Didier Drogba

After securing Ivory Coast’s place at the 2006 Football World Cup, the team’s star striker and national icon Didier Drogba pleaded with the combatants of Ivory Coast to lay down their arms, which resulted in a cease-fire after Ivory Coast was embroiled in 5 years of civil war. He also donated $3 million from his Pepsi signing bonus to build a hospital in his hometown.