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Simple and amazing stories of real heroes. Everyone should know their names.
History knows great amount people who performed outstanding deeds and discoveries, but went unnoticed.
website believes that many of them deserve fame and wide recognition. This article collects the stories of seven such heroes - they are all different, but each of them made life on planet Earth a little - or even a lot - better and happier.
Story from Konstantin Paustovsky
“It was the spring of 1912, before the exams, a meeting was organized in the garden. All the high school students in our class were called to it, except the Jews. The Jews were not supposed to know anything about this meeting.
At the meeting it was decided that best students Russians and Poles must score a B in at least one subject in the exams in order not to receive a gold medal. We decided to give all the gold medals to the Jews. Without these medals they were not accepted into the university.
We swore to keep this decision secret. To the credit of our class, we did not let it slip either then or later, when we were already university students. Now I am breaking this oath, because almost none of my comrades from the gymnasium are alive. Most of them died during big wars experienced by my generation. Only a few people survived."
A world without nuclear war
September 26, 1983 Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov was on duty at Serpukhov-15, a secret bunker near Moscow, and was busy monitoring satellite system Soviet Union. Shortly after midnight, one of the satellites signaled to Moscow that the United States was launching 5 ballistic missiles to Russia. All responsibility at this moment fell on the forty-four-year-old lieutenant colonel: he needed to make a decision on how to respond to this signal.
The alarm came at a difficult time, relations between the USSR and America were strained, but Petrov decided that it was false and refused to take any retaliatory measures. Thus, he prevented a possible nuclear disaster- the signal actually turned out to be false.
Vasily Arkhipov, an officer in the Russian Navy, also once made a decision that saved the world. During the Cuban missile crisis he prevented the launch nuclear torpedo. Soviet Submarine B-59 was surrounded near Cuba by eleven American destroyers and the aircraft carrier Randolph. Despite the fact that this took place in international waters, the Americans used depth charges against the boat to force it to rise to the surface.
The submarine commander, Valentin Savitsky, prepared to launch a response atomic torpedo. However, Arkhipov, the senior officer on board, showed restraint and paid attention to the signals from the side American ships and stopped Savitsky. The signal “Stop the provocation” was sent from the boat, after which the American military forces were withdrawn and the situation was somewhat defused.
The Man with the Golden Arm
At thirteen, Australian James Harrison transferred major surgery breast, and he urgently needed about 13 liters of donor blood. After the operation he was in the hospital for three months. Realizing that donated blood saved his life, he made a promise to start donating blood as soon as he turned 18 years old.
As soon as Harrison reached the age required to donate blood, he immediately went to the Red Cross blood donation center. It was there that it turned out that his blood was unique in its own way, since its plasma contained special antibodies, thanks to which it was possible to prevent Rh conflict between a pregnant mother and her fetus. Without these antibodies, Rh conflict leads to a minimum of anemia and jaundice of the child, and a maximum of stillbirth.
When James was told what exactly was found in his blood, he asked only one question. He asked how often you can donate blood.
Since then, every three weeks, James Harrison comes to a medical center near his home and donates exactly 400 milliliters of blood. To date, he has already donated approximately 377 liters of blood.
Over the 56 years since his first donation, he has donated blood and its components almost 1,000 times and saved about 2,000,000 children and their young mothers.
Polish Schindler
Eugene Lazowski was a Polish doctor who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Thanks to the discovery of his friend, Dr. Stanislav Matulewicz, Lazowski simulated an outbreak of typhus, a dangerous infectious disease. Matulevich discovered that healthy person You can be vaccinated with certain bacteria, and then the test results for typhus will be positive, and the person himself will not experience any manifestations of the disease.
The Germans were afraid of typhus because it was highly contagious. At a time when Jews infected with typhus were routinely executed, Lazowski vaccinated the non-Jewish population in the neighborhoods surrounding the ghetto, near the town of Rozwadov. He knew that the Germans would be forced to refuse to approach the Jewish settlements, and they ended up simply quarantining the area. This saved approximately 8,000 Polish Jews from certain death in concentration camps.
The scientist who saved millions of lives
American biologist Maurice Ralph Hilleman created 36 vaccines during his life - more than any other scientist in the world. Of the fourteen vaccines that are now used everywhere, he invented 8, including measles, meningitis, chickenpox, hepatitis A and B.
In addition, Hilleman was the first person to determine how the influenza virus mutates. Almost single-handedly, he worked to create a vaccine that prevented the 1957 Asian flu outbreak from becoming a repeat of the 1918 Spanish pandemic, which killed 20 million people worldwide.
Immortal Cell Donor
African American Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951 at the age of thirty-one. However, she became the donor of cellular material that allowed Dr. George Otto Gay to create history's first immortal line of human cells, known as the HeLa line. “Immortality” meant that these cells did not die after several divisions, which means they could be used for many medical experiments and research.
In 1954, a strain of HeLa cells was used by Jonas Sock to develop a vaccine against polio. In 1955, HeLa became the first human cells to be successfully cloned. The demand for these cells grew rapidly. They were put into mass production and sent to scientists around the world to study cancer, AIDS, the effects of radiation and other diseases. Scientists are now growing about 20 tons of Henrietta cells, and there are almost 11,000 patents related to them.
Inventor of the seat belt
July 10, 1962 Volvo Corporation employee Nils Bohlin patented his invention - three point belt security. It was the same system that is still used in cars today: it took Bohlin just under a year to create it, and it was first introduced on Volvo cars in 1959.
The corporation made the seat belt design free to other automakers, and it soon became a worldwide standard. According to recent studies, Bolin's invention saved about a million lives during its existence.
If you need another reason to love Johnny Depp, know, it works wonders. When the Sweeney Todd star heard that 17-year-old fan Sophie Wilkinson had fallen into a coma after a car accident, he couldn't help but help her.
After a desperate plea from the girl's father, Johnny sent her family a taped message, which he did in the voice of his hero, Captain Jack Sparrow. Hearing the voice of the idol, young Sophie began to move right foot. Before that, she was in a coma for 5 months.
Depp isn't the only star willing to help. The Sun newspaper publishes a list of the kindest celebrities capable of generous deeds.
Another heartbreaking story about coming out of a coma happened to singer Geri Halliwell. The Spice Girls singer's singing awakened 14-year-old Jissika Knight, who suffered a stroke. "Geri sang a couple of lines from one of her songs and Jessica started moving her arms and legs," the source said. "It's just amazing." Now Jessica feels well, but does not remember which song helped her get back on her feet.
Last year the actress Renee Zellweger felt a pang of pity when she saw a saleswoman at one of Wendy's New York stores looking longingly at a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes. When the saleswoman returned to her workplace, a beautifully packaged pair of coveted shoes was waiting for her.
Actor's story Colin Farrell and a homeless woman named Stress began five years ago in Toronto. A local radio station offered $1,000 to bring Farrell, who was filming nearby, to the studio. Colin heard the show, took Stress with him and gave him the money he won when they got to the studio. Last year the couple met again. This time, the actor bought clothes for his homeless friend and gave him money.
There is no such thing as a magnanimous act that a TV presenter Oprah Winfrey I couldn't do it. In 2004, she surprised the guests of her show by giving each of them a car. 276 people received vehicle cost 30 thousand dollars. “There is no dream too crazy, no surprise that cannot be made,” the star noted. Oprah then gave the homeless girl a scholarship for 4 years of college, as well as $10,000 for clothes and a beauty salon.
When last March the singer and actress Jessica Simpson won a luxury car at the MTV Music Video Awards last March, the singer exchanged it for a minivan, which she donated to a Mexican orphanage.
Football player David Beckham I once left a tip for a waitress in the amount of 2,000 thousand dollars, although his bill was only 200 dollars. David also granted cancer-stricken fan Rebecca Johnstone's last wish in January last year. When the girl called him from Otario (Canada), he sent her a signed Real Madrid T-shirt. Unfortunately, Rebecca died a month later.
Returning from a trip to Salt Lake City a couple of years ago, the acting couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes I saw a couple involved in an accident. The actors provided first aid to the victims and waited with them for the police to arrive.
Famous and famous people often look unapproachable, as if they live in a completely different dimension. But it is not always the case. Many stars do charity work, and not always do it for self-promotion, but out of a sincere desire to help. There are also those who, from the bottom of their hearts, are ready to lend a helping hand to their neighbor, no matter who they are.
The site's editors have collected the most touching examples of kindness and compassion that celebrities have shown us.
STEVE BUSCEMI
Before he took Hollywood by storm, Steve was a professional firefighter. When the terrorist attack occurred on September 11, the actor returned to work for the New York Fire Department and worked alongside other firefighters for 12 hours a day for a week. At the same time, he refused to give interviews to journalists and take photos, saying that he was not doing this work for PR.
BRADLEY COOPER
This guy is literally ready to give his shirt off his back. In Philadelphia, on the set of the film My Boyfriend Is Crazy, Bradley Cooper was concerned about the fate of homeless people who were freezing on the streets, and bought several hundred warm coats for them. The actor himself distributed the clothes, and when one of the homeless people complimented the coat the actor was wearing, he took it off and gave it to the man.
KEANU REEVES
Keanu Reeves prefers to live modestly and spends the lion's share their fees to charity. He doesn’t like anything unnecessary and doesn’t consider it shameful to ride public transport. And he gave about $80 million to his colleagues in the film “The Matrix” - lighting engineers, sound engineers and costume designers, because he considered that they deserved it, and their fees were greatly underestimated. 12 stuntmen who performed the most difficult stunts in this film received an expensive motorcycle as a gift from him.
COLIN FARRELL
When the actor was in Toronto filming the movie The Recruit, a city radio host announced that he would give $1,000 to anyone who could bring Colin Farrell to the studio. The actor did not like this statement, as he considered it a direct interference in his personal life. And yet, Colin agreed to go into the studio with a homeless man named Dave, who actually received a reward for it.
When the actor arrived in Toronto some time later, he found Dave. As it turned out, what happened to him ultimately completely changed the man’s life for the better and helped him get back on his feet.
JOANNE ROWLING
One of the heroines of the Harry Potter book got her name in honor of a girl with cancer, Natalie MacDonald, who wrote a letter to JK Rowling. The girl was afraid that she would not have time to find out what would happen in the book “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and asked the writer to tell her the sequel. Joan wrote the girl a response, but she, unfortunately, died the day before. The writer gave the name Natalie McDonald to the heroine of her book and went to her parents to give them an autographed book.
MARILYN MANSON
Despite the terrifying image and title of “prince of darkness,” the musician has a kind heart. For example, some time ago he visited a dying boy with cancer at his home. They played video games, read comics and played the guitar. Marilyn gave him many memorable gifts. When the child died 3 weeks later, he was wearing a T-shirt that the musician gave him.
TOM CRUISE
In 1996, the actor witnessed terrible incident. The driver hit a girl on the road and left the scene. Cruz called an ambulance, stayed with the victim until she arrived, and even went with her to the hospital. And when it turned out that the girl did not have insurance, he paid a medical bill for $7,000.
ZACK GALIFIANAKIS
Before Zach Galifianakis became famous, he worked at the Fox Laundry in Santa Monica, where he became friends with 87-year-old Elizabeth “Mimi” Heist, who lived in the laundromat and helped patrons for handouts. After his success in The Hangover, Zach stopped going to the laundromat.
He soon learned that his friend was kicked out of there and she became homeless. Zach rented her an apartment and still pays all her bills to this day. He also invited Elizabeth to the premieres of all his subsequent films: “The Hangover 2: From Vegas to Bangkok,” “The Dirty Campaign for Fair Elections” and “The Hangover: Part III.”
CRISTIANO RONALDO
In 2014, the football player received a letter in which the parents of a 10-month-old child with cancer asked him to sign a T-shirt and sneakers for them so that they could sell them at auction and save the life of their baby. The athlete complied with their request, and in addition sent a check for $83,000.
MUSICIANS OF THE METALLIKA GROUP
When, in 2009, the rock band heard about Margaret, an 85-year-old woman who claimed that their music had helped her fight cancer, they invited the woman to their concert, called her backstage and paid attention to her. And during the show, frontman James Hetfield dedicated the song “Nothing Else Matters” to Margaret.
Every person should do good deeds, no matter how global they are. Someone will say that these stars did not do anything special and in their situation everyone would have done the same, but not everyone can boast of even such a manifestation of kindness and compassion for their neighbor, because for the most part people think only about themselves.
Keanu Reeves
IN last years What came to light was that Reeves doesn't care much about money. In fact, he went so far as to give $80 million of his Matrix royalties to the special effects team and costume designers who worked on the trilogy. He explained his action by saying that he believes that the success of the film series is due to these people, and not to him.
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry has touched not just one life, but countless others with his openness about his mental health struggles. Although many see such problems as a stigma that harms their careers, Fry speaks openly about his problems and has become president of the mental health charity Reason, which raises public awareness of mental illness and is the voice of those who suffer from them.
Russell Brand
Brand talked about how he knows what it's like to be at the bottom of his life as a former alcoholic and heroin addict, which is why he spends time with homeless people in his area. He has been photographed and spotted countless times with homeless people - taking them to breakfast and helping them in every possible way.
Will.i.am
Will.i.am recently donated his entire salary from The Voice (around $750,000) to The Prince's Foundation, a charity dedicated to providing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education to disadvantaged children in the UK. He hopes for the same success that this program has had in his hometown, a Los Angeles neighborhood that now has a state-of-the-art STEM center.
Woody Harrelson
While attending a great party in New York, Woody was approached by a homeless woman looking for alms. Instead of turning her down, Woody decided to give the woman $600. According to the Daily News, when the woman recognized the actor, she said, “Thanks Woody! White people can still jump!”
John Cena
This athlete has fulfilled the most wishes for the Make Your Dream charity foundation - he has 400 wishes (100 of which were fulfilled from June 2013 to February 2014).
Ryan Gosling
A British journalist was rescued by an actor when she almost walked onto the road in front of a taxi in New York. She tweeted about the incident, saying she was looking the other way as a lifelong Londoner when Gosling grabbed her arm and pulled her back onto the pavement.
Mila Kunis
When a man who worked in her house collapsed on the floor from an attack, Mila came to his aid. After she supported him until the ambulance arrived, Mila even offered to go with him to the hospital to make sure he was safe.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is known for the fact that she uses her popularity to promote self-belief, despite how different we are from others. After she heard that one of her fans committed suicide because he was mocked about his sexual orientation, she dedicated her concert to him and his photo was on the screens everywhere - it was an act of unity with the fan and other people around the world suffering in similar situations.
T.I.
This rapper gave up everything to convince a man not to commit suicide. The police tried to reason with the man to come down from the parapet. He considered it necessary to help, telling the man that everything would be fine and that not everything in the world was as bad as it seemed.
Angelina Jolie
Jolie remains a great philanthropist even after years of success and incredible popularity. She even decided to make In the Land of Blood and Honey as her directorial debut, a film telling the story of women who were subjected to mass rape during the Bosnian war. This choice was clearly not made with the aim of becoming famous, since it was filmed and written in Bosnian.
Zach Galifinakis
Zach saved a homeless woman. Mimi, a woman Zach knew from the local laundromat long before he became famous, found herself on the street. As soon as Zach found out about this, he offered to pay the apartment rent for her. He even took her with him to the premiere of the film Bachelor Party: Part III.
Patrick Dempsey
According to TMZ, the teenager lost control of his Mustang, and after the car flipped several times, it finally stopped in front of the actor's house. Dempsey ran outside to help the young driver and used a crowbar to free the teenager from the car, after which he called emergency services.
Johnny Depp
After 9-year-old Beatrice asked Depp to help her rebel against teachers, the actor came to a London school for precisely this purpose.
Tyler Perry
After hearing that a woman suffering from cerebral palsy had her customized 2000 Chrysler Town & Country stolen from her home in Georgia, director Perry offered to give her another van.
Gary Sinese
Since playing the role of Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, Sinise has been committed to helping disabled veterans and their families. He recently took 50 war-wounded soldiers on an all-expenses-paid trip to Disneyland in California.
Tom Cruise
One day, while he was relaxing on his yacht, Cruise saw a sinking, burning sailboat. Instead of waiting for someone to save them, Tom himself swam to the sailboat and helped the victims escape.
We are used to admiring the fame, influence and fees of world-class stars, but we no longer believe that they are capable of humane, noble and, most importantly, selfless actions. But among celebrities there are always those who donate part of their fees to good causes, and it is very pleasant that there are more and more such stars every year. Today we will focus on celebrities whose noble deeds have captivated the whole world.
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey has long been known not only as the star of the most popular talk show in the States, but also as a philanthropist. For several years now she has topped the list of the most generous stars. By 2012, the amount that Oprah Winfrey spent on the education of children and women from developing countries world, amounted to $400 million. She spends no less on health care. Oprah also founded a school for gifted girls from poor South African families.This is just a small part of what the star does: she has participated in annual marathons, clothing sales and other charity events. The celebrity donates the funds collected in this way to the cancer foundation, and part of it goes to help African children.
Charlize Theron
Recently fragile American actress awarded the title of UN Ambassador to Combat Violence against Women. Charlize Theron knows about this problem better than anyone else. The tyrant father treated her and her mother cruelly, and when she was 15 years old, he died from the bullet of his wife, who thus protected her daughter from his attacks. 
In 2004, at the Oscars, the actress received a statuette for her role in the film “Monster,” where she played a victim of violence. For this role she had to change a lot in appearance. Charlize also participated in a fundraiser with actress Salma Hayek for a major charity, Virgin Unite, which helps oppressed women in Morocco.
Madonna
The American pop diva does not like to show off her good deeds, so they often remain secret, but some of them are still heard. For example, during a tour in Moscow, the singer not only gave a long-awaited concert to Russian fans, but also made a contribution to the development of one of the capital’s boarding schools. The star asked not to disclose the amount that Madonna donated for the improvement of the school. 
In 2016, the singer’s money was used to build new school for African children in Malawia. The cost of all work related to the construction and arrangement of the institution exceeded $15 million. The singer regularly holds charity concerts, and donates the proceeds to victims of tsunamis, earthquakes and others. natural disasters in Asia. One of Madonna's last noble acts was to donate $250,000 to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Jennifer Hudson
To the decision to open charitable foundation Jennifer came after an unknown person entered her home and shot her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. This happened in 2008, when the actress’s career was just beginning to gain momentum. Then Jennifer had a hard time recovering from what happened, and a month later she founded her own foundation called the Hudson-King Foundation, which helps people whose relatives were killed. The foundation provides food and hygiene products, clothing, and the specialists working there provide professional psychological assistance. 
Angelina Jolie
The Hollywood star is well known to the world for his good deeds. And, as the site wants to note, she does them not for the sake of PR or additional popularity, but at the call of her heart. The actress has seen with her own eyes many times the conditions they live in ordinary people in third world countries - for example, several scenes of the film "Lara Croft" were filmed in Cambodia. After filming, Angelina Jolie visited refugee camps in Sierra Leone, Pakistan and Tanzania with humanitarian aid in the form of food and medicine. She not only sponsored the purchases, but also took on the cost of living expenses for UN employees traveling with her. These actions did not go unnoticed - in 2001, Jolie was awarded honorary title UN Goodwill Ambassador. 
Over the next 17 years, she visited more than thirty countries and donated tens of millions of dollars to help those in need. Even military actions do not interfere with this strong woman: She visited camps in Libya and Iraq even during turbulent periods. By personal example, Angelina calls for donating funds for the benefit of refugees and actively promotes charity in the world media. A few years ago, she published an autobiographical book about travel, and then made a film, which vividly showed the living conditions of people who are constantly in need of help.
Keanu Reeves
Not all stars like increased attention and fuss around them. Keanu Reeves belongs to the category of celebrities who prefer to lead modest life without mansions and expensive cars. The actor distributed 90% of the fee from the cult film “The Matrix” (and this, for a moment, is more than $10 million for the first part alone) to make-up artists, special effects specialists and other film set workers. In addition, Keanu gave away his 12 motorcycles to the stuntmen who worked on the film. 
The actor's sister, who had leukemia, encouraged him to open a charity fund to help cancer patients. Keanu does not suffer from vanity, which is why this organization never received the name of a celebrity. The actor also fights for animal rights and supports initiatives related to environmental protection.
And he is completely devoid of star fever
He can often be seen on the street next to the homeless - he buys them food, clothes, talks to them. Keanu believes that to help those in need it is not necessary to go to third world countries, because everyone can look around and see a person who needs help.
Konstantin Khabensky
People's lives often change after grief strikes their family, and stars are no exception. On the first day of winter 2008, Konstantin Khabensky lost his beloved wife Anastasia, and this event plunged him into a state of deep depression. A whole year before this, the actor fought for the life of his beloved until the last, selling off property, agreeing to any roles and getting into debt. 
In memory of his deceased wife, he founded the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation. Now Khabensky lives in a modest apartment, and most He donates the money he earns to a charitable foundation. The actor does his best to help those who have a chance in life: with money, housing, finding the best doctors. He often travels to orphanages: he gives gifts to the pupils and plays with them.
For the first time, he received a call regarding charity issues several years ago: doctors gave Khabensky’s number to a woman who lacked 200 thousand rubles for her son’s treatment. Konstantin personally brought money for the operation and asked the doctors to call him if anyone else needed help. In the 10 years that have passed since the death of Anastasia Khabenskaya, the number of children whom the actor saved from cancer has exceeded one and a half hundred people.
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