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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