanthropist |
1855-11-06 |
Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942) |
1857-09-13 |
Milton S. Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company) and philanthropist, (d. 1945) |
1859-04-16 |
Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (d. 1924) |
1861-02-02 |
Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC) |
1865-07-10 |
Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes) |
1867-07-15 |
Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist |
1867-07-31 |
Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (d. 1966) |
1867-12-30 |
Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic) |
1868-06-20 |
Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame |
1874-01-22 |
Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940) |
1874-01-29 |
John D. Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, American financier and philanthropist |
1875-09-18 |
Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d.1945) |
1879-06-05 |
Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985) |
1880-08-10 |
Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964) |
1887-05-09 |
Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957) |
1887-06-26 |
Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist |
1894-06-20 |
George Delacorte, NYC, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books) |
1896-06-09 |
Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute) |
1897-04-19 |
Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970) |
1901-07-01 |
Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist |
1901-07-20 |
Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist |
1902-03-30 |
Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007) |
1904-04-13 |
Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (d. 1987) |
1904-12-24 |
Joseph Moses Juran, American industrial engineer and philanthropist. |
1906-03-21 |
John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil) |
1910-10-07 |
Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986) |
1911-04-13 |
Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 1994) |
1912-04-27 |
Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist |
1920-09-09 |
Robert Wood Johnson III, American philanthropist (d. 1970) |
1924-01-26 |
Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998) |
1925-06-16 |
Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians) |
1927-03-07 |
Henri Landwirth, Belgian-American hotel owner and philanthropist |
1928-01-02 |
Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist |
1929-07-05 |
Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates |
1930-05-11 |
William Carey, Baltimore, Maryland, American businessman and philanthropist (W.P. Carey & Co. LLC) (d. 2012) |
1930-11-26 |
Berthold Leibinger, German Entrepreneur and Philanthropist |
1933-03-16 |
Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist |
1937-01-02 |
Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist |
1938-10-05 |
Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist |
1940-10-04 |
Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist |
1942-05-18 |
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, English aristocrat, banker and philanthropist |
1944-08-19 |
Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist |
1975-04-03 |
Mickey Beyer Clausen, Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist |
1975-08-04 |
Brittany Olson, The Philanthropist |
Date | Event |
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1856-06-05 |
Industrialist Samuel Colt (41) weds philanthropist Elizabeth Hart Jarvis (29) |
1901-10-09 |
Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr (27) weds Abby Aldrich in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island |
1955-12-31 |
Actor Gregory Peck (39) weds philanthropist Veronique Passani (23) |
1969-03-08 |
Businessman Ray Kroc (66) weds philanthropist Joan Mansfield (40) |
1997-06-17 |
Actress and philanthropist Grace Hightower (57) weds actor Robert De Niro (68) at their Marbletown home |
Date | Event |
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1624-02-12 |
George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) |
1708-09-06 |
Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623) |
1721-10-11 |
Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636) |
1751-03-29 |
Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist |
1755-09-08 |
Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b. 1715) |
1776-03-10 |
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701) |
1786-09-05 |
Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712) |
1789-12-23 |
Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712) |
1806-03-17 |
David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies |
1813-12-19 |
James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) |
1845-10-12 |
Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780) |
1854-01-18 |
Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies |
1864-02-15 |
Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies |
1869-11-04 |
George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74 |
1873-12-24 |
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795) |
1883-04-04 |
Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791) |
1890-04-08 |
Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 |
1899-10-30 |
William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1816) |
1900-09-23 |
William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816) |
1901-06-09 |
Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies |
1903-01-17 |
Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828) |
1905-09-19 |
Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845) |
1913-10-01 |
Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827) |
1919-08-11 |
Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies of bronchial pneumonia at 83 |
1924-01-16 |
Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859) |
1937-05-23 |
John D Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 97 |
1945-08-19 |
Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875) |
1945-09-16 |
John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80 |
1946-06-24 |
Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857) |
1960-05-11 |
John D. Rockefeller Jr, American financier and philanthropist, dies of pneumonia at 86 |
1961-02-05 |
Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 |
1978-01-10 |
John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 |
1979-02-26 |
Grace Arnold, The Penny Philanthropist |
1985-01-09 |
Robert Mayer, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879) |
1986-05-11 |
Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910) |
1987-01-10 |
Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904) |
1994-06-10 |
Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64 |
1994-09-11 |
Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist, dies at 82 |
1996-02-25 |
Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94 |
1996-10-26 |
Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 |
1998-10-17 |
Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist |
1998-12-14 |
Annette Strauss, American philanthropist (b. 1924) |
1999-02-01 |
Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907) |
1999-09-26 |
Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908) |
2000-12-20 |
Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladesh statesman, politician, and philanthropist (b. 1920) |
2002-10-01 |
Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908) |
2003-04-17 |
Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932) |
2003-10-12 |
Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (b. 1928) |
2004-07-11 |
Laurance Rockefeller, American conservationist and philanthropist (b. 1910) |
2005-03-03 |
Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928) |
2006-03-03 |
William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914) |
2006-05-07 |
Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918) |
2006-08-21 |
Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) |
2007-07-11 |
Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914) |
2007-08-13 |
Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902) |
2007-09-01 |
Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922) |
2010-01-12 |
Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) |
2012-01-02 |
William Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, died from complications after a heart attack at 81 |
2016-06-17 |
Irving Moskowitz, Prominent American Jewish Philanthropist and Settlement Backer, Dies Aged 88 |
2016-07-09 |
Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies aged 88 |
2016-07-10 |
Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies aged 88 |
2017-12-11 |
Macon Brock, co-founder of Dollar Tree and a prominent philanthropist, dies at 75 |
2018-02-03 |
US businessman, philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr. dies at age 80 |
2018-03-21 |
Peter Peterson, Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 91 |
2018-03-31 |
Drue Heinz, philanthropist and widow of former head of Heinz, dies aged 103 |