20th-century philanthropists

activist for blind people education

Kenyan politician (1888-1992)

Iranian scientist

Brazilian philanthropist (1921-2011)

Ceylonese businessman and lawyer

Croatian player, referee and official (1930–2012)

First Resident Bishop of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria

British lawyer (1932–2017)

Lithuanian lawyer (1880-1940)

Indian writer, folk literature researcher and civil servant

Venezuelan philanthropist

Iraqi Grand Ayatollah (1895–1975)

Dutch engineer, consultant and art collector (1890–1978)

Haitian musician and gallerist

Brazilian businessman

Latvian ballet dancer and museum founder (1923-2004)

South African businessperson (1938-2019)

Engineer, businessman, philanthropist (1909-1993)

Italian businessman (1916–1983)

Mexican businesswoman (1908–2002)

Romanian writer (1917–2008)

French philanthropist (1914-1999)

Nigerian businessman

French banker, philanthropist (1910–1982)

Colombian entrepreneur

Minister of Finance of the Federation of Malaya (1900–1988)

Italian philanthropist (1887-1982)

Iranian faqih and writer

Dutch poet, writer and patron of the arts (1882-1969)

Finnish businesswoman and art patron (1905-1993)

Swiss historian (1943-2007)

Brazilian socialite

Japanese philanthropist (1932-2015)

Belgian entrepreneur

Indonesian businessman

Mexican artist (1942–1997)

Nigerian businessman (1926-1978)

Dominican Republic actor

Turkish businessperson (1913–1993)

philosopher and human rights activist

Argentine businessman

Chinese-Indonesian businessman

Lebanese engineer (1924-2012)