List of famous publishers, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top publishers in the world? This includes the most prominent publishers, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable publishers is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic publishers were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned publishers.
Items include everything from Martha Stewart to Orville Wright.
From reputable, prominent, and well known publishers to the lesser known publishers of today, these are some of the best professionals in the publisher field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous publishers ever?" and "What are the names of famous publishers?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
- Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher,... more
- Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra; Polish pronunciation: [kɔ'stɨra]; born August 3, 1941) is... more
- Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American... more
- Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor and director. Glover is... more
- Andrew James Breitbart (; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative... more
- Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 – February 20,... more
- William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman,... more
- Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher and... more
Orville Wright
- Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (; born September 11, 1971), often known by his username and former... more
- Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) was the older of the two Wright brothers (the... more
- Ian Robert Maxwell (10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991), born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, was... more
- Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an... more
- Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (August 19, 1919 – February 24, 1990) was an American entrepreneur... more
- Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has... more
- Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 - December 22, 1934) was an American novelist active... more
- Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political... more
- Drew Curtis (born February 7, 1973) is the founder and an administrator of Fark.com, an... more
- Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French: [pjɛʁ bomaʁʃe]; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799)... more
- Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer,... more
- José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato (April 18, 1882 – July 4, 1948) was one of Brazil's most... more
- Joseph John Pulitzer ( PUUL-it-sər; Hungarian: [ˈpulit͡sɛr]; born József Pulitzer; April 10,... more
- Howard Roffman (born April 18, 1953) is an American lawyer and marketing executive, best known... more
- Jim Lee (Korean 이용철; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean American comic-book artist, writer,... more
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra... more
