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Notable Families & Figures of New York

The notable families, dynasties, companies, and figures of New York — profiled from public sources.

The Rockefeller FamilyThe family whose Standard Oil fortune made the first American billionaire — and funded a century of philanthropy.Read profile →The Vanderbilt FamilyThe shipping-and-railroad dynasty that ruled the Gilded Age — and built some of America's grandest houses.Read profile →The Roosevelt FamilyThe New York dynasty of Dutch-American roots that gave the nation two presidents and a world-changing First Lady.Read profile →The Astor FamilyThe fur-trade-and-real-estate dynasty that built America's first great fortune and ruled New York society.Read profile →The Morgan FamilyThe banking dynasty that financed America's industrial age and twice steadied the nation's economy.Read profile →The Guggenheim FamilyThe immigrant family whose mining empire became a legacy of museums, foundations, and the arts.Read profile →The Pulitzer FamilyThe immigrant publisher whose newspapers — and the prizes that bear his name — shaped American journalism.Read profile →The Ochs-Sulzberger FamilyThe family that has published The New York Times for more than a century and a quarter.Read profile →The Whitney FamilyThe Gilded Age dynasty of financiers, sportsmen, and art patrons.Read profile →The Tisch FamilyThe New York family behind Loews Corporation and civic philanthropy.Read profile →The Belmont FamilyThe banking family that gave its name to the Belmont Stakes.Read profile →The Frick FamilyHenry Clay Frick, whose Fifth Avenue mansion is now a great museum.Read profile →The Straus FamilyThe Macy's owners; Isidor and Ida Straus died together on the Titanic.Read profile →Theodore RooseveltThe New York City-born 26th President. (Roosevelt dynasty also profiled.)Read profile →
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