JW 3 views today 3 views this weekUS Postmaster general, retailer, and art collectorJohn WanamakerBiographyGalleryFAQBibliographyListsAlso ViewedListsJohn Wanamaker is in following listsIn ListsFamous American Bankers and Business people"Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb." –– Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Famous Bankers and Business people"Banking is necessary. Banks are not." –– Wells Fargo's 2004 annual report By Field Of WorkNotable American artistsGender:MaleNotable American businesspeopleGender:MaleNotable American politiciansGender:MaleBy Work And/Or CountryNotable American BusinesspeopleGender:MaleNotable American MerchantsGender:MaleNotable American PoliticiansGender:MaleNotable American Art collectorsGender:MaleNotable American EntrepreneursGender:MaleNotable American PostmastersGender:MaleNotable American CollectorsGender:MaleBy PoliticsRepublican PartyBy Category1838 births1922 deathsWanamaker familyAmerican people of French descentAmerican people of Swiss descentPennsylvania Republicans1888 United States presidential electors1920 United States presidential electors19th-century American businesspeople19th-century American politiciansAmerican businesspeople in retailingAmerican retail company foundersUnited States Postmasters GeneralBenjamin Harrison administration cabinet membersBurials at the Church of St. James the Less