He was among the most prominent American passengers aboard RMS Titanic and perished along with 1,495 others when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. [1] .

2014年4月2日 · Financier John Jacob Astor IV was the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor. He helped build the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

1996年9月1日 · John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest person aboard the Titanic, he travelled with his young pregnant wife Madeleine.

2025年1月30日 · The wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, financier John Jacob Astor IV perished when the ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.

2023年6月1日 · John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest individuals in the world when he boarded the ill-fated RMS Titanic in 1912. He hailed from the illustrious Astor family, renowned for their real estate empire and known as one of the richest families in the United States.

Titanic passenger John Jacob Astor’s exchange with Second Officer Lightoller at the loading of lifeboat four has been repeated in many books. Colonel Archibald Gracie wrote in his book, Truth about the Titanic, that he and Astor helped the pregnant Madeleine Astor, “over the four-feet high rail of the ship through the frame. Her husband ...

2024年5月26日 · On April 10, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV and his pregnant bride boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg, France. They held ticket No. 17757 and occupied one of the ship‘s most opulent suites, decorated by Astor himself in gold and pink.

2024年4月15日 · John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest people in the world when he perished in the Titanic sinking. His life was marked by amazing innovations and wealth, but scandal as well....

Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest and most prominent passengers aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Born on July 13, 1864, in Rhinebeck, New York, Astor was a real estate developer, inventor, and a member of the famous Astor family.

2024年8月26日 · When someone asks what the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history is, the answer is always the sinking of the Titanic. The tragedy resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, including John Jacob Astor IV, one of the richest men of that time.