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Several members of the Getty family have lived in England, including Sir Paul Getty who took British citizenship. George Getty (1855–1930) was a lawyer who became an independent oilman in 1904. He was married with one son, a daughter having died in infancy in a typhoid epidemic in Minneapolis , Minnesota.
Jean Paul Getty Sr. (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i /; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. [1] A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty.
Aileen Getty is an American heiress and activist. She is a member of the Getty family , the granddaughter of J. Paul Getty , a British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company . She co-founded the Climate Emergency Fund in 2019.
Trust is an American drama television series created by Simon Beaufoy that premiered on March 25, 2018 on FX.The 10-episode series, written by Beaufoy and directed by Danny Boyle and others, is set in 1973 and recounts the abduction of John Paul Getty III, then-heir to Getty Oil, while he was in Italy.
However, Robert Lenzner wrote in his book The Great Getty that Gettysburg was founded by the Gettys family, not Getty. [3] Shortly after his birth Getty's family moved from Maryland to Ohio where his father died in 1861. George was forced to work at a young age until his uncle, Joseph Getty, provided funds for him to attend school.
Gordon Peter Getty (born December 20, 1933) is an American businessman and classical music composer, the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork , was his father's fourth wife. [ 1 ]
Andrew Rork Getty [2] was born in 1967 [3] in San Francisco, California. [4] [5] His father, Gordon Getty, is an heir and classical music composer. [6] His mother, Ann Gilbert Getty, was a philanthropist. [4] His paternal grandfather, J. Paul Getty, was the founder of the Getty Oil Company. [7] [8]
The story of Getty's kidnapping was adapted to the 2017 film All the Money in the World, directed by Ridley Scott. The film used the book by Pearson as its source. In the film, J. Paul Getty is played by Christopher Plummer and John Paul Getty III is played by Charlie Plummer (no relation) as a teenager and Charlie Shotwell at age 7. [24]