Fred Trump

American real estate developer; father of Donald Trump (1905–1999)

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Lived 1905–1999, aged 94United States

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1905–1999
Aged 94
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Bully. Coward. Victim.…
2019

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Updated 2026-06-21

The New York real estate developer who built a fortune on thousands of apartments across Queens and Brooklyn — then became better known as the father who shaped, funded, and later sued alongside Donald Trump.

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Born in the Bronx on October 11, 1905, to German immigrants, Frederick Christ Trump started working in home construction in the 1920s and soon took over his parents' real-estate operation. His company built single-family houses in Queens, apartments for war workers during World War II, and eventually more than 27,000 units across New York. Along the way he faced a U.S. Senate investigation for profiteering in 1954 and a New York State probe in 1966; in 1973, two years after Donald became president of the business, the Justice Department sued father and son for racial discrimination against Bla…

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