Philanthropist
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A philanthropist is someone who devotes his/her time, money, or effort towards helping others. The label is most often applied to someone who gives large amounts to charity. See also philanthropy.
A philanthropist may not always find universal approval for his/her deeds. Common accusations include supporting an iniquitous cause (such as funding art instead of fighting world hunger) or having selfish motivation at heart (such as avoiding taxes with personal fame as side product).
In the case of the philanthropic employers (such as those that built model villages for their employees), it is not always clear whether they were motivated by a simple concern for their employees' well-being; or whether they simply realised that a healthy, happy workforce would be more productive.
Notable philanthropists
- Jane Addams
- Paul Allen
- Walter Annenberg
- Thomas John Barnardo
- Samuel Augustus Barnett
- Avie Bennett
- Rt Hon Charles Booth
- Sir Richard Branson
- Ansar Burney
- George Cadbury
- Andrew Carnegie
- Mary Louise Milliken Childs
- Samuel Canning Childs
- Richard Churcher
- Mickey Beyer Clausen
- Arthur Coles
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
- Bill Cosby
- Charles Dickens
- James H. Dooley
- Anthony J. Drexel
- Henry Duncan
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Harry Fischel
- Henry Ford
- Benjamin Franklin
- Elizabeth Fry
- John 'Mad Jack' Fuller
- Isabella Stewart Gardner
- Bill Gates
- David Geffen
- Noel Zbigniew Gondek
- Calouste Gulbenkian
- Rafic Hariri
- Edward Harkness
- Milton Hershey
- Johns Hopkins
- Michael Jackson
- J. C. Jacobsen
- Fred Kavli
- John P. Kee
- Alicia Keyes
- Steve Kirsch
- Sebastian S. Kresge
- Joan Kroc
- Eugene Lang
- Alfred Lee Loomis
- John D. MacArthur
- George Marchant
- Sir Robert Mayer
- John A. McNeice Jr
- Gordon Moore
- Sir John Morden
- John Pierpont Morgan
- Genesio Morlacci
- Charles Stewart Mott
- Fridtjof Nansen
- Michael Nesmith
- Paul Newman
- George Peabody
- Lois Pope
- Robert Raikes
- William Marsh Rice
- John D. Rockefeller
- John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- Henry H. Rogers
- Julius Rosenwald
- Joseph Rowntree
- Saladin
- Sir Run Run Shaw
- Li Ka Shing
- George Soros
- Richard Stallman
- Sir Ivan Stedeford
- Ken Stiles
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Mother Teresa
- Ted Turner
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Jimmy Wales
- Joseph Whitworth
- William Wilberforce
- Oprah Winfrey
- Clara Winthrop
- Steve Wozniak
- Sir Alfred Yarrowde:Philanthrop
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