The ship was the largest afloat and the most glorious. Her name: Titanic. While the fate of the luxury liner in April 1912 is ...

John Jacob Astor IV was the richest passenger onboard the infamous RMS Titanic which sank on April 14, 1912. A pocket watch that belonged to him is now up for auction and could sell for as much as 150 ...

‘Astor is well known as the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87million ...

Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship: "It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass ...

Milton Hershey, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick were among the notable figures who never made it on the Titanic.

More than 1,500 people died in the maritime disaster, while about 700 survived. Among the victims was one of the world's richest men, John Jacob Astor. As a new luxury ocean liner, the Titanic ...

Rescuers are racing against the clock to try to find five people onboard the Titan, a submersible that disappeared Sunday after a planned 7-to-9-hour trip down to view the wreckage of the Titanic. I ...

She previously worked as an editorial assistant at PEOPLE from 2018 to 2022. It's been more than 110 years since the RMS Titanic — touted ... John Jacob Astor, the richest passenger on board ...