Famous People with Name Vanderbilt

Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan Vanderbilt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan Vanderbilt: was a socialite best known as the mother of fashion designer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt. She is also the maternal grandmother of American television journalist Anderson Cooper.

Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt: is an American artist, actress, and socialite most noted as an early developer of designer blue jeans. She is a member of the prominent Vanderbilt Family of New York.She became heiress to a four million dollar trust fund upon her father's death from bootleg alcohol poisoning when she was just 15 months old. The rights to control this trust fund while Vanderbilt was a minor belonged to her mother, also named Gloria. Herself a child bride, the elder Gloria was completely unprepared for the adult responsibilities as a widow of means. She traveled to and from Paris for years, dragging young Gloria with her. They were accompanied by a nanny named Dodo who would play a tumultuous part in young Gloria's life, and her mother's twin sister Thelma, who was the mistress of The Prince of Wales during this time. As a result of the frequent spending, her finances were scrutinized by young Gloria's paternal aunt Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Mrs. Whitney, a sculptor and philanthropist, wanted custody of the young heiress and soon a famous and scandalous trial became the lead story in 1934.

Muriel Vanderbilt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Muriel Vanderbilt: was an American socialite and a thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who was a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family. The daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) and Virginia Graham Fair (1875–1935), New York-born Muriel Vanderbilt shared h

William Kissam Vanderbilt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Kissam Vanderbilt: was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family and a horse breeder. Vanderbilt was one of the founders of The Jockey Club. He was a shareholder and president of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York and the owner of a successful ra

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt: was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman and a champion bridge player and a member of Vanderbilt family. As a boy, Harold Vanderbilt spent part of his summers at the Vanderbilt mansions, the Idle Hour estate in Long Island, New York on the