Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who devotes his or 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.

Notable philanthropists

• Paul Allen
• Walter Annenberg
• Thomas John Barnardo
• Samuel Augustus Barnett
• Avie Bennett
• Rt Hon Charles Booth
• George Cadbury
• Andrew Carnegie
• Richard Churcher
• Arthur Coles
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
• Bill Cosby
• Charles Dickens
• 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
• Calouste Gulbenkian
• Rafic Hariri
• Edward Harkness
• Johns Hopkins
• J. C. Jacobsen
• Fred Kavli
• Steve Kirsch
• Sebastian S. Kresge
• Joan Kroc
• Eugene Lang
• Alfred Lee Loomis
• John D. MacArthur
• Sir Robert Mayer
• Sir John Morden
• Genesio Morlacci
• Charles Stewart Mott
• Michael Nesmith
• Paul Newman
• 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
• Mother Teresa
• Ted Turner
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Joseph Whitworth
• William Wilberforce
• Oprah Winfrey
• Clara Winthrop
• Sir Alfred Yarrow
• Michael Jackson
• Arnold O. Beckman
• Dave Eggers