• Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer. She served as the chairwoman...
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  • Alice Muriel Astor (1902–56), daughter of John Jacob Astor IV Bronwen Astor, Viscountess Astor (1930–2017), British model Brooke Astor (19022007), American...
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    John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV Louis Bancel LaFarge (1900–1989): husband and widower of Hester Alida Emmet Roberta Brooke Russell (19022007): 3rd wife and widow...
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  • professional footballer Brooke Astor (19022007), American socialite and philanthropist Brooke Austin (born 1995), American tennis player Brooke Axtell, American...
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    cosmetics empire Brooke Astor (19022007), philanthropist and socialite Vincent Astor (1891–1959), philanthropist; member of the Astor family Leo Baekeland...
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  • businesswoman Brooke Astor (19022007) – philanthropist and widow of Vincent Astor Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1930–2008) – socialite John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912) –...
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    race car driver who placed 22nd at the 1950 Indianapolis 500 Brooke Astor (19022007), lived here during her marriage to John Dryden Kuser (1897–1964)...
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    illustrator, cartoonist[citation needed] Brooke Astor (19022007), socialite, philanthropist; chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation Robert Harris (1830–1894)...
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    (1897–1964), a New Jersey state senator who was the first husband of Brooke Astor (19022007) Cynthia Dryden Kuser (1910–1985), who was first married to Theodore...
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    recipient, 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Ashland) Brooke Astor (19022007), philanthropist; recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom (native)...
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  • Huntington (the first wife of Vincent Astor). They divorced and in 1932, he married Brooke (née Russell) Kuser (19022007). Brooke, the daughter of John H. Russell...
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  • historylink.org. HistoryLink. Retrieved 2017-02-24. Brooke Astor, The New York Times, 14 August 2007. "CoNGO Pays Tribute to Edith Ballantyne on Her 100th...
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    general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps. His only child was Brooke Astor, a noted philanthropist, who lived to be 105. Russell was born on November...
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    Harry Roy (category 1902 births)
    including "My Girl's Pussy" (1931), and "She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor" (1939) and "When Can I have a Banana Again?" (1943) Roy was born Harry...
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    his death in 1964. In 1919, Kuser married 17-year-old Brooke Russell, later known as Brooke Astor, the daughter of General John H. Russell. Together, they...
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  • Walton, English composer (d. 1983) March 30 – Brooke Astor, American socialite, philanthropist (d. 2007) April 2 – Jan Tschichold, German-born typographer...
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    The Astor House Hotel, known as the Pujiang Hotel (浦江饭店) in Chinese from 1959–2018, was described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established...
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    Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879–1952), owner of Cliveden Robert Gould Shaw III (1898–1970) William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907–1966)...
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  • Delano James Roosevelt "Rosey" Roosevelt (1854–1927) m. Helen Schermerhorn Astor Helen Rebecca Roosevelt (1881–1962), m. Theodore Douglas Robinson (see above)...
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    of Malacca, Dinding, and Penang. The 1902 Paris–Roubaix cycle race was won by Lucien Lesna. Born: Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist;...
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  • producer and land developer (b. 1925) August 13 Brooke Astor, socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902) Brian Adams, professorial wrestler (b. 1964) Phil...
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  • AT SIGNE WILKINSON’S “FAMILY TREE," The Daily Cartoonist (December 3, 2007). Astor, Dave. "Comic Creator and ‘Cartoonist Profiles’ Editor Jud Hurd Dies...
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    Duchess of Leeds on 24 April 1828 Eliza, Countess von Rumpff (née Eliza Astor) on 25 October 1825 Marianne Wellesley, Marchioness Wellesley (née Marianne...
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    (age 43) Elizabeth Ashley born (1939-08-30) August 30, 1939 (age 85) Mary Astor 1906–1987 Hayley Atwell born (1982-04-05) April 5, 1982 (age 42) (British-American)...
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    Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the Astor family John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992) – socialite and businessman, member of the Astor family...
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    ORC World Championship, Winthrop W. Aldrich Brooke Astor John Jacob Astor, real estate mogul Vincent Astor George Fisher Baker August Belmont James Gordon...
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  • Arngrim (born 1955) Mackenzie Astin (born 1973) Sean Astin (born 1971) Mary Astor (1906–1987) Chiara Aurelia (born 2002) Jake T. Austin (born 1994) Sosie...
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    University. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-300-11121-7. Berger, Marilyn (August 13, 2007). "Brooke Astor, 105, First Lady of Philanthropy, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved...
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    York and New Jersey. Her father's first cousin was Caroline Schermerhorn Astor. Fort Stevens, in New York, was named for Wharton's maternal great-grandfather...
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  • painter William Wetmore Story, sculptor John Jacob Astor III, financier and member of the Astor family Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs...
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