Sigmund Sternberg

Sir Sigmund Sternberg (; 2 June 1921 – 18 October 2016) was a Hungarian-British philanthropist, interfaith campaigner, businessman and Labour Party donor.

Early life Sternberg was born in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. He was Jewish. He emigrated to England in 1939, He was chairman of the Sternberg Interfaith Gold Medallion.

Distinctions In 1976, Sternberg was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and in 1985 he was made a Papal Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (KCSG) by Pope John Paul II. In November 2005, Sternberg was promoted to the highest rank within the Royal Order of Francis I to the grade of Knight Grand Cross (GCFO), this in recognition of his contributions to furthering the interfaith activities of the British and Irish Delegation. In 2008, he received the FIRST International Award for Responsible Capitalism, lifetime achievement medal. In 2009 he was made Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite by King Mohammed VI.

Politics Sternberg was a long-term Labour Party supporter and donor, and was one of its top 50 donors in 2001 with a gift of £100,000 to its head office.

Personal life and death Sternberg married Ruth Schiff in 1949. They had a son, Michael Sternberg, and a daughter, artist Frances Aviva Blane. They divorced in 1969, and he later married Hazel Sternberg, who died in 2014. He died on 18 October 2016.