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Mother Teresa
Missionaries of Charity; served Kolkata's poor
Born 1910 🇦🇱 Albania/India 1950
✊ Known For
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Founded Missionaries of Charity (1950) — now in 130 countries
2
Cared personally for the sick, dying, and abandoned in Kolkata
3
Nobel Peace Prize (1979); canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (2016)
Nobel Peace Prize 1979; canonised as Saint Teresa in 2016
Quick Facts
Category
✊ Activism
Country
🇦🇱 Albania/India
Born
1910
Key Year
1950
Achievement
Missionaries of Charity; served Kolkata's poor