Famous publishers

person heading a publishing company or who publishes media

516 people

All Alive Deceased
Adam Smith

Adam Smith

1723 – 1790 · Age 67
Deceased
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

1706 – 1790 · Age 84
Deceased
Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

1927 – 2014 · Age 87
Deceased
Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

1868 – 1936 · Age 68
Deceased
Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

1799 – 1850 · Age 51
Deceased
Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

1882 – 1941 · Age 59
Deceased
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

1819 – 1892 · Age 72
Deceased
Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

1660 – 1731 · Age 70
Deceased
Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

1869 – 1940 · Age 70
Deceased
Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

1918 – 2015 · Age 96
Deceased
Stan Lee

Stan Lee

1922 – 2018 · Age 95
Deceased
Pierre Beaumarchais

Pierre Beaumarchais

1732 – 1799 · Age 67
Deceased
Ivan Krylov

Ivan Krylov

1769 – 1844 · Age 75
Deceased
Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

1933 – 2019 · Age 85
Deceased
Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

1926 – 2017 · Age 91
Deceased
Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer

1847 – 1911 · Age 64
Deceased
Johannes Rau

Johannes Rau

1931 – 2006 · Age 75
Deceased
Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator

1512 – 1594 · Age 82
Deceased
Felix Klein

Felix Klein

1849 – 1925 · Age 76
Deceased
Alejo Carpanter

Alejo Carpanter

1904 – 1980 · Age 75
Deceased
Ilia Chavchavadze

Ilia Chavchavadze

1837 – 1907 · Age 69
Deceased
Abraham Ortelius

Abraham Ortelius

1527 – 1598 · Age 71
Deceased
Ludwig Tieck

Ludwig Tieck

1773 – 1853 · Age 79
Deceased
Maximilian Kolbe

Maximilian Kolbe

1894 – 1941 · Age 47
Deceased
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

1863 – 1951 · Age 88
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q2516866