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John Jacob Astor

1763 - 1848

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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. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Jacob Astor has received more than 2,649,327 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). John Jacob Astor is the 246th most popular businessperson (down from 177th in 2019), the 2,215th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,782nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John Jacob Astor ranks 246 out of 601. Before him are David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Katharine Graham, David Packard, John C. Bogle, Kirk Kerkorian, and Friedrich Bayer. After him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Ludvig Nobel, Marc Rich, Charles Pathé, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, and Ivy Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, John Jacob Astor ranks 23. Before him are Simon Mayr, Franz Danzi, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Domenico Dragonetti, and François-Joseph Talma. After him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Adalbert Gyrowetz, François de Charette, José Bonifácio de Andrada, and Fyodor Rostopchin. Among people deceased in 1848, John Jacob Astor ranks 24. Before him are Thomas Cole, Joseph Mohr, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Robert Darwin, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, and Frederick Marryat. After him are Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, Christen Købke, Horace Wells, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Keisai Eisen, and James Dunlop.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Jacob Astor ranks 2,215 out of 6,142. Before him are Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (1908), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Friedrich Bayer (1825), and Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (1794). After him are August Hermann Francke (1663), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), Tielman Susato (1500), Ludwig Uhland (1787), August Kopff (1882), and Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, John Jacob Astor ranks 27. Before him are Axel Springer (1912), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), Carl Laemmle (1867), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), and Friedrich Bayer (1825). After him are Hans Riegel (1923), Karl Rapp (1882), Henry E. Steinway (1797), Theo Albrecht (1922), Bertha Krupp (1886), and Siegfried Bing (1838).

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