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art collectors
29 notable art collectors on file — 4 still here, 25 not.
still with us
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gone
Napoleon
deadFrench military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815
1769 – 1821
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Catherine II of Russia
deadeighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)
1729 – 1796
Louis XVI of France
deadKing of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792
1754 – 1793
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Charles I of England
deadKing of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649
1600 – 1649
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Edward VII
deadKing of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
1841 – 1910
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George III of Great Britain
deadKing of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820
1738 – 1820
George IV of the United Kingdom
deadKing of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830
1762 – 1830
Joséphine de Beauharnais
deadEmpress consort of the French from 1804 to 1814
1763 – 1814
Nelson Rockefeller
deadVice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977
1908 – 1979
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
deadQueen consort of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818
1744 – 1818
Boyan Radev
deadBulgarian wrestler
1942 – 2025
Stein Erik Hagen
deadNorwegian businessman
1956 – 2026
William S. Paley
deadAmerican television executive and art collector
1901 – 1990
Michael Ancram
deadBritish politician and peer
1945 – 2024
Jocelyn Wildenstein
deadSwiss socialite
1945 – 2024
Ratanji Tata
deadIndian industrialist and philanthropist
1871 – 1918
Helga de Alvear
deadart collector
1936 – 2025
Leonard Lauder
deadAmerican billionaire, philanthropist, art collector
1933 – 2025
Doris F. Fisher
deadAmerican businessperson
1931 – 2026
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Elaine Wynn
deadAmerican businessperson and philanthropist
1942 – 2025
Esther Grether
deadSwiss art collector and businesswoman
1936 – 2025
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Joost Ritman
deadDutch businessman and collector of books
1941 – 2026
Guy Ullens
deadBelgian art collector
1935 – 2025
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Michael Hill
deadNew Zealand businessman
1938 – 2025
Iris Cantor
deadphilanthropist
1931 – 2026