* A few humanitarian and religious leaders such as Mother Teresa and Desmond Tutu have achieved fame because of their charitable work around the world.

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has described homophobia as a " crime against humanity " and " every bit as unjust " as apartheid: " We struggled against apartheid in South Africa, supported by people the world over, because black people were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about ; our very skins.

* 1988 – South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.

The 1st phase of the monument was unveiled by Pelé and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 12 July 2008.

On 18 July 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel, and Desmond Tutu convened a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems.

He drew the ire of many when he called Nobel Peace Prize winner and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu a phony " as far as representing the black people of South Africa.

Among the prominent figures who have called for the abolition of nuclear weapons are " the philosopher Bertrand Russell, the entertainer Steve Allen, CNN ’ s Ted Turner, former Senator Claiborne Pell, Notre Dame president Theodore Hesburg, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama ".

* 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate

* 1984 – Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

South African Archbishop the Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu said he was " very deeply distressed " by a visit to the Holy Land, adding that " it reminded me so much of what happened to us black people in South Africa ".

In 2009, the government is scheduled to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with the assistance of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to " address people ’ s traumatic experiences during the five year ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal ".

* 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.

* 1989 – Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.

On April 20, 2004, SFU conferred honorary degrees upon three Nobel Peace Prize recipients: the 14th Dalai Lama, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi.

The TRC had a number of high profile members: Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( chairman ), Dr. Alex Boraine ( Deputy Chairman ), Mary Burton, Advocate Chris de Jager, Bongani Finca, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Sisi Khampepe, Richard Lyster, Wynand Malan, Reverend Khoza Mgojo, Hlengiwe Mkhize, Dumisa Ntsebeza ( head of the Investigative Unit ), Dr. Wendy Orr, Advocate Denzil Potgieter, Mapule Ramashala, Dr. Fazel Randera, Yasmin Sooka and Glenda Wildschut.

* Tutu, Desmond.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu as chairman of the commission recognised her importance in the anti-apartheid struggle, but also begged her to apologise and to admit her mistakes.

She referred to archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his capacity as the head of the Truth and Reconciliation commission, as a " cretin ".

* Peace – Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu

** Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

** Archbishop Desmond Tutu is given an official farewell at his retirement service.

** Desmond Tutu becomes the first black Anglican Church bishop in South Africa.

Desmond Tutu, Archbishop and former Primate ( bishop ) | Primate of the Anglican Church of the Province of South Africa

Some, such as Michael Ramsey of Canterbury and Desmond Tutu of Cape Town, South Africa, continue to use the title in retirement, while others do not keep the title of archbishop and simply revert to bishop.

The present members of this group are Desmond Tutu, Graça Machel, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, and Aung San Suu Kyi ( with an empty chair for her ).

Desmond Tutu serves as the chair of the Elders, who will use their collective skills to catalyse peaceful resolutions to long-standing conflicts, articulate new approaches to global issues that are causing or may later cause immense human suffering, and share wisdom by helping to connect voices all over the world.

Uys also serves on the Board of Directors for the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded to provide treatment for and conduct research relating to HIV.

The arena also serves as the site of commencement exercises for several of the university's colleges, and has hosted concerts by artists such as Whitney Houston and * NSYNC, and speeches by Former President Bill Clinton and Desmond Tutu.

Brubeck — married with three children and holding a grudge from his earlier experience with Desmond — instructed his wife Iola not to let him set foot in his house.

After making the cut he — unlike Desmond — was sent to war in 1944.

Desmond played a Selmer Super Balanced Action alto saxophone with an M. C. Gregory model 4A-18M mouthpiece — both circa 1951 — with Rico 3 ½ reeds.

Although one of British cinema's most recognisable characters and an important and long-standing element in the ' Bond ' franchise, ' Q ' did not make Desmond Llewelyn rich — the actor was merely paid ' by the day ' for his few hours of work on-set, and did not share in the money made by the films.

" About " is abbreviated " c " ( for " circa ") and " little Desmond " indicates that the diminutive of Desmond — namely, DES — is required.

Then, only a few commemorations were held — the most significant of which was a commissioned volume of Famine history edited by R. Dudley Edwards and T. Desmond Williams ( though not published until 1956 ), and the ' Famine Survey ' undertaken by the Irish Folklore Commission in 1945.

* Erasmus Darwin's Improved Design for Steering Carriages — And Cars, by Desmond King-Hele Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London © 2002 The Royal Society.

In 1924, Menzies was allegedly involved — alongside Sidney Reilly and Desmond Morton — in the forging of The Zinoviev Letter.

Staubach was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI becoming the first of four players to win the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP — Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, and Desmond Howard are the other three.

In June 1959, Morello participated in a recording session with the quartet — completed by the alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and the bassist Eugene Wright — that yielded “ Kathy ’ s Waltz ” and “ Three to Get Ready ,” both of which intermingled 3 / 4 and 4 / 4 time signatures.

Changing his name to William Desmond Taylor, he was in Hollywood by December 1912 and worked successfully as an actor — including four appearances opposite Margaret " Gibby " Gibson — before making his first film as a director, The Awakening ( 1914 ).

His original inspiration was Paul Desmond, and in recent years the influence of cool jazz saxophone players has again become apparent in his music — there are tributes to Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz on Time Will Tell ( ECM, 1993 ) and Chicago Solo ( Okkadisk, 1997 ).

* Norma Desmond — a faded, eccentric, former silent screen star

* 10 May — John Desmond Bernal, scientist ( died 1971 ).

* William Desmond Taylor — A " serious " director, and rival for both Mabel's acting talents and her affections