Anna Politkovskaya

Championing human rights in Russia and Cechnya

Bob Geldof

The story of Live Aid and poverty relief in Africa

Cicely Saunders

Revolutionised pain management and Hospice care

Desmond Tutu

Promotion of Human Rights and Conflict Resolution throughout the World

Edward Jenner

Discovery of a vaccine for Smallpox

Eglantyne Jebb

Founder of Save the Children and Developer of Childrens' Rights

Emmeline Pankhurst

Achievement of Women's Voting Rights

Florence Nightingale

The founder of nursing

Mahatma Gandhi

Peaceful revolution against British Rule in India

Marie Curie

Research into Radioactivity and its use in cancer treatments

Martin Luther King Jr

Non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The Saint of the Gutters

Nelson Mandela

Achiever of peaceful freedom for the Black majority in South Africa

Phymean Noun

Education for slum children in Cambodia

Robert Baden-Powell

Founder of the Scouts Movement

Steve Mannion

Treatment for Clubfoot

Wangari Muta Maathai

Sustainable development, democracy and peace in Africa

Charles Booth

Work on poverty that led to the foundation of Social Security and Pension provisions