Local Heroes & Everyday Saviors

Inspiring local heroes, everyday saviors, courage icons, and selfless citizens from around the world who risked everything to save others.

Personalities in Local Heroes & Everyday Saviors

55 icons listed

Sophie Scholl Rank #41

Sophie Scholl was a German student and member of the White Rose resistance group who gave her life protesting Nazi tyranny.

37,300

Henry Dunant Rank #42

Henry Dunant witnessed the carnage of Solferino and founded the International Committee of the Red Cross.

37,000

Grace Darling Rank #43

Grace Darling rowed a wooden coble boat through a tempest to rescue nine shipwrecked survivors from the Farne Islands in 1838.

36,700

Flora Sandes Rank #44

Flora Sandes was the only British woman to officially serve as an enlisted frontline combat soldier in World War I.

36,400

Wangarĩ Maathai Rank #45

Wangarĩ Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, empowering African rural women to plant over 50 million trees.

36,100

Denis Mukwege Rank #46

Dr. Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who founded Panzi Hospital, treating 50,000+ survivors of wartime rape.

35,800

Paul Rusesabagina Rank #47

Paul Rusesabagina sheltered and saved over 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

35,500

Hector Pieterson Rank #48

Hector Pieterson was a twelve-year-old student whose tragic sacrifice in 1976 galvanized global opposition to South African apartheid.

35,200

Terry Fox Rank #49

Terry Fox, an amputee cancer patient, ran 3,339 miles across Canada on a prosthetic leg to raise $850 million for cancer research.

34,900

Frida and Israel Arauz Rank #50

Frida the Golden Labrador and handler Israel Arauz served in the Mexican Navy, locating dozens of survivors under earthquake rubble.

34,600

Chico Mendes Rank #51

Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper union leader who led non-violent human shields to save the Amazon rainforest.

34,300

Jeison Aristizábal Rank #52

Jeison Aristizábal, born with cerebral palsy, built a foundation providing free education and therapy to disabled youth in Cali.

34,000

James Harrison Rank #53

James Harrison, 'The Man with the Golden Arm', made 1,173 blood donations, saving over 2.4 million babies from Rhesus disease.

33,700

Cliff Young Rank #54

Cliff Young, a 61-year-old potato farmer, ran 543 miles without sleeping to win the Sydney-to-Melbourne ultramarathon.

33,400

Rick Stanton and John Volanthen Rank #55

British cave divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen spearheaded the miraculous rescue of twelve boys from flooded Tham Luang cave.

33,100

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