René Auguste Chouteau jr. (født 7. september1749 eller 26. september1750 i Nouvelle-Orléans i Fransk Louisiana[2], død 24. februar1829 i St. Louis i Missouri[3]), også kjent som Auguste Chouteau, var grunnlegger av St. Louis, og en fremgangsrik pelshandler og politiker. Han og hans partner hadde i mange år monopol på pelshandelen med den sttore osagestammen ved Missouri River. Dessuten hadde han en rekke forretningsinteresser i St. Louis og hadde gode forbindelse til de forskjellige herskere over landet mens han var aktiv: franske, spanske og amerikanske.
^Christian, 30. According to Shirley Christian, Chouteau's parents "baptized a son, whose name was listed only as Rene, on September 9, 1749. There is confusion as to whether this son was Auguste Chouteau or whether the first son died and a second son, Auguste, was born a year later. … Auguste Chouteau's birth date is listed in family records as September 26, 1750, but no baptismal record has been uncovered."
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