Philanthropists from London

The list Philanthropists from London includes Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro, Evelyn Robert de Rothschild, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Hans Kristian Rausing and Agnes Keyser. The list consists of 97 members.

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Capital and largest city of the United Kingdom

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David Beckham

Professional footballer

Overview: David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE ( BEK-əm; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range ...

Date of birth: 2 May 1975

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Football

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 5,485T

English expatriate men's footballers 2,344T

English men's footballers 10,125T
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David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

Overview: David Robert Jones OAL (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( BOH-ee), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, Bowie ...

Date of birth: 8 January 1947

Date of death: 10 January 2016

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Singers from the London Borough of Lambeth 39T

Singers from the London Borough of Bromley 12T

Musicians from the London Borough of Lambeth 34T
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King Charles III

British, Royalty

Overview: Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the heir apparent as well as Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay ...

Date of birth: 14 November 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Queen Camilla (Married)

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British sustainability advocates 4T

Sons of queens regnant 78T

Writers from Westminster 31T
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Simon Cowell

British, Personality

Overview: Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco and is the ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Lauren Silverman (Engaged)

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Businesspeople from the London Borough of Lambeth 6T

Television personalities from the London Borough of Lambeth 5T

21st-century English memoirists 203T
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Richard Branson

English business magnate and adventurer

Overview: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, investor, author and former philanthropist. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Joan Templeman (Married)

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British aerospace businesspeople 1T

21st-century philanthropists 248T

Virgin Group people 4T
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Lisa Vanderpump

British restaurateur

Overview: Lisa Vanderpump (born 15 September 1960) is a British restaurateur, television personality, author and actress. She is known for her appearances on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Van ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Female

Partner: Ken Todd (Married)

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Women restaurateurs 116T

Philanthropists from California 171T

Actresses from London 1,257T
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Lola Bute

British, Model

Date of birth: 23 June 1999

Age: 25

Nationality: British

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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21st-century women philanthropists 18T

British women fashion designers 127T

British women editors 34T
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Jessie Ware

British, Singer

Overview: Jessica Lois Ware (born 15 October 1984) is an English singer, songwriter and broadcaster. Ware came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album, Devotion (2012), which peaked at number ...

Date of birth: 15 October 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Sam Burrows (Married)

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English contemporary R&B singers 70T

British feminist musicians 55T

Singers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 36T
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Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro

British aristocrat and philanthropist

Overview: Princess Antonia of Prussia, Duchess of Wellington, Princess of Waterloo, Duchess of Victoria, Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo OBE (Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Louise Mansfeld; born 28 April 1955) is a British ...

Date of birth: 28 April 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

Partner: Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (Married)

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English women philanthropists 60T

Fellows of Eton College 8T

Portuguese duchesses 5T
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Jacob Rothschild

English peer, investment banker and philanthropist (1936–2024)

Overview: Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, OM, GBE, CVO (29 April 1936 – 26 February 2024), was a British peer, investment banker and a member of the Rothschild banking family ...

Date of birth: 29 April 1936

Date of death: 26 February 2024

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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2024 deaths 1,243T

Jewish British bankers 31T

Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999 451T
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Rupert Hambro

British banker

Overview: Rupert Nicholas Hambro CBE (27 June 1943 – 19 February 2021) was a British heir, banker, businessman and philanthropist.

Date of birth: 27 June 1943

Date of death: 19 February 2021

Age: 77 (age at death)

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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2021 deaths 4,274T

Bankers from London 59T

Barons of Denmark 19T
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Evelyn Robert de Rothschild

British financier (1931–2022)

Overview: Sir Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild FKC (born 29 August 1931) is a British financier and a member of the Rothschild family.

Date of birth: 29 August 1931

Date of death: 8 November 2022

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Bankers from London 64T

N M Rothschild & Sons people 52T

Businesspeople awarded knighthoods 325T
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Agnes Keyser

Wealthy English humanitarian and mistress of King Edward VII (1852–1941)

Overview: Agnes Keyser, DStJ, RRC (July 1852 – 11 May 1941) was a humanitarian, courtesan and longtime mistress to Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom. Keyser was the wealthy daughter of a Stock Exchange ...

Date of birth: July 1852

Date of death: 11 May 1941

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Female

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King Edward VII's Hospital 6T

Women philanthropists 161T

Ladies of Grace of the Order of St John 7T
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Hans Kristian Rausing

Swedish, Business

Overview: Hans Kristian Rausing (born 15 June 1963) is a Swedish billionaire and the son of packaging industrialist Hans Rausing. His grandfather Ruben Rausing founded the food-packaging giant Tetra Pak. The family ...

Date of birth: 15 June 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Rausing family 12T

Criminals from London 108T

Swedish emigrants to the United Kingdom 44T
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Janet de Botton

British art collector and philanthropist (born 1952)

Overview: Dame Janet Frances de Botton, DBE (née Wolfson; formerly Green; born 31 March 1952) is a British art collector and philanthropist.

Date of birth: 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: British

Occupation: Philanthropist

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Art collectors from London 12T

Women philanthropists 161T

English people of Polish-Jewish descent 132T
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Gail Ronson

British philanthropist

Overview: Dame Gail Ronson, DBE (born 3 July 1946) is a British charity fundraiser and the wife of businessman Gerald Ronson whom she married when she was 21 years old; she has four children - Lisa, Amanda, Nicole ...

Date of birth: 3 July 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: British

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Female

Partner: Gerald Ronson (Married)

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British women philanthropists 36T

British Ashkenazi Jews 56T

Ronson family 6T
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Amit Bhatia

British businessman

Overview: Amit Bhatia (born 4 September 1979) is a British-Indian businessman. He is the founding partner of Swordfish Investments and chairman of Queens Park Rangers football club.

Date of birth: 4 September 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management alumni 46T

People from Kensington and Chelsea (London borough) 31T

Queens Park Rangers F.C. directors and chairmen 10T
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Margaret Greville

British socialite and philanthropist (1863–1942)

Overview: Dame Margaret Helen Greville, Hon Mrs Ronald Greville, DBE (20 December 1863 – 15 September 1942), was a British society hostess and philanthropist. She was the wife of the Hon. Ronald Greville (1864–1908) ...

Date of birth: 1863

Date of death: 1942

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Socialite

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Greville family 39T

British socialites 151T

1863 births 3,101T
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Arabella Churchill (charity founder)

English philanthropist and music promoter

Overview: Arabella Spencer-Churchill (30 October 1949 – 20 December 2007) was an English charity founder, festival co-founder, and fundraiser.

Date of birth: 30 October 1949

Date of death: 20 December 2007

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Converts to Buddhism from Anglicanism 5T

Women philanthropists 161T

Founders of charitable organizations 69T
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Thomas Coram

English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1751)

Overview: Captain Thomas Coram (c. 1668 – 29 March 1751) was an English sea captain and philanthropist who created the London Foundling Hospital in Lamb's Conduit Fields, Bloomsbury, to look after abandoned children ...

Date of birth: 1668

Date of death: 29 March 1751

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Sailor

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People related to the history of the Georgia Salzburgers 9T

Foundling Hospital 16T

Georgia Salzburgers 9T