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- Julius Hammer. While coverage of the Hammers tends to start with Armie’s great-grandfather Armand Hammer, Julius Hammer also played a role in the family’s history.
- Armand Hammer. Armand Hammer and Prince Charles in the 1980s. Armie’s great-grandfather Armand later invested in Occidental Petroleum, “reimagining himself as a self-made industrialist,” as Vanity Fair put it.
- Julian Hammer. Armie’s grandfather Julian “could never get [Armand’s] attention unless he resorted to really, really bad behavior,” Casey once said. Her memoir claims that that behavior includes allegedly abusing his family and allegedly killing a man in 1955 “over a gambling debt and supposed advances on his wife,” per Vanity Fair, although all charges were dropped for the latter accusation because Armand reportedly arranged for $50,000 to be sent to a lawyer.
- Michael Hammer. Michael Hammer in 2016. Julian’s son Michael is Armie’s father — and the oldest of Armand’s descendants still alive today. As Armie once recalled to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael had moved the family to the “f*cking paradise” of the Cayman Islands for some time, a period of 10 years, according to Vanity Fair.
He is the son of Glenna Sue (née Ervin) and Julian Armand Hammer, [2] has two siblings, sister Casey Hammer and half-sister Jan Ward, [3] and has two children, actor Armie Hammer and Viktor, a businessman and entrepreneur.
Jun 4, 2023 · Who Is Armie Hammer Sister? Contrary to certain circulated information, Armie Hammer does not have a sister. Instead, he was born into a family with a single sibling, his younger brother Viktor Hammer.
Michael Hammer (grandson) Armie Hammer (great-grandson) Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 [1]: 16 – December 10, 1990) was an American business manager and owner. He spent decades with Occidental Petroleum in the mid 20th century. [2]
Sep 2, 2022 · When Armand died in 1990, Hammer's father (and Casey's brother), Michael, inherited almost all of the family's business empire, which is estimated to be worth more than $180 million. Casey was...
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Hammer has described his background as "half Jewish". [12] His paternal great-grandfather was oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand Hammer, whose parents were Jewish emigrants to the U.S. from the Russian Empire. [13] [8] [14] Armand's father, Julius Hammer, was from Odesa and was an early activist in the U.S. Communist Party in New York.
Aug 21, 2022 · Julius Hammer, who named his son Armand after the arm-and-hammer symbol of the Socialist Labor Party, was a founder of the American Communist Labor Party and one of the major reasons why Armand later rubbed elbows with Vladimir Lenin and Leonid Brezhnev, per The New York Times.