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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor [1] (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American-English attorney, politician, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City .
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, [1] the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
The Astor is a building at 235 West 75th Street, on Broadway between 75th and 76th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. William Waldorf Astor hired architects Clinton and Russell to design the two southern towers of The Astor in 1901.
John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever (born 1946), British politician; John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), German fur-trader and first multi-millionaire of America; John Jacob Astor III (1822–90), financier; John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912), richest passenger on the RMS Titanic; John Jacob Astor VI (1912–92), son of John Jacob Astor IV and ...
William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875), American businessman and member of the Astor family William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892), American businessman and son of the above William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), American-born English politician and nephew of the above
The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell and designed by Alexander Saeltzer. It was primarily meant as a research library, and its books did not circulate.
MG Astor, a sport utility vehicle sold in India; MS Astor (1981), a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1981–1985 for Hadag Cruise Line and Safmarine; MS Astor, a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1986–1987 for Marlan Corporation and 1995 onwards for Transocean Tours; SS Astor, a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1955–70
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. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly , by exporting opium into the Chinese Empire , and by investing in real estate in or around New York City .