Group Captain Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness, was a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (1931–1945), business magnate and philanthropist. Guinness also financed the purchase of the Calypso, leasing her for one symbolic franc a year to famous oceanic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his movie The Silent World (1956).
Cornelius Jonah Vanderbilt IV was a newspaper publisher, journalist, author, and military officer. He was an outcast of high society, and was disinherited by his parents when he became a newspaper publisher. He desired to live a "normal" life but was burdened by large debt and could not maintain the lifestyle associated with his family's social position to which he had become accustomed.
Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr. was an American stockbroker and lawyer who became the second husband of Nina S. Gore, mother of Gore Vidal, and also the second husband of Janet Lee Bouvier, the mother of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Caroline Lee Bouvier.
Francis Xavier Alexander "Frank" Shields Sr. was an amateur American tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s and an actor known for Hoosier Schoolboy (1937).
Time, Inc. v. Firestone, 424 U.S. 448 (1976), was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning defamation suits against public figures.
Francis Leonard Kellogg was an American diplomat, a special assistant to the Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford Administrations and a prominent socialite in New York City.
Mary Astor Paul Munn Allez was a Philadelphia socialite who was related to the Astor and Drexel families. During World War II, she helped the American forces in France.
Jabez Abel Bostwick was an American businessman who was a founding partner of Standard Oil.
Lawrence Waterbury II was an American champion polo player and society figure.
The Warburton family is a prominent American family which originated in the Philadelphia area:
Prince Alexis Obolensky Jr., a Russian-American socialite and sometimes called the "father of modern backgammon," was a member of the princely Obolensky family of the Rurik Dynasty.
Allan Aloysius Ryan was an American financier and politician from New York.
Alexander Morgan Hamilton was an American philanthropist and civil servant. He was the grandson of J. P. Morgan the financier, and great-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Henry "Harry" Payne Bingham was an American financier, sportsman, art patron and philanthropist. He funded a series of expeditions to study marine life.
Frank H. Davis was a Vermont businessman and public official. He was notable for his service as Vermont State Treasurer for three terms.
Albert Carlton Bostwick was an American banker, sportsman, and automobile enthusiast.
Major John Vernou Bouvier Jr. was an American Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker. He was the father of John Vernou Bouvier III as well as a grandfather of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, socialite Lee Radziwill, and Edith Bouvier Beale.
Anthony Joseph Drexel III was an American banker and aviator.
Colonel Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin was a prominent American architect and painter from Providence, Rhode Island.
