Anil Dash (pronounced, born in September 1975) is an early and influential blogger who began his weblog in 1999. Previously an independent technology consultant, and a new media developer for the "Village Voice", Dash was the first employee of, and now works as a Vice President for, Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type, TypePad, Vox, and owners of LiveJournal. In 2003, Dash was one of four bloggers featured on the PBS series "Media Matters".

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and printer, who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe (ca. 1450) and mechanical printing globally. His major work, the Gutenberg Bible, also known as the 42-line bible, has been acclaimed for its high aesthetic and technical quality. Among Gutenberg's specific contributions were the design of metal movable type, …

Christopher J. Alden (born November 21, 1969) is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Red Herring, a magazine focused on the business of technology, and Rojo, an early web-based RSS reader. Currently Mr. Alden is EVP and GM for the Professional Division at Six Apart, Ltd., overseeing the Movable Type and TypePad product lines of professional blogging software and services. Six Apart, the largest independent blogging company, acquired Rojo Networks, Inc., …

Laura Poyneer, a weblogger who posts under the pseudonym of Al-Muhajabah (Arabic: 'woman who wears hijab') is a convert to Islam living in Seattle, Washington. She was one of the first well-known Muslim bloggers. Her personal weblog is known as veiled4allah. Other blogs on her website include "The Niqabi Paralegal" (blog on legal issues relevant to Muslims), "A Qur'anic Journal", and "The Clipboard" - a review of current news topics.

Bì Shēng was the inventor of the first known movable type printing system. Bi Sheng's type was made of baked clay and was invented between 1041 and 1048 in China.

Benjamin Trott (born September 22, 1977) is a co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad. The company name comes from the fact that Trott and co-founder/wife Mena G. Trott were born six days apart. Trott is chief technical officer of Six Apart. He is a regular contributor to CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), and has written for Perl.com and contributed to "Essential Blogging".

Emily Chang is an award-winning web designer and artist. She is the co-founder and co-principal of Ideacodes, a strategic design firm in San Francisco that she started in 2005 with Max Kiesler, her long-time partner and fellow award-winning web designer. Emily is also the creator of the popular blog and web resource, eHub, a constantly updated list of web applications, services, resources, blogs or sites with a focus on next generation web (web 2.0), social software, …

Nicolas Jenson (1420 - 1480) was a French engraver, pioneer printer and typographer who did most of his work in Venice. His name is also written as Nicolas Janson, Nicholas Jenson, or Nicolaus Jenson. Type founder, punch cutter, printer and publisher, Nicolaus Jenson, was born in Sommevoire, France and is esteemed as the creator of the first model "roman" typeface.

Wáng Zhēn was an official of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) of China. He is credited with the invention of the first wooden movable type printing in the world, while his predecessor of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), Bi Sheng (990-1051 AD), invented the world's first earthenware movable type printing. His illustrated agricultural treatise was also one of the most advanced of its day, …

Mena Grabowski Trott (born "Mena Grabowski" on September 16, 1977) is a co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad. The company name originates from the fact that Trott and co-founder/husband Benjamin Trott were born six days apart. Trott is president of Six Apart. She helps lead management and business efforts, and makes the company products aesthetically pleasing and functionally intuitive.

Ottaviano Petrucci (June 18, 1466 - May 7 1539) was an Italian printer. Petrucci is credited with producing, in 1501, the first book of sheet music printed from movable type: "Harmonice Musices Odhecaton", a collection of chansons. He also published numerous works by the most highly regarded composers of the Renaissance, including Josquin des Prez and Antoine Brumel.

Wynkyn de Worde (originally Jan van Wynkyn was a printer and publisher known for his work with William Caxton, and is recognised as the first to popularise the products of the printing press. Born in Wœrth, Alsace, he is believed to have accompanied Caxton on his arrival in England in 1476 and worked alongside him at Westminster. In 1491 following Caxton's death, de Worde took over his printing work.

Firmin Didot was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. He invented the word "stereotype", which in printing refers to the metal printing plate created for the actual printing of pages (as opposed to printing pages directly with movable type), and used the process extensively, revolutionizing the book trade by his cheap editions. His manufactory was a place of pilgrimage for the printers of the world.

Xu Bing (b. 1955) is a China|Chinese-born artist, resident in the United States since 1987. Born in Chongqing, Xu grew up in Beijing. In 1975, near the end of the Cultural Revolution, he was relocated to the countryside for two years. In 1977, he enrolled at the Central Academy of Fine Art (Beijing)|Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, receiving an MFA in 1987. In 1990 he moved to the United States, where he lives today.

Aelius Donatus (fl. late 4th century AD) was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. The only fact known regarding his life is that he was the tutor of St. Jerome. He was the author of a number of professional works, of which several are still extant: :A partly incomplete commentary on the playwright Terence compiled from other commentaries, but probably not in its original form; :His "Life of Virgil" is thought to be based on a lost "Vita" by Suetonius, …

Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894 - January 14, 1984) was the theater critic for "The New York Times" from 1925 to 1960. In his obituary, the Times called him "the most important reviewer of his time." Atkinson was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, where as a boy he printed his own newspaper (using movable type), and planned a career in journalism. He graduated from Harvard University in 1917, and worked at The Springfield Daily News and The Boston Evening Transcript, …

Ibrahim Muteferrika or İbrahim Müteferrika. Muteferrika's press published its first book in 1729, and, by 1743, issued 17 works in 23 volumes (each having between 500 and 1,000 copies). Among them were historical and generically scientific works, as well as Katip Çelebi's world atlas ("The Mirror of the World").