Nadezhda von Meck
Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck () ( - ) was a rich Russian businesswoman.  She is remembered today for her strange relationship with the famous composer  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.  For many years she paid him a lot of money each month so that he could compose.  They wrote passionate love letters to one another, yet they never actually met one another.