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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leonard Abramson
Business
1932   Founder, US Healthcare
Howard Ahmanson, Jr.
Philanthropist
3-Feb-1950   Reclusive fundamentalist-Christian philanthropist
Roberta Green Ahmanson
Relative
1949   Wife of Howard Ahmanson
Joe Albertson
Business
17-Oct-1906 20-Jan-1993 Founder of Albertson's
Leonore Annenberg
Socialite
20-Feb-1918 12-Mar-2009 Wife of Walter Annenberg
Brooke Astor
Philanthropist
30-Mar-1902 13-Aug-2007 Heiress, philanthropist
John Jacob Astor
Philanthropist
13-Jul-1864 15-Apr-1912 Died aboard the Titanic
Jim Balsillie
Business
3-Feb-1961   Co-CEO, Research In Motion, 2010-12
Edward Bass
Philanthropist
c. 1945   Billionaire, Biosphere proponent
Lee Bass
Business
c. 1957   Billionaire
Perry R. Bass
Philanthropist
11-Nov-1914 1-Jun-2006 Billionaire
Sid Bass
Business
1942   Fort Worth Billionaire
Arnold Beckman
Inventor
10-Apr-1900 18-May-2004 Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Louis Beecherl
Business
10-Feb-1926   CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77
Dennis R. Berman
Business
c. 1945   Denitech Corporation
David Bohnett
Business
2-Apr-1956   GeoCities cofounder
Donald Bren
Business
1932   Irvine real estate billionaire
Eli Broad
Business
6-Jun-1933   Billionaire
Robert H. Brooks
Business
6-Feb-1937 16-Jul-2006 Hooters chairman
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1816 13-Mar-1900 Underwriter of astronomy
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts
Philanthropist
21-Apr-1814 30-Dec-1906 Victorian philanthropist
Elihu Burritt
Activist
8-Dec-1810 6-Mar-1879 Organized Friends of Peace
Herman Cain
Business
13-Dec-1945   Godfather's Pizza
Joseph Canizaro
Business
1937   Real estate mogul
Andrew Carnegie
Business
25-Nov-1835 11-Aug-1919 Robber baron turned philanthropist
Malcolm Chace
Business
c. 1934   Chairman, Bancorp Rhode Island
Jim Click
Business
?   Tucson car dealer
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Philanthropist
23-Aug-1843 22-Jul-1929 San Francisco eccentric
William T. Coleman III
Business
c. 1948   CEO of BEA Systems, 1995-2001
William Colgate
Business
25-Jan-1783 25-Jan-1857 Toothpaste empirebuilder
Holly Coors
Activist
25-Aug-1920 18-Jan-2009 Ultraconservative beer baroness
Frederick G. Cottrell
Inventor
10-Jan-1877 16-Nov-1948 Smokestack filters to fight pollution
Jenny Craig
Business
7-Aug-1932   Diet plan purveyor
Marvin Davis
Business
31-Aug-1925 25-Sep-2004 Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox
Robert A. Day
Business
1943   Billionaire, Founder of TCW
Richard DeVos
Business
4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway
Roy E. Disney
Business
10-Jan-1930 16-Dec-2009 Walt Disney's nephew
Patricia Duff
Socialite
Apr-1954   Ron Perelman's ex-wife
Doris Duke
Philanthropist
22-Nov-1912 28-Oct-1993 Heiress to Duke fortune
James Buchanan Duke
Business
23-Dec-1856 10-Oct-1925 American Tobacco Company
Mike Duncan
Activist
1951   RNC Chairman, 2007-09
Seymour Durst
Business
c. 1913 19-May-1995 New York real estate mogul
George Eastman
Inventor
12-Jul-1854 14-Mar-1932 Inventor of the Kodak camera
Chuck Feeney
Business
23-Apr-1931   Duty Free Shoppers
Max M. Fisher
Business
15-Jul-1908 3-Mar-2005 Gas station tycoon
Edward Floyd
Doctor
c. 1934   Floyd Medical Associates
Sam Fox
Business
9-May-1929   US Ambassador to Belgium
Bradford M. Freeman
Business
1942   Freeman Spogli & Co.
Foster Friess
Business
2-Apr-1940   Friess Associates
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Philanthropist
14-Apr-1840 17-Jul-1924 Prominent art patron, collector
Bill Gates
Business
28-Oct-1955   Co-Founder of Microsoft
Melinda Gates
Philanthropist
15-Aug-1964   Married to Bill Gates
William H. Gates, Sr.
Philanthropist
30-Nov-1925   Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Richard Gilder
Business
c. 1932   Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Marvin J. Girouard
Business
c. 1939   Pier 1 Imports executive
Abraham Gosman
Business
1928   Palm Beach nursing home magnate
J. Peter Grace
Business
25-May-1913 19-Apr-1995 W.R. Grace scion
Sir Thomas Gresham
Business
1518 21-Nov-1579 Founder of Gresham College
Vin Gupta
Business
c. 1948   CEO, InfoUSA
Adele Hall
Philanthropist
?   Hallmark Cards
Edward Stephen Harkness
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1874 29-Jan-1940 Philanthropist
Buck Harless
Business
14-Oct-1919   Coal baron, philanthropist
John Harvard
Religion
26-Nov-1607 14-Sep-1638 Bequest to Harvard College
Frederick B. Henry
Philanthropist
c. 1946   President of the Bohen Foundation
Roger Hertog
Business
c. 1941   Reinvented The New York Sun
Johns Hopkins
Philanthropist
19-May-1795 24-Dec-1873 Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
Norman Hsu
Philanthropist
Oct-1951   Notorious Democratic donor
Richard Hug
Business
c. 1934   Environmental Elements Corporation
B. Wayne Hughes
Business
28-Sep-1933   CEO of Public Storage, 1991-2002
Anna T. Jeanes
Philanthropist
7-Apr-1822 24-Sep-1907 Negro Rural School Fund
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Business
12-Apr-1947   Johnson & Johnson heir
Sheila Crump Johnson
Business
1949   Billionaire
Paul Tudor Jones
Business
1954   Billionaire
Otto Kahn
Business
21-Feb-1867 29-Mar-1934 Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Fred Kavli
Philanthropist
1927   Kavli Foundation
Charles F. Kettering
Engineer
29-Aug-1876 25-Nov-1958 Invented the electric starter
Nancy G. Kinder
Philanthropist
?   Wife of Richard Kinder
John Kluge
Business
21-Sep-1914 7-Sep-2010 Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc.
Charles G. Koch
Philanthropist
1-Nov-1935   Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir
David H. Koch
Business
3-May-1940   Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir
Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.
Business
10-Jul-1925   KKR, Kohlberg & Company
Bruce Kovner
Activist
Feb-1945   Caxton Associates billionaire
S. S. Kresge
Business
31-Jul-1867 18-Oct-1966 Founder of K-Mart
Robert H. Krieble
Philanthropist
1916 8-May-1997 Loctite Corporation
Joan B. Kroc
Philanthropist
27-Aug-1928 12-Oct-2003 McDonald's widow
Jules B. Kroll
Business
18-May-1941   Kroll Inc., K2 Global, Kroll Bond Ratings
Corliss Lamont
Activist
28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist
Albert Lasker
Business
1-May-1880 30-May-1952 Advertising executive and medical research patron
Mary Lasker
Activist
30-Nov-1900 21-Feb-1994 Health care advocate
Herbert H. Lehman
Politician
28-Mar-1878 5-Dec-1963 Governor of New York, 1933-42
Alfred Lerner
Business
8-May-1933 23-Oct-2002 CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002
James Lick
Business
25-Aug-1796 1-Oct-1876 Lick Observatory
Ruth Lilly
Philanthropist
2-Aug-1915 30-Dec-2009 Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune
Carl H. Lindner
Business
22-Apr-1919 17-Oct-2011 Cincinnati billionaire
William Louis-Dreyfus
Business
1932   Billionaire
Henry Luce III
Publisher
28-Apr-1925 7-Sep-2005 Former Time magazine publisher
Daniel K. Ludwig
Business
24-Jun-1897 27-Aug-1992 The Invisible Billionaire
C. Stephen Lynn
Business
c. 1947   Cummings Incorporated
John D. MacArthur
Philanthropist
6-Mar-1897 6-Jan-1978 Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
Bernard L. Madoff
Business
29-Apr-1938   Madoff Investment Securities LLC
Ellen Malcolm
Activist
c. 1947   Founder, EMILY's List
Frederick L. Maytag
Business
14-Jul-1857 26-Mar-1937 Founder of Maytag Corporation
Wendy McCaw
Philanthropist
1951   Billionaire
John G. McCoy
Business
30-Jan-1913 4-Apr-2010 CEO of Bank One, 1958-84
Paul Mellon
Philanthropist
11-Jun-1907 1-Feb-1999 Yale Center for British Art benefactor
Philip Merrill
Publisher
28-Apr-1934 10-Jun-2006 Capital Gazette Communications
Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller
Business
13-Jul-1913 16-Apr-2012 Shipbuilding tycoon, philanthropist
Philip Montgomery III
Business
c. 1956   CEO, P.O'B. Montgomery & Co.
James M. Moran
Business
8-Aug-1918 24-Apr-2007 JM Family Enterprises
Anne Morgan
Philanthropist
25-Jul-1873 29-Jan-1952 Friend of the French
David H. Murdock
Business
10-Apr-1923   CEO of Dole Food
Craig H. Neilsen
Business
1941 19-Nov-2006 Ameristar Casinos
Paul Newman
Actor
26-Jan-1925 26-Sep-2008 Salad dressing magnate
Henry T. Nicholas
Business
c. 1959   Broadcom billionaire
Jean Nidetch
Business
12-Oct-1923   Weight Watchers founder
Alfred Nobel
Inventor
21-Oct-1833 10-Dec-1896 Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize
Paul Orfalea
Business
28-Nov-1947   Founder of Kinko's
Roy H. Park
Philanthropist
15-Sep-1910 25-Oct-1993 Media mogul, Park Foundation
George Peabody
Business
18-Feb-1795 4-Nov-1869 American businessman, philanthropist
Jerry Perenchio
Business
20-Dec-1930   Univision billionaire
Hy Peskin
Photographer
5-Nov-1915 2-Jun-2005 Sports photojournalist
Robert O. Peterson
Business
1916 19-Apr-1993 Founder of Jack in the Box
T. Boone Pickens
Business
22-May-1928   Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum
Prem Reddy
Doctor
1949   Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.
Trevor D. Rees-Jones
Business
c. 1950   Chief Oil & Gas
Catherine B. Reynolds
Philanthropist
c. 1957   Prominent benefactor
John D. Rockefeller III
Philanthropist
21-Mar-1906 10-Jul-1978 Lincoln Center for Performing Arts
Win Rockefeller
Politician
17-Sep-1948 16-Jul-2006 Billionaire, Arkansas Lt. Governor
Felix Rohatyn
Business
29-May-1928   Financier, Lazard Frères
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Julius Rosenwald
Business
12-Aug-1862 6-Jan-1932 Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Nina Rosenwald
Philanthropist
?   Sears Roebuck heiress
Edmond de Rothschild
Philanthropist
19-Aug-1845 2-Nov-1934 Father of the Yishuv
Edmund de Rothschild
Business
2-Jan-1916 17-Jan-2009 British banker
Cheryl Saban
Philanthropist
30-Apr-1951   Saban Family Foundation
Haim Saban
Business
1944   Billionaire
Henry Samueli
Business
20-Sep-1954   Co-Founder of Broadcom
Herbert Sandler
Philanthropist
16-Nov-1931   Golden West Financial
Marion O. Sandler
Philanthropist
17-Oct-1930 1-Jun-2012 Golden West Financial
Richard Scaife
Activist
3-Jul-1932   The Republican George Soros
Dwight Schar
Business
c. 1942   NVR Homes
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Marge Schott
Baseball
18-Aug-1928 2-Mar-2004 Owner, Cincinnati Reds
Charles M. Schwab
Business
18-Feb-1862 19-Sep-1939 Founder of Bethlehem Steel
Sir Run Run Shaw
Film/TV Producer
23-Nov-1907   Kung fu movie mogul
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
Activist
12-Jun-1920   Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly
Bud Shivers
Business
1946   Texans for Quality Health Care
Walter Shorenstein
Business
23-Feb-1915 24-Jun-2010 San Francisco real estate mogul
Harold C. Simmons
Business
1931   Drugstore billionaire
William E. Simon
Government
27-Nov-1927 3-Jun-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77
James Simons
Mathematician
c. 1938   Renaissance Technologies hedge fund
Charles Simonyi
Computer Programmer
10-Sep-1948   Hungarian notation
James Smithson
Chemist
1765 27-Jun-1829 Chemist, funded the Smithsonian Institution
James LeVoy Sorenson
Business
30-Jul-1921 20-Jan-2008 Utah billionaire
George Soros
Business
12-Aug-1930   Financial speculator
Alex Spanos
Business
28-Sep-1923   A.G. Spanos Companies
Ronald P. Spogli
Business
1948   US Ambassador to Italy
Manuel N. Stamatakis
Business
c. 1948   Capital Management Enterprises
Harry Steenbock
Biologist
16-Aug-1886 25-Dec-1967 Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
Adolph Sutro
Politician
29-Apr-1830 8-Aug-1898 San Francisco mayor, 1895-97
Charles Swindells
Diplomat
c. 1942   US Ambassador to New Zealand, 2001-05
Myles Tanenbaum
Business
28-Jun-1930   Real Estate developer
Oscar Tang
Philanthropist
1938   Chinese-American philanthropist
Sir Henry Tate
Philanthropist
1819 5-Dec-1899 Bequeathed the Tate Gallery
John Templeton
Philanthropist
29-Nov-1912 8-Jul-2008 Billionaire fund manager
John M. Templeton, Jr.
Relative
19-Feb-1940   Conservative philanthropist
G. Kennedy Thompson
Business
25-Nov-1950   CEO of Wachovia, 2000-08
Charles Tufts
Business
17-Jul-1781 24-Dec-1876 Founder of Tufts University
Jay Van Andel
Business
3-Jun-1924 7-Dec-2004 Amway billionaire
William Henry Vanderbilt
Business
8-May-1821 8-Dec-1885 Wealthy son of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Frank VanderSloot
Business
14-Aug-1948   Melaleuca CEO
Sunny von Bulow
Victim
1-Sep-1932 6-Dec-2008 Heiress in a coma for 28 years
George Wackenhut
Business
1919 31-Dec-2004 Founder of Wackenhut
Lila Wallace
Business
25-Dec-1889 8-May-1984 Readers Digest co-founder
Lulu Wang
Philanthropist
c. 1944   Tupelo Capital Management
Y. C. Wang
Business
18-Jan-1917 15-Oct-2008 Taiwanese plastics billionaire
Sanford I. Weill
Business
16-Mar-1933   CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003
Daniel Wildenstein
Business
11-Sep-1917 23-Oct-2001 Wildenstein & Company
Clayton W. Williams, Jr.
Business
8-Oct-1931   Texas oilman, rancher
Fred Wilpon
Business
c. 1936   New York Mets owner
Robert W. Woodruff
Business
6-Dec-1889 7-Mar-1985 President of Coca-Cola, 1923-54
Charles Wyly
Business
13-Oct-1933 7-Aug-2011 Billionaire, Michael's Stores
Elihu Yale
Philanthropist
5-Apr-1649 8-Jul-1721 Namesake of Yale University
Daniel W. Yohannes
Philanthropist
Sep-1952   CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
George Zimmer
Business
21-Nov-1948   Founder and CEO of Men's Wearhouse



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