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    John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor...
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    John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the...
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  • John Jacob Astor VI (August 14, 1912 – June 26, 1992) was an American socialite, shipping businessman, and member of the Astor family. He was dubbed the...
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  • Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history. John Jacob...
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    John Jacob Astor III (June 10, 1822 – February 22, 1890) was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was...
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    Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (20 May 1886 – 19 July 1971) was an American-born English newspaper proprietor, politician...
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    the RMS Titanic. She was the second wife and widow of businessman John Jacob Astor IV. Madeleine Talmage Force was born on June 19, 1893, in Brooklyn...
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  • Major Sir John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII, MBE, ERD (29 August 1918 – 10 September 2000) was an English politician and sportsman. He was a member of the prominent...
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    Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of yachtsman William Backhouse Astor Jr. They had five children, including Colonel John Jacob Astor IV...
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    John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (born 16 June 1946), is an English businessman and politician from the Astor family....
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    The John Jacob Astor Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Astoria, is a historic former hotel building located in Astoria, Oregon, United States, and listed...
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    Backhouse Astor Sr. (September 19, 1792 – November 24, 1875) was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune...
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    him. William Waldorf Astor was born in New York City. He was the only child of the financier and philanthropist John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) and Charlotte...
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    Muriel Astor (July 7, 1902 – July 19, 1956) was an American heiress, socialite, and member of the Astor family. She was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV...
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  • John Jacob Astor may refer to: Sarah Todd Astor (1762–1842), wife of John Jacob Astor Charlotte Augusta Gibbes Astor (1825–1887), wife of John Jacob Astor...
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    Ava Lowle Willing (redirect from Ava Astor)
    Willing, later Astor; September 15, 1868 – June 9, 1958) was an American socialite. She was the first wife of Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and later married...
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    needed] Astor's paternal grandparents were fur-trader John Jacob Astor and Sarah Cox (née Todd) Astor. His maternal grandparents were U.S. Senator John Armstrong...
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    others argue that it could be Bill Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt I, John Jacob Astor IV, or Henry Ford. Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious...
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    Astor (1916-1980) Jakie Astor (1918-2000) Michael Astor (b. 1946) John Astor (1962-1963) John Rudolph Astor (1881) John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of...
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    he was born in New York City on November 15, 1891. Astor was the elder child of John Jacob Astor IV, a wealthy businessman and inventor, and his first...
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    demolished in 1913; the rest was demolished in 1926. The Astor House was built by John Jacob Astor, who assembled the lots around his former house until...
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    that sold furs, skins, and buffalo robes. It was founded in 1808, by John Jacob Astor, a German immigrant to the United States. During its heyday in the...
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    Plaza and Astor Place Station Plaza. "Astor Place" is also sometimes used for the neighborhood around the street. It was named for John Jacob Astor (at one...
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    John Jacob Astor, who by then was in his 70s and had been retired for about 10 years. As the richest citizen of the United States, German-born Astor was...
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    Charlotte Astor, who married James Coleman Drayton and, after his death, George Ogilvy Haig. She had one younger brother, Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, who...
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  • John Astor (26 September 1923 – 27 December 1987) was a British Conservative politician. John was the youngest of three sons born to John Jacob Astor...
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  • John Astor may refer to: John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), German-born American businessman John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890), grandson of the above, American...
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    Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for John Jacob Astor,...
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    neighborhood of New York City. The hotel was originally developed by John Jacob Astor IV and was completed in 1904 to designs by Trowbridge & Livingston...
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    Dahlgren Paul. His younger brothers were John Rudolph Astor (who died young) and John Jacob Astor V, Baron Astor of Hever. He spent much of his life traveling...
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