Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee
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Jehangir Hormujee Ruttonjee (1880-1960) (律敦治) was a Parsee in Hong Kong. He is famous for donating a great of money to build Ruttonjee Sanatorium, now Ruttonjee Hospital, to fight against tuberculosis. He founded the brewery of Hong Kong in 1913 and later sold it to San Miguel. In his early days, he studied in Queen's College on Hong Kong Island. His concern in epidemic tuberculosis in 1940s led him to found the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association in 1948. He died in 1960.
He has a son Dhun Jehangir Ruttonjee who has been Legislative Councillor in the 1960s.
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