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Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Hall of Famer and global humanitarian
The finger-wagging shot-blocker who built a hospital in his hometown and never stopped giving back.
The rise
Mutombo left Kinshasa on a USAID scholarship to Georgetown, where he became one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history — a four-time Defensive Player of the Year. Off the court, he funded a $29 million hospital in Kinshasa and became the NBA's Global Ambassador.