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Historical Events
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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: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he could devote full time to being a philanthropist.
1970-08-03 - Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London
Famous Birthdays
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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)
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)
1835-11-25 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US 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)
1855-11-06 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)
1857-09-13 - Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist
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 David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, 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)
1883-12-27 - Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
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
1930-11-26 - 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
1944-08-19 - Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
1975-04-03 - Mickey Beyer Clausen, Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist
Famous Deaths
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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
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 at 83
1924-01-16 - Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859)
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, philanthropist, dies 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
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)
