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2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94

2001 Katharine Graham, publisher, The Washington Post, dies at 84

2001 Katherine Graham, American Publisher

2000 Frederick Clarke, writer/publisher, Cinefantastique, dies at 51

1999 "John F. Kennedy, Jr", publisher/philanthropist, George, dies at 38

1997 Kathy Keeton Guccione, publisher, A founder of Omni, dies at 58

1997 John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84

1997 Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89

1996 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76

1996 David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69

1996 Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41

1996 Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77

1996 John Boon, publisher, dies at 79

1996 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79

1996 Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70

1996 John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at 57

1996 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89

1996 Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81

1995 Lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63

1995 Charles Scribner Jr, publisher, dies at 74

1995 Louis Levy Jr, music publisher, dies at 84

1995 Simone Gallimard, publisher, dies at 77

1995 Karl Anton Martin Gerhard Gerd Bucerius, publisher, dies at 89

1995 Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66

1995 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83

1995 Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74

1995 Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer, dies at 75

1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79

1995 Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85

1995 Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at 56

1995 L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies

1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73

1994 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76

1994 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65

1994 Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66

1994 Henk Figee, author/publisher (Shoes of the Sea), dies at 46

1994 Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74

1994 Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83

1994 Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandel), dies at 56

1994 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena), dies at 32

1994 Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69

1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack

1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72

1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72

1992 Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies

1992 William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70

1992 Johan B. W. Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence), dies at 63

1991 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns

1991 Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68

1991 Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies

1991 Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies

1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78

1990 Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71

1990 Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher

1990 Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia

1988 Barry Bingham Sr, U.S. daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82

1988 James "Hamish" Hamilton, British publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87

1986 Cass Canfield, U.S. publisher, dies at 88

1986 Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58

1985 Gardner Cowles Jr, U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82

1984 Alfred A Knopf, U.S. publisher, dies at 91

1984 Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68

1984 Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies

1983 John Cowles Sr, U.S. publisher, dies at 84

1982 Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/Dutch MP (ARP), dies

1981 William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85

1981 William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75

1978 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71

1978 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot and crippled by a sniper in Georgia

1976 Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher

1975 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94

1974 William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies

1974 Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77

1974 Patty Hearst, daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA

1973 Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73

1970 Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67

1969 Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88

1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74

1965 Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61

1961 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher, Arena

1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64

1960 John F. Kennedy, Jr., New York City, son of John F. Kennedy/lawyer/magazine publisher, George

1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54

1959 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68

1957 Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81

1955 Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles

1955 Liz Knights, publisher

1954 Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69

1953 Tina Brown, journalist publisher, New Yorker, Tattler

1951 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills

1951 Esther Dyson, born in Zurich, Switzerland, computer publisher, Release 1.0

1950 Carel P de Haseth, Curaeaos author/publisher, Bida after kolo

1949 Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70

1949 William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor

1949 David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport

1946 Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81

1946 Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, New York City, newspaper publisher

1946 Jann S Wenner, publisher, Rolling Stone

1944 Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph

1944 Eddie Shah, English publisher, Today, Post

1943 Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan

1943 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies

1942 Peter Kalikow, Queens New York City, real estate developer/publisher, New York Post

1942 Larry Flynt, magazine publisher, Hustler

1941 Martha Stewart, publisher, producer and celebrity

1941 Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House

1941 Sherwood Anderson, U.S. writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64

1940 Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher/multi-millionaire

1939 Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher

1938 John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher

1938 Carmen Callil, publisher

1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded

1937 Rob Van Gennep, publisher

1937 Robert O "Rob" van Gennep, Dutch publisher, Guevara, Gorz, Mandel

1937 Thomas Faber, publisher

1936 John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire

1936 Philip J. Attenborough, CEO/publisher, Hodder and Stoughton

1936 Al Goldstein, American Publisher

1935 Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster

1934 Gloria Steinem, born in Toledo, Ohio, feminist/publisher, Ms. Magazine

1933 Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher, Perscombinatie

1933 Nelson Doubleday, publisher, Doubleday, /owner for the New York Mets

1933 Alistair Service, writer/publisher

1931 Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, publisher, dies

1931 Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX

1931 David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher, Whitaker's Almanack

1930 Bob Guccione, [Robert C J Edwa], U.S. publisher, Penthouse, Omni

1930 Robert Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire, St. Ives

1929 Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (Turmer), dies at 63

1929 M R Turner, publisher

1929 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher

1928 Johan B. W. Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist, Bloom of Decadence

1928 Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher

1928 Anthony Blond, British publisher, The Publishing Game, Book Book

1927 David Herbert, publisher

1926 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies

1926 Hugh Hefner, born in Chicagp, magazine publisher, Playboy

1926 Paul Hamlyn, English publisher/multi-millionaire, Octopus

1926 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, New York City, publisher, New York Times

1925 W Howard Baker, English publisher

1925 Rex Collings, writer/publisher

1925 Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder, World Press Photo

1924 Peter Allsop, publisher

1923 Frances Lear, Larchmont, New York, Woman's magazine publisher, Lears

1923 Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House

1922 Helen Kinney Copley, newspaper publisher

1922 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz

1922 Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher

1922 William M. Gaines, publisher of MAD Magazine

1922 Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Me, author/publisher, Cosmopolitan

1921 Charles Scribner, Jr., music publisher, Scribner

1921 Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet/publisher, Gift of Blood

1921 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator

1921 Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher

1920 Edward Kassner, music publisher

1919 Malcolm Forbes, publisher, Forbes Magazine

1919 Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer

1919 Maurice Girodias, French publisher

1918 Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher

1918 John H Johnson, U.S., publisher, Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet

1918 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer

1917 Simone Gallimard, publisher

1917 Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher

1917 Katharine Graham, born in New York City, newspaper publisher, Washington Post

1917 Katherine Graham, American Publisher

1917 C S Pick, publisher

1916 John Boon, publisher

1916 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman

1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chic Daily News, Sunday Times

1916 Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher, Busy Bee

1916 Ian Ballantine, publisher, Ballantine Books

1915 Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher

1914 Daisy Bates, publisher/head, Arkansas NAACP

1914 Charles Peguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41

1914 Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher, Puffin Club

1914 Claude Gallimard, France, publisher

1912 Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands

1912 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher

1911 Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix/Kuifje

1911 Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix, Tintin

1910 Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher

1910 Alan Frank, music publisher

1910 Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher

1908 Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain

1908 William Randolph Hearst, Jr., newspaper publisher, Hearst Publishing

1908 Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar

1907 Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books

1907 Desmond Flower, publisher

1907 John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line

1906 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher

1906 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher

1905 Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent

1905 John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67

1905 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher, La lenta libertad

1905 Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France

1905 Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO, Houston Post

1903 Dorothy Schiff, publisher, New York Post

1903 Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine

1902 Allen Lane, English publisher/founder, Penguin Books

1902 Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper publisher, Le Monde, The Voice,

1901 James Pitman, Bath England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller

1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror

1900 Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher, History of Ecuador

1899 Harold Guinzburg, publisher, founder of Literary Guild

1899 Nelson Doubleday, U.S., publisher, Doubleday

1898 Stephane Mallarme, French publisher (L'apres-midi d'un faune), dies

1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line

1898 Henry R. Luce, born in Tengchow, China, publisher, Time, Fortune, Life

1898 Neville Pearson, English publisher

1896 Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher

1895 Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies

1895 Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour

1895 Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75

1894 John S. Knight, West Virginia, publisher, Knight-Rider

1894 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies

1894 George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books

1894 Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher

1892 Alfred A Knopf, U.S., publisher, 1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal

1891 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag

1889 DeWitt Wallace, St. Paul, Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest, 1921

1887 Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher, Rowohlt-Verlag

1886 Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing

1886 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77

1885 Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher, Beadle's Dime Novels

1885 Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curaeao, dies at 58

1884 Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56

1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News

1884 John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies

1883 William Chambers, author/publisher, dies

1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick, U.S., editor/publisher, Chicago Tribune

1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week

1878 Nico van Suchtelen, Dutch publisher

1876 Frank E Gannett, Rochester, newspaper publisher, Gannett

1876 Sherwood Anderson, born in Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher, Winesburg

1872 Horace Greeley, U.S. founder/publisher (New York Tribune), dies at 61

1872 Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59

1871 Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher

1869 Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher, Mother Earth

1869 Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73

1869 Johannes M Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher

1868 Bernard MacFadden, publisher, Physical Culture, True Romances

1868 Halsey William Wilson, U.S., publisher of reference books

1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher

1866 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna

1865 John Brough, U.S. publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54

1865 Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher

1865 William Heinemann, England, publisher, Chemical Instrumental

1864 Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64

1863 William Randolph Hearst, publisher, SF Examiner, Seattle P-I

1863 Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher

1862 Marcel Prevost, French publisher/writer, Les demis-vierges

1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder, Doubleday and Co

1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types

1859 Willem C Grunings, Curacaos publisher, People's Friend

1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87

1858 Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76

1858 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76

1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher

1856 Elbert Hubbard, U.S., editor/publisher/author, Message to Garcia

1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist

1849 Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher

1847 Joseph Pulitzer, born in Hungary, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World

1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49

1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49

1844 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63

1839 Isaac Kauffman Funk, U.S., publisher, Funk and Wagnalls

1837 Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34

1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher, History of Pacific States

1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher

1826 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher, Van Dale

1826 Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curaeao

1821 Charles Scribner, U.S., music publisher, Scribner Catalog

1820 Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack

1819 Meir A Goldschmidt, Danish writer/publisher, Corsaren and Jode

1818 George Brown, Canada, publisher, Toronto Globe, PM, L, 1858

1818 Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56

1816 Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher, T Edition

1813 Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73

1808 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher, Horatius

1808 Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher, The Guide

1805 William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher, The Liberator

1802 Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist

1800 Louis Hachette, French publisher, Librairie Hachette

1800 William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding

1798 Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62

1796 Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija,

1796 Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija,

1784 Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher

1781 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer

1780 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher

1778 John Murray, publisher

1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher

1767 John Newberry, English publisher, dies

1761 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, Mauritius Lijnslager

1753 Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies

1749 Isaiah Thomas, U.S., printer/editor/publisher/historian

1746 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine

1736 Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher, Mercure de France

1712 Abraham Elsevier, publisher, dies

1680 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54

1673 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77

1661 John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39

1660 Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised

1652 Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies

1652 Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69

1652 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60

1651 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55

1640 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75

1634 Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies

1626 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher

1617 Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76

1610 Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised

1606 Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher

1599 Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher, Consolation of the Sea

1597 Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Netherlands publisher, dies

1596 Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher

1596 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher

1592 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher

1591 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies

1589 Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies

1573 Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher

1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54

1568 Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61

1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies

1539 Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher

1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies

1536 Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies

1533 Peter Bornemisza, Hungarian vicar/author/publisher, Tragoedia

1513 Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70

1507 Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher, Koran



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