John Paul Getty Jr.

Sir Paul Getty KBE
Born	Eugene Paul Getty (1932-09-07)7 September 1932 near Genoa, Kingdom of Italy[a]
Died	17 April 2003(2003-04-17) (aged 70) Westminster, London, England
Citizenship	British, American
Education	St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Alma mater	University of San Francisco
Spouses	Abigail Harris ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1964)​ Talitha Pol ​ ​ (m. 1966; died 1971)​ Victoria Holdsworth ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	5, including John III, Mark and Ariadne
Parents	J. Paul Getty (father) Ann Rork Light (mother)
Family	Getty

Sir Paul Getty KBE (/ˈɡɛti/; born Eugene Paul Getty; 7 September 1932 – 17 April 2003), known widely as John Paul Getty Jr., was a British-American philanthropist and book collector. He was the third of five sons born to J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), one of the richest men in the world at the time. His mother was J. Paul Getty's fourth wife, Ann Rork. The Getty family's wealth was the result of the oil business founded by George Franklin Getty. One of his sons, Mark Getty, co-founded the visual media company Getty Images.

At birth, he was given the name Eugene Paul Getty, but in later life, he adopted other names, including Paul Getty, John Paul Getty, Jean Paul Getty Jr. and John Paul Getty II. In 1973, his son John Paul Getty III was held captive in Italy, as J. Paul Getty refused to pay a ransom. In 1986, he was awarded an honorary knighthood for services to causes ranging from cricket, to art and to the Conservative Party. His honorary knighthood would eventually become substantive upon the required acquisition of British citizenship. A long-time Anglophile,^[1] he became a British citizen in 1997. In 1998, he changed his name by deed poll when he renounced the first name Eugene and wished to be known as Sir Paul Getty KBE.^[2]

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