Hollywood stars are always in the spotlight: photographers, interviews, journalists, filming, every day, as if under the gun of one large camera that records their successes, failures, bad or good deeds, and then spreads this news around the world, giving food for thought or gossip. Usually people discuss the crazy or bad actions of stars, their extravagances and obvious mistakes, while good deeds are somehow hushed up and go into the shadows. Let's try to prove that the most good people in the world- just Hollywood stars.

First among the kindest

Turns out, the kindest people in the world those related to show business and the film industry are Johnny Depp, Jerry Halliwell, Renee Zellweger, Colin Farrell, Jessica Simpson, football player David Beckham, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Oprah Winfrey. And now more about them. Rating " The kindest people in the world" was headed by the incomparable and versatile actor Johnny Depp, who, both in films and in life, always looks quite non-trivial, unusual and extremely sexy. Although his inconstancy and extravagance are known to everyone, nevertheless, for many years Johnny has been living in happy marriage with one single woman - singer Vanessa Paradis. Star of the Pirates trilogy Caribbean Sea"and alternative cinema, Depp not long ago helped his fan, seventeen-year-old Sophie Wilkinson, come out of a coma.

The voice of a star returns from the other world

The girl was in a coma for about five months, and her parents had already begun to lose all hope that their daughter would come to her senses, having already tried literally everything. There was only one remedy left, funny at first glance - the voice of their daughter’s favorite actor, that is, Depp. They wrote a touching letter for Depp, asking him, if not to come to their daughter himself, then at least, record your voice. That's what Johnny did, recording an audio track where he parodied himself famous character- Captain Jack Sparrow. Hearing this voice, Sophie moved her legs for the first time, and then began the story of her gradual recovery.

Melody will save lives

And this story is not the only one of its kind. Former member The once popular Spice Girls group, Geri Halliwell, sang for one of her unusual fans. Jessica Knight is fourteen years old and suffered a severe stroke that left her bedridden. Jeri came to her clinic, where she sang just a couple of lines from her song, after which the girl began to control her arms and legs. Now, according to some sources, Jessica feels much better, but she just doesn’t remember what specific song the lead singer of “Pepperchinok” sang to her.

Seller of good mood

The kindest people in the world, such as actress Renee Zellweger, who is known for her films about the charming Bridget Jones, they not only save people’s lives, but also help others fulfill their wishes. Once the actress walked into the Wendy's store, where she noticed a saleswoman looking longingly at shoes from the famous designer Manolo Blahnik. The actress said that she perfectly understood a woman’s desire to be beautiful always and everywhere, and that’s why she...bought these shoes, and then, when the saleswoman returned to her workplace, anonymously gave them to her, simply wrapping them beautifully and placing them on her desk.

American dream

Title " The kindest people in the world“The desperate boor Colin Farel and the scandalous TV presenter Oprah Winfrey were also honored. For the past five years, Colin Farrell has been helping a man without a job or place of residence, a professional beggar named Stress, with money and clothes. And the TV personality surprised everyone at one of her shows, where she gave each viewer a car, and one homeless girl - money to get a decent education, as well as for clothes and a beauty salon. Probably, it is precisely stories like this that constitute the essence of such a phenomenon as the “American Dream”, when not a single desire is limited by the limits of fantasy.

“Rus' is not without good people!” Russian people can easily be considered one of the most responsive peoples in the world. And we have someone to look up to.

Okolnichy Fedor Rtishchev

During his lifetime, Fyodor Rtishchev, a close friend and adviser to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, received the nickname “gracious husband.” Klyuchevsky wrote that Rtishchev fulfilled only part of the commandment of Christ - he loved his neighbor, but not himself. He was one of that rare breed of people who put the interests of others above their own “wants.” It was on the initiative of the “bright man” that the first shelters for beggars appeared not only in Moscow, but also beyond its borders. It was common for Rtishchev to pick up a drunk on the street and take him to a temporary shelter he organized - an analogue of a modern sobering-up station. How many were saved from death and did not freeze to death on the street, one can only guess.

In 1671, Fyodor Mikhailovich sent grain convoys to starving Vologda, and then money raised from the sale of personal property. And when I learned about the need of the Arzamas residents for additional lands, he simply donated his own.

During the Russian-Polish War, he carried out not only his compatriots, but also Poles from the battlefield. He hired doctors, rented houses, bought food and clothing for the wounded and prisoners, again using his own funds. After Rtishchev’s death, his “Life” appeared - a unique case of demonstrating the holiness of a layman, and not a monk.

Empress Maria Feodorovna

The second wife of Paul I, Maria Fedorovna, was famous for her excellent health and tirelessness. Starting the morning with cold douches, prayer and strong coffee, the Empress devoted the rest of the day to taking care of her countless pupils. She knew how to convince moneybags to donate money for construction educational institutions for noble maidens in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Simbirsk and Kharkov. With her direct participation The largest charitable organization was created - the Imperial Humane Society, which existed until the beginning of the 20th century.

Having 9 children of her own, she especially cared for abandoned babies: the sick were cared for in orphanages, the strong and healthy were cared for in trustworthy peasant families.

This approach has significantly reduced child mortality. With all the scale of her activities, Maria Feodorovna also paid attention to the little things that were not necessary for life. Thus, in the Obukhov psychiatric hospital in St. Petersburg, each patient received his own kindergarten.

Prince Vladimir Odoevsky

A descendant of the Rurikovichs, Prince Vladimir Odoevsky, was convinced that the thought he sowed would certainly “come up tomorrow” or “in a thousand years.” A close friend of Griboyedov and Pushkin, the writer and philosopher Odoevsky was an active supporter of the abolition of serfdom, worked to the detriment of his own interests for the Decembrists and their families, and tirelessly intervened in the fate of the most disadvantaged. He was ready to rush to the aid of anyone who turned to him and saw in everyone a “living string” that could be made to sound for the benefit of the cause.

The St. Petersburg Society for Visiting the Poor, which he organized, helped 15 thousand needy families.

There was a women's workshop, a children's shelter with a school, a hospital, hostels for the elderly and families, and a social store.

Despite his origin and connections, Odoevsky did not seek to occupy an important post, believing that in a “minor position” he could bring “real benefit.” The “Strange Scientist” tried to help young inventors realize their ideas. The main character traits of the prince, according to contemporaries, were humanity and virtue.

Prince Peter of Oldenburg

An innate sense of justice distinguished the grandson of Paul I from most of his colleagues. He not only served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment during the reign of Nicholas I, but also equipped the first school in the history of the country at his place of service, in which soldiers’ children were educated. Later, this successful experience was applied to other regiments.

In 1834, the prince witnessed the public punishment of a woman who was driven through a line of soldiers, after which he petitioned for dismissal, saying that he would never be able to carry out such orders.

Pyotr Georgievich devoted the rest of his life to charity. He was a trustee and honorary member of many institutions and societies, including the Kyiv Home for the Poor.

Sergey Skirmunt

Retired second lieutenant Sergei Skirmunt is almost unknown to the general public. He did not hold high positions and failed to become famous for his good deeds, but he was able to build socialism on a single estate.

At the age of 30, when Sergei Apollonovich was painfully thinking about future fate, he received 2.5 million rubles from a deceased distant relative.

The inheritance was not spent on carousing or lost at cards. One part of it became the basis for donations to the Society for the Promotion of Public Public Entertainment, the founder of which was Skirmunt himself. With the rest of the money, the millionaire built a hospital and a school on the estate, and all his peasants were able to move to new huts.

Anna Adler

The whole life of this amazing woman was devoted to educational and pedagogical work. She was an active participant in various charitable societies, helped during the famine in the Samara and Ufa provinces, and on her initiative the first public reading room was opened in the Sterlitamak district. But her main efforts were aimed at changing the situation of people with disabilities. For 45 years, she did everything to ensure that blind people had the opportunity to become full-fledged members of society.

She was able to find the means and strength to open the first specialized printing house in Russia, where in 1885 the first edition of the “Collection of Articles for children's reading, published and dedicated to blind children by Anna Adler."

To produce the book in Braille, she worked seven days a week until late at night, personally typing and proofreading page after page.

Later, Anna Alexandrovna translated the musical notation system, and blind children were able to learn to play musical instruments. With her active assistance, a few years later the first group of blind students graduated from the St. Petersburg School for the Blind, and a year later from the Moscow School. Literacy and vocational training helped graduates find jobs, which changed the stereotypical idea of ​​their incapacity. Anna Adler just barely lived to see the opening of the First Congress of the All-Russian Society of the Blind.

Nikolay Pirogov

The whole life of the famous Russian surgeon is a series of brilliant discoveries, practical use which saved more than one life. The men considered him a wizard who, for his “miracles,” attracts higher powers. He was the first in the world to use surgery in the field, and his decision to use anesthesia saved not only his patients from suffering, but also those who lay on the tables of his students later. Through his efforts, the splints were replaced with bandages soaked in starch.

He was the first to use the method of sorting the wounded into those who were seriously injured and those who would make it to the rear. This reduced the mortality rate significantly. Before Pirogov, even a minor wound to the arm or leg could result in amputation.

He personally carried out operations and tirelessly ensured that the soldiers were provided with everything they needed: warm blankets, food, water.

According to legend, it was Pirogov who taught Russian academics conduct plastic surgery, demonstrating the successful experience of implanting a new nose on the face of his barber, whom he helped get rid of deformity.

Being an excellent teacher, about whom all the students spoke with warmth and gratitude, he believed that the main task of education is to teach how to be human.

Some people, despite their wealth and position, remember that they are no better than others and try to be modest, take care of their neighbors and do good deeds in imitation of the Lord.

We would like to tell you about ten such people - worthy examples for each of us, especially for many powerful Russians.

The actions of these people amaze and inspire respect. Having achieved a lot in life, they did not become slaves to their wealth and position and treat other people with gratitude:

1. Bishop Longinus (Heat)

This hierarch (photo in the title) proved with his life that the image of the bishop circulated in the media as a arrogant fat man in an expensive car, neglecting the flock entrusted to him by God, does not correspond to the truth.

While still a priest, the bishop rebuilt the Holy Ascension monastery in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine and under him founded a church boarding school for more than 1000 orphans and disabled children, more than 400 of whom he adopted.

In addition to his pastoral responsibilities for the revival of Orthodoxy in Ukraine, Bishop Longin has been involved in the upbringing of children taken into his care for many years.

IN recent years from also actively opposed the beginning and then the continuation of the Kyiv Nazi regime civil war in the South-East of Ukraine. And this despite regular threats against him from dissenters and neo-Nazis.

His life and work are well described in the film “Outpost,” known to almost all Orthodox Christians in the CIS.

2. Vladislav Tetyukhin

A Ural tycoon who was involved in titanium mining as a co-owner of a large metallurgical company.

At 80, he did not buy a villa in warm countries. Instead, Vladislav Tetyukhin sold all his shares and used the proceeds of 3.3 billion rubles to build a medical center for his fellow countrymen in Nizhny Tagil.

In the future, the billionaire plans to build a hotel, new houses for clinic employees with 350 apartments, a dormitory for students, a transport block and a helipad.

Now Tetyukhin holds a post here general director and at 82 years old, he comes to work strictly on schedule: by 9:00 am 6 days a week.

3. Swedish Princess Madeleine

The princess of the Swedish royal house does not boast about her position.

At royal receptions, Princess Madeleine appears in $130 dresses bought at Stockholm markets and is not shy about picking up her dog's poop while walking.

It is worth noting that this behavior is typical of many representatives of the royal houses of Europe and its financial and managerial elite. Wild kitsch is left to the nouveau riche.

4. Brian Bernie

Bernie can be called the British construction oligarch.

Everything was going great for this millionaire until his wife was diagnosed with cancer. Then Bernie became involved in charity work.

He donated a significant part of his fortune to create a whole convoy of medical machines. These machines traveled through small villages in northern England and provided high-tech medical care to patients. Brian Bernie paid the doctors' salaries out of his own pocket.

WITH God's help his wife recovered. To celebrate, Brian Bernie sold most of his property and gave the money to charity.

Now he lives on a small pension in a small apartment and drives a used car.

5. President of Uruguay

Jose Cordano is the President of Uruguay, but local residents his name is El Pepe. He donates 9/10ths of his presidential salary to charity, making him the poorest (or most generous) president in the world.

Jose earns 263,000 Uruguayan pesos (400,000 rubles) a month, and leaves only 26,300 pesos (40,000 rubles) for himself.

He lives in a rural farmhouse, without debt and without a bank account. José brings water for the household himself from a well in the yard. The largest purchase of his entire life was a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle.

6. Boris Johnson

Boris is mayor of London. He rides a bicycle to work, is not shy about going without a tie, and freely wears a sports jacket, backpack and bicycle helmet.

The official is one of the main and most consistent supporters of the development of cycling in the UK and advocates healthy image life.

7. Olaf Thon

The Norwegian billionaire lives quite modestly. He is married, but has no children. Therefore, he decided to donate all his wealth, calmly parting with $6,000,000,000: “I have a bike and skis, and I don’t eat much. So I think everything will be fine."

Olaf Thon planned to spend all his money on financing medical research, so that they bring benefits to people, saying: “Anyway, I won’t be able to take them with me.”

Michael Bloomberg once served as mayor of New York (USA).

He is very interesting personality, even if you don't know that he is the 13th richest person in the world.

At the same time, the businessman does not stop riding the subway. And at his workplace he works in an ascetic environment: on ordinary office furniture there are traditional monitors, papers, charts, some trinkets and... a jar of peanut butter next to the keyboard.

9. Chuck Feeney

The founder of the famous Duty Free chain of stores, Chuck Feeney, lives very modestly.

Over the past 30 years, he has traveled all over the world, carefully getting rid of his acquired capital of $7.5 billion. Feeney spent his business income on charity.

His charitable foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, has invested $6.2 billion in education, science, health care and nursing homes around the world. By 2020, Chuck Feeney wants to spend all his capital on helping those in need.

10. Sergey Brin

Sergey is a legend computer business, co-founder and president of technology at Google.

A billionaire and one of the richest people in America, Sergei keeps a fairly modest lifestyle - he lives in a three-room apartment in San Francisco and drives a used Toyota Prius with an environmentally friendly hybrid engine.

His hobby is visiting Katya’s Russian Tea Room in San Francisco and recommending borscht, pancakes and dumplings to guests of the establishment.

They know good, they remember good, good warms our hearts, but not everyone can do good deeds. It is impossible to say unequivocally who the kindest person in the world is. This article lists several famous people who through their actions helped those in need and did not ask for anything in return. They are the kindest people in the world, they should be looked up to and set as an example for children, and, quite possibly, there will be more such people in the future.

There is an expression “kind as Mother Teresa”, and these words speak for themselves. This woman helped the poor and sick, organized the monastic congregation “Missionary Sisters of Love”, was awarded the Nobel Prize in the category “For active help to a suffering person,” but she did not care about the awards.

On August 26, 1910, baby Agnes Gonxhe Bajaxhiu was born. Her parents visited Catholic Church and helped the poor. Even after her father’s death in 1919, the girl’s mother was not afraid and took six orphans into the family. It is not surprising that in such an atmosphere where harmony and kindness reign, a beautiful girl grew up, who later became Mother Teresa. From childhood, the girl knew her calling. Already at the age of 12, she dreamed of monastic service, heard about poor children in India and wanted to help them.

Mother Teresa did everything out of love for people and tried to help everyone

At the age of 18, Agnes went to live in Ireland, here her dream of becoming a nun came true, the girl was accepted into their ranks by the Irish Sisters of Loreto, and after 2 years she was tonsured a nun under the name Teresa. The girl chose the name herself, inspired by the actions of a merciful Carmelite nun from Lisieux. In the direction of the order, Nun Teresa went to Calcutta. There was a girls' school called St. Mary's in the town, and it began teaching children to read and write. In 1946, the nun received official permission to help all the needy, poor and disadvantaged of Calcutta, and within 2 years she organized the “Missionary Sisters of Love” community. The monastic congregation became active; they were engaged in the creation of new shelters and hospitals for seriously ill people, as well as schools for poor people. In each such institution they provided help to all those in need; here it did not matter what nationality or religion the person asking was.

Since 1965, the monastic congregation has been helping not only in India, but also abroad. Today this huge organization is known all over the world. There are 400 of its branches in 111 countries, and more than 700 houses of mercy in 120 countries. The main mission of the congregation is to help those in need, especially in disadvantaged areas or those affected by natural disasters. Mother Teresa actively helped until last days of your life. The nun died on September 5, 1997 in Kolkata.

At the time of her death, the nun was 87 years old; she left a huge mark on history and the hearts of many people.

Diana Francis Spencer possessed a certain magic since childhood; she gave joy and warmth, protected the weak, but at the same time she was modest and shy. Diana graduated private school With an average grade, she was always embarrassed to answer in front of the class and timid at the board, but this did not stop her from finding a job. The girl got a job as a teacher's assistant in kindergarten"Young England" and soon met Prince Charles of Wales. It was a fairy tale! Charles fell in love with a modest beauty with huge eyes and soon won her heart. After the wedding, Diana became a real princess, but the happiness was short-lived. After the birth of their sons William and Harry, Prince Charles began to cheat on his wife, and their marriage soon fell apart. It was during this period that Diana launched an active charitable activities.

Lady Di headed more than 90 charitable foundations, helping the abandoned and disadvantaged. Her attention never ignored either children or old people who needed her help. Just by appearing, she instilled hope in people.

Diana knew how to give warmth with just a smile

The Queen of Hearts, as Lady Di was dubbed, donated huge sums to treat AIDS patients and develop drugs against this terrible disease. Thanks to her activities, numerous hospitals and hospices were built. Cooperation with the International Federation of the Red Cross saved the lives of many seemingly hopelessly ill people.

Princess Diana was friends with Mother Teresa. People called their first meeting "The Meeting of Angels." They teamed up and led several charitable projects together.

Shortly before her death, Princess Diana arrived in Angola on a peacekeeping mission, and what she saw there was horrifying. Due to the civil war, the lands where ordinary people lived were littered with anti-personnel mines. Because of this, many children and old people were left crippled or even died. The country's hospitals were full, there were no beds, people were lying on bare floors.

Lady Di walked through a minefield in protest, and then made a film about anti-personnel mines. She organized a campaign against their use. Diplomats and ministers from most countries around the world supported this idea. The international movement to end the use of anti-personnel mines received Nobel Prize, but, unfortunately, the queen of hearts Diana did not see this.

At the ceremony in honor of the award, the audience honored the good Lady Di with a minute of silence

An old man, Dobri Doborev, or, as the children call him, grandfather Dobri, lives in Bulgaria. He lives 25 km from the city of Sofia and walks this distance every day to beg. The old man is dressed in not new, but clean homespun clothes, and has homemade leather shoes on his feet. So what is so kind and good about this person that he was included in the list of the kindest people?

For decades, Dobri Dobrev has been giving everything he earns on the street to orphanages that are unable to pay their bills, and he himself lives solely on his pension. This old man back in the years of the Great Patriotic War I lost my hearing, but didn’t even think about spending the money collected on my treatment. This is probably why they call him “The Saint of Bailovo”.

Even the name Dobri Dobrev speaks of the kindness of this man

In our seemingly cruel world there are still many kind people, it is impossible to list them all. This article talks about only three people who, through their actions, helped more than one person in need. These are the people who give good, and there are many of them! It is quite possible that one of them lives nearby. You just have to look around, and maybe even become one of them. Give kindness to people, and it will definitely come back to you!

P Remember the song of the old woman Shapoklyak from the cartoon about the crocodile Gena: " Good deeds You can't become famous." Unfortunately, in modern world Negative events and actions are of greater interest than good deeds. But the people from our article do good simply because they have pure heart and this makes my soul happier. Do good no matter what!

About the victory of good

This story began when Glen James, a homeless man from Boston, found a backpack with a large sum in cash. He was very lucky, but the man did not lose his head and handed over the find to the police so that the money could be returned to the owner. The owner of the backpack was so shocked by what happened that he organized a campaign to raise money for the man. On at the moment they collected twice the amount found. Glen James, who lost his home and job eight years ago, said he wouldn't take a penny from what he found even if he was desperate.

Friendship + car = good

Many girls dream of a little black dress, but Chandler Lacefield always dreamed of a big red car. But when her parents gave her a red jeep, she decided to sell her dream car in order to buy two: one for herself, and the second for a friend from a poor family.

Welcome to the subway

In the Canadian subway, the turnstile was broken and none of the workers were there. This is what passengers left at the entrance.

Valuable note

Entrance to a house in Helsinki. The inscription reads: “20 euros. Found in the entrance between the 1st and 2nd floors on September 11 at 18.30.”

Kindness in Russian

Kind-hearted grandmother

A Kolmyk grandmother knitted 300 pairs of warm socks for flood victims. As you know, there are no small good deeds, and once again we find confirmation of this in the wonderful news from Magadan. A local resident, pensioner Rufina Ivanovna Korobeinikova, knitted and donated three hundred pairs of warm socks to flood victims in Khabarovsk.

Over the course of several years, the elderly woman knitted about two thousand woolen products, which were donated to the pupils orphanage and to a nursing home. Since things knitted by a merciful grandmother were usually given to those in need at Christmas, over time a very warm tradition of “woolen gifts” developed in local shelters, and Rufina Ivanovna was already knitting new socks for the upcoming holiday when the flood began in Khabarovsk.

Rufina Ivanovna, having heard in the news about the tragedy associated with the flood, decided that now her “woolen gifts” are more important to the victims, because many people were left not only without housing, but also without clothes.

Written gratitude to dad

How much does it take to be happy?

Farewell screensaver

The creators of The Simpsons said a touching goodbye to the late actress Marcia Wallans, who voiced Edna Krabappel. In the last intro for the cartoon, Bart is practicing his spelling as usual, but this time the reason is sad. The inscription on the board: "We will miss you very much, Mrs. K."

Kim Kjellstrom comforts an autistic boy

This happens before the start of the match with the German national team. Little Max was frightened by what was happening, and the football player supported him. Later, the boy's father wrote a touching letter of gratitude to Kim.

Pope Francis hugs a mutilated man

Many people love the new pope because he follows his motto and leads a modest lifestyle, refuses unnecessary honors and is truly open to everyone ordinary people who need his support. For the first time in for many years this post was occupied by a man who is ready to share the sorrows of the world and console the weak.

The Scorpions singer sang the song Holiday to his fan over the phone

The Scorpions group was on tour in Moscow. At this time, a message appeared on social networks charitable foundation that a fan of the group, who is in a Moscow hospice with a serious diagnosis, dreams of going to their concert. Within a day, the message received several thousand reposts, and Klaus Meine, vocalist of Scorpions, found a way out of the situation. If Alexey cannot attend the concert, he will hear his favorite band over the phone.