Who were some rescuers of the Holocaust?

Miep - Saved the Franks, VanPels, and Fritz Pheffer In Israel those Gentiles who risked their lives to help Jews to escape, survive or avoid the Holocaust are honored as the "Righteous Among the Nations". In all, just over 20,200 people are commenorated in this way. (Do a websearch for "Yad Vashem").