BARON EDMOND BENJAMIN JAMES de ROTHSCHILD (1845–1934). Said to have spent over $ 50,000,000 for the establishment of modern Israel.

His visionary efforts led to the the legal purchase of nearly 125,000 acres of land and establishment of almost 30 Jewish settlements, before the modern state of Israel was established in 1948. For his philanthropy and pioneering efforts he is known in Israel as "HaNadiv HaYadu'a" ("The Famous Benefactor") and "the Father of Yishuv" (Jewish Community in Palestine before 1948). No wonder why you find coins, currencies, stamps, avenues, streets, boulevards, centers and even malls dedicated to his memory in Israel. Baron de Rothschild died in Paris in 1934 and was buried there. However, shortly after the establishment of Israel, his remains and those of his wife were brought to Ramat HaNadiv Memorial Gardens near the town of Zikhron Ya'akov in Israel in 1954.