New York, John Jacob Astor IV lived a privileged life from the start. He was the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, an immigrant from modern-day Germany who’d made his fortune in the fur trade ...

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John Jacob Astor IV was thus born into the upper echelons of New York ... She holds a Master's degree in journalism from the City University of New York and a Bachelor's degree in English writing and ...

This article is written by William Roka, a historian with the South Street Seaport Museum. Titanic and New York City, ...

The actor played John Jacob Astor IV in the film and told TV Insider that he always knew the movie would be a hit, even when others were doubtful. “I’m the only one who did,” he admitted.

But there are a host of reasons why he has stuck around Genoa City for over four decades ... Braeden was a part of was playing John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 blockbuster, Titanic.

John Jacob Bausch was born in Gross Suessen, Germany in 1830. He was 18 when he moved to Berne, Switzerland, where he found work in an optical shop designing camera lenses. The following year, in 1849 ...