Leo Burnett

Leo Burnett

male, deceased (1971)
Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 - June 7, 1971) was an advertising executive famous for creating such icons as the Jolly Green Giant, the Marlboro...
David Ogilvy

David Ogilvy

male, deceased (1999)
David MacKenzie Ogilvy, was a notable advertising executive. He has often been called “The Father of Advertising.” In 1962, "Time" called him “the...
Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis

male, 80 years old
Herschell Gordon Lewis (born 15 June 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is a filmmaker best known for creating the "splatter film" subgenre of...

Robert W. Bly

male
Robert W. Bly -- often referred to in the trade as "Bob Bly" -- is an authoritative writer on the subjects of copywriting, freelance writing, and...
Rosser Reeves

Rosser Reeves

male, deceased (1984)
Rosser Reeves was an American advertising executive and early pioneer of television advertising. He was committed to making ads that were simple,...
Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

male, 62 years old
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, "Midnight's Children" (1981),...
Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

male, 69 years old
Terrence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, animator, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe....
Don Delillo

Don Delillo

male, 73 years old
"I became a writer by living in New York and seeing and hearing and feeling all the great, amazing and dangerous things the city endlessly...
Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller

male, deceased (1999)
Joseph Heller was an American satirist best remembered for writing the satiric World War II classic "Catch-22". The novel was partly based on...
Fay Weldon

Fay Weldon

female, 78 years old
Fay Weldon CBE (born September 22, 1931) is a British novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist whose work has been associated with...