A female bearer is Astor Fong (Chinese: 方文). She is a Chinese singer-songwriter, recording artist and record producer from Hong Kong, she sings in English, Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. Several of her solo albums have charted in Hong Kong and Asia. Astor gained widely acclaim for her similarity to Karen Carpenter's vocal style. Astor was dubbed the "Karen Carpenter of Asia". She is a lyric contralto with a wide vocal range that spanned about three octaves. Astor sang all of the Carpenters' songs during her concert in 2013 using the same key as Karen Carpenter which are rare in female artists in Asia. Among all other record singers in Hong Kong, Astor has recorded a lot of Broadway musical songs that has highly acclaimed in 2011. As Astor has a good track record in both English and Chinese albums, she was dubbed "Audiophile Diva" by leading audiophile magazine in 2015. Astor is also the first female celebrity columnist of "Audiophile", one of the famous audiophile magazine in Hong Kong.
John Jacob Astor was in fact a fur trader, and his great-grandson was John Jacob Astor IV, a the wealthiest man aboard the Titanic who died when it sank, like xKatiex said.
I'd never come across this name before this site, but I love it. It's a shame it's so close to Aster, which means it would probably sound feminine to most people's ears. Nonetheless, a very kingly name.