Mary Baker Eddy

Mary Baker Eddy

female, deceased (1910)
Founder of religions, Mary Morse Baker, Mary Baker Glover, Mary Baker G. Eddy, Mary Baker Glover Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures…humanitarian
Mary Baker Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879 and was the author of its fundamental doctrinal textbook, "Science and Health with...
William Booth

William Booth

male, deceased (1912)
Salvation Army clergy, Protestant writer, Evangelical, Christianity in London, buried in Abney Park Cemetery, Anglican…humanitarian
William Booth (April 10,1829 - August 20,1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became the first General...
Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

male, deceased (343)
Saint, Antalya Province, eastern orthodox, lycia, Nicholas of Bari, Eastern Catholic saint…humanitarian
Saint Nicholas (" Agios Nikolaos", "victory of the people") is the common name for Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (in modern day Antalya province,...
Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush

male, deceased (1813)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, capital punishment, professor, from Philadelphia, Continental Congressman, University of Pennsylvania…humanitarian
Dr. Benjamin Rush (December 24 1745 - April 19 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a...

John O'Shea

male
goal, humanitarian, journalist, Irish, non-governmental organization, CEO
John O'Shea is founder and CEO of GOAL, an Irish non-governmental organization devoted to assisting the poorest of the poor. His first career was...
Bill Ritter

Bill Ritter

male, 53 years old
US Democratic Party politician, missionary, University of Colorado alumni, August William "Bill" Ritter, Jr, state of colorado, humanitarian
August William "Bill" Ritter, Jr. (born 1956-09-06) is a U.S. Democratic politician, the former District Attorney for Denver, Colorado, and the...
Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier

male, 81 years old
Roman Catholic, humanitarian, Canadian, L'Arche, Ph.D., Order of Canada
Jean Vanier, CC, GOQ, Ph.D. (born September 10, 1928) is the founder of L'Arche, an international organization that creates communities where...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

male, 91 years old
novelist, Nobel Prize winner, Russian, historian, Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Victim of Soviet repressions…humanitarian
Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (born December 11, 1918) is a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. Through his writings, he made the world...
Rick Hansen

Rick Hansen

male, 52 years old
Paraplegics, Canadian Newsmakers of the Year, Canada's Walk of Fame, from Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canadian of Norwegian descent, Doctor of Letters…humanitarian
Richard Marvin Hansen CC, OBC, LLD "(honoris causa)", D.Litt. "(honoris causa)" (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian paraplegic athlete and...
Wendy Chamberlin

Wendy Chamberlin

female, 61 years old
Wendy Chamberlain, humanitarian, department of state, International relations, USAID, UNHCR
Wendy Chamberlain (born 1948) is a veteran diplomat who has served in the United States Department of State and USAID, and now works for the UN...