Humanitarianism
These goos are from the Humanitarianism category, people famous for good deeds, as philanthropists or samaritans or otherwise. Browse another way.
Antoinette Tuff
In a moment of crisis, the tuff get going. Go »
Antonina Żabińska
Treating persecuted religious minorities like zoo animals might just save them, or so she had to convince her husband. Go »
Aung San Suu Kyi
Only a general's daughter would have the courage to stand up to the military for the sake of peace. Go »
Bill W.
dipsomanic discretion Go »
Chuck Feeney
Billionaires often give portions of their money away, but this reclusive one vows to give it all away possibly as soon as year end 2016 - four billion down, four billion to go. Go »
Corrie ten Boom
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Desmond Tutu
Who would have guessed that a minister dressed like a ballerina would help end apartheid? Go »
Elie Wiesel
Buchenwald was a terrifying place at night Go »
Elvira Arellano
Don't think you can keep your score from heading south by playing from inside a church for a year. Go »
Erin Brockovich
This single mother became famous for getting the 'goo' out of California's water. Go »
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. Go »
Frederick Douglass
This abolitionist is an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more. Go »
Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist. Soldier. Nurse. Slave. Spy. Humanitarian. Go »
Harriet Tubman
After her services during the Civil War, she earned a $20 monthly pension from the Army, making her upcoming appearance on that bill of currency even more appropriate. Go »
Hody Childress
With a heart as big as Alabama, this farmer secretly helped neighbors pay for prescription drugs. Go »
Homer Plessy
Even though 87.5% of him could ride anywhere he wanted, it was the other 12.5% that he was fighting for. Sadly, the 12.5% was doomed for years. His life could have made a good follow-up to The Odyssey—someone should tell Homer. Go »
Ida B. Wells
Like Rosa, she refused to give up her seat. Unlike Rosa she lost. Go »
Jane Addams
This advocate for continuing education and community enrichment never had to settle for less than the Nobel Prize. Go »
Joel Sonnenberg
born (again) in a flame Go »
Johns Hopkins
This Quaker made a fortune in retail (with the recently-discovered work of slaves), but you know his name if you've ever been to one of the hospitals, universities, medical schools, or nursing schools that bear his name because of his endowments. Go »
Kailash Satyarthi
Having to share the Nobel Peace Prize with someone less than a third his age might be difficult, if he hadn't devoted his life's work to the concerns of minors. Go »
Ken Watson
Christmas will be a little extra special for a UK girl for the next 14 years thanks to this late neighbor. Go »
Kofi Annan
This goo is a cheerleader, promoter, salesman, debt collector, and father confessor for all the nations on Earth. Go »
Lizzie Velásquez
After a rare genetic mutation, she became a (very unusual) face in anti-bullying campaigns online. Go »
Mahatma Gandhi
This great Indian leader once said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." Go »
Malala Yousafzai
This activist was shot in the head and became a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for children's education. Go »
Martin Luther King Jr.
His dream didn't die with him. Who's the king? Go »
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the drum major for peace. Who's the king? Go »
Mikah Frye
Achievement unlocked: Be rewarded by Santa for giving selflessly to keep the homeless population warm. Go »
Minnie Vautrin
An American teacher became a Chinese deity by resisting Japanese invaders. Go »
Mohandas Gandhi
This practicer of ahimsa and satyagraha freed a nation and enlightened a world with his rejection of an eye for an eye. Go »
Mother Teresa
A sister at 18, a nobel in 79. She died at 87. Go »
Mother Teresa
She was born in what was then the Ottoman Empire, and spent her life serving the poor and orphaned and diseased of what was then Calcutta. Go »
Nancy Brinker
What does cutting funding to a reproductive health organization have to do with helping your sisters avoid cancer? Go »
Oskar Schindler
He is the only former Nazi to be buried on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, thanks to a list of workers at his factory. Go »
Paul Rusesabagina
Few people save 1200 lives by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but that's what this Tutsi-loving hotel manager accomplished in 1994. Go »
Rachel Carson
Pesticides, pollution, and population concerned this crusading conservationist. Go »
Renee Dushane
It's not the shape of your face, but the shape of your heart, that matters when you take on bullies with Kylie Jenner. Go »
Richard Stallman
The goo game will always be free software. Go »
Robin Mahfood
This ironically named President and CEO leads an organization providing food, medicine and shelter to the poor. Go »
Rose Valland
She rescued works by Braque, Cézanne, Degas, Dufy, Gauguin, Modigliani, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec and Utrillo, but the only painting of her is on a postage stamp. Go »
Sadoozai Panah
This Afghan V.I.P. is a real doozy. Go »
Salvo D'Acquisto
When his nation switched sides, this soldier made a saintly sacrifice to prevent Germans from executing 22 of his countrymen. Go »
Samantha Smith
She wondered if Russia would start a nuclear war. Is that too much to ask? Go »
Shirin Ebadi
This goo was originally created to represent Iran in the Goo World Tour. Go »
Solomon Northup
His last name was where he spent a long time wanting to go. Go »
Terry Fox
May your hope not run short like his did. Go »
Tim Ballard
This train enthusiast lets freedom ring. Go »
Timothy Treadwell
This environmentalist and documentarian didn't walk carefully enough through Alaskan bear country. Go »
Wang Weilin
the tank stops here Go »
