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2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation
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 and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, 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 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 Brian Coffey, poet, publisher, dies at 89 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/Netherlands 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, New Hampshire, dies at 75 1978 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71 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/Netherlands 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' magazine 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 1954 Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Julius P Hoste, Belgian 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 Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 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 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 Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1939 Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher 1938 John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher 1938 Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded 1937 Rob Van Gennep, publisher 1937 Robert O "Rob" van Gennep, Dutch publisher, Guevara, Gorz, Mandel 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 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 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 1916 John Boon, publisher 1916 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman 1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago 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 Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 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, German/British 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, Italian 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/Netherlands 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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