Cyrus Hamlin

Cyrus Hamlin

male, deceased (1900)
Cyrus Hamlin (1811-1900) was an American Congregational missionary and educator, the father of A. D. F. Hamlin, born in Waterford, Maine. He...

Christopher Robert

male
Christopher Robert of New York was the founder of Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey in 1863, the oldest American school outside the United States.
İsmail Cem

İsmail Cem

male, deceased (2007)
İsmail Cem İpekçi was a Turkish politician, journalist, statesman and former minister of foreign affairs. İsmail Cem finished high school at Robe...
Maureen Freely

Maureen Freely

female, 57 years old
Maureen Freely (born 1952) is a U.S. journalist, novelist, translator and teacher. Born in Neptune, New Jersey, she grew up in Turkey and now lives...
Halil Berktay

Halil Berktay

male, 62 years old
Halil Berktay, born 1947 in Turkey, is a Turkish historian currently giving lectures at the Sabanci University. Berktay graduated from Robert...

Rahmi Koç

male, 79 years old
Rahmi M. Koç, is a Turkish business tycoon and an philanthropist. Born as the only son of Turkey’s wealthiest man Vehbi Koç, he attended high scho...

Halide Edip Adıvar

female, deceased (1964)
Halide Edip Adıvar was a Turkish novelist and feminist political leader. Best known for her novels criticizing the low social status of Turkish w...
Feyyaz Berker

Feyyaz Berker

male, 84 years old
Feyyaz Berker, born in Mersin on September 7, 1925, is a Turkish businessman. He is one of the three co-founders and current owners of the Tekfen...
Paul Monroe

Paul Monroe

male, deceased (1947)
Paul Monroe, Ph.D., LL.D. (1869-1947) was an American educator, born at North Madison, Ind. He graduated at Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana...

Nejat Eczacıbaşı

male, deceased (1993)
Nejat Ferit Eczacıbaşı was a Turkish entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical industry, and a patron of arts. He was born in 1913 in İzmir, Turkey as the...