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Established 1925 by Harold W. Ross. A 19th century magazine, established (twice) by Horace Greeley, has no relation. Acquired by Cond� Nast in 1985.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Diane Ackerman Author 7-Oct-1948   A Natural History of the Senses
Charles Addams Cartoonist 7-Jan-1912 29-Sep-1988 The Addams Family
Renata Adler Journalist 19-Oct-1938   Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker
Peter Arno Cartoonist 8-Jan-1904 22-Feb-1968 The New Yorker
Ken Auletta Columnist 23-Apr-1942   Media Columnist
Richard Avedon Photographer 13-May-1923 1-Oct-2004 Photographer of the human predicament
Robert Benchley Author 15-Sep-1889 21-Nov-1945 Humorist and screenwriter
Louise Bogan Poet 11-Aug-1897 4-Feb-1970 The New Yorker poetry critic
Kay Boyle Author 19-Feb-1902 27-Dec-1992 The Underground Woman
Charles Brackett Screenwriter 26-Nov-1892 9-Mar-1969 Billy Wilder's collaborator
Harold Brodkey Novelist 25-Oct-1930 26-Jan-1996 Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
David Brooks Columnist 11-Aug-1961   Conservative pundit
Tina Brown Editor 21-Nov-1953   Powerhouse magazine editor
James M. Cain Novelist 1-Jul-1892 27-Oct-1977 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Truman Capote Novelist 30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
Alexander Chancellor Editor 4-Jan-1940   Editor of The Spectator, 1975-84
Steve Coll Journalist 8-Oct-1958   Ghost Wars
Walter J. P. Curley Business 17-Sep-1922   US Ambassador to France, 1989-93
Peter De Vries Novelist 27-Feb-1910 28-Sep-1993 The Tunnel of Love
Eldon Dedini Cartoonist 29-Jun-1921 12-Jan-2006 Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist
Joan Didion Author 5-Dec-1934   Slouching Toward Bethlehem
Elizabeth Drew Journalist 16-Nov-1935   The New Yorker
Caitlin Flanagan Author ?   Antifeminist
Janet Flanner Journalist 13-Mar-1892 7-Nov-1978 The New Yorker
Steven Florio Publisher 19-Apr-1949 27-Dec-2007 CEO of Cond� Nast, 1995-2005
Jonathan Franzen Author 17-Aug-1959   The Corrections
William Gaddis Novelist 29-Dec-1922 16-Dec-1998 A Frolic of His Own
Malcolm Gladwell Columnist 3-Sep-1963   The Tipping Point
Jeffrey Goldberg Journalist 22-Sep-1965   Atlantic Monthly
Seymour Hersh Journalist 8-Apr-1937   Uncovered the My Lai Massacre
Hendrik Hertzberg Publisher 1943   The New Yorker
Syd Hoff Author 4-Sep-1912 12-May-2004 Danny and the Dinosaur
Helen Hokinson Cartoonist 29-Jun-1893 1-Nov-1949 Cartoonist for The New Yorker
Charlayne Hunter-Gault TV Personality 27-Feb-1942   NPR, NewsHour reporter
Garrison Keillor Radio Personality 7-Aug-1942   A Prairie Home Companion
Jamaica Kincaid Novelist 25-May-1949   Annie John
Joe Klein Journalist 7-Sep-1946   Anonymous author of Primary Colors
Jonah Lehrer Author 25-Jun-1981   Imagine: How Creativity Works
A. J. Liebling Journalist 18-Oct-1904 28-Dec-1963 The New Yorker
Dwight Macdonald Critic 24-Mar-1906 19-Dec-1982 Against the American Grain
Janet Malcolm Journalist 1934   The Journalist and the Murderer
Terrence Malick Film Director 30-Nov-1943   Badlands
Reginald Marsh Artist 14-Mar-1898 3-Jul-1954 Why Not Use the L?
William Maxwell Novelist 16-Aug-1908 31-Jul-2000 The Folded Leaf
Bill McKibben Activist 8-Dec-1960   The End of Nature
John McPhee Author 8-Mar-1931   Annals of the Former World
Ved Mehta Author 21-Mar-1934   Face to Face
Louis Menand Critic 21-Jan-1952   The Metaphysical Club
Joseph Mitchell Author 27-Jul-1908 24-May-1996 The New Yorker
Howard Moss Poet 22-Jan-1922 16-Sep-1987 Finding Them Lost
Lewis Mumford Historian 19-Oct-1895 26-Jan-1990 Technics and Civilization
Susan Orlean Author 31-Oct-1955   The Orchid Thief
George Packer Author 1960   The Assassins' Gate
Dorothy Parker Author 22-Aug-1893 7-Jun-1967 Constant Reader known for acerbic quips
S. J. Perelman Author 1-Feb-1904 17-Oct-1979 New Yorker humorist
Charles Portis Author 28-Dec-1933   True Grit
David Remnick Editor 29-Oct-1958   Editor of The New Yorker
Harold W. Ross Publisher 6-Nov-1892 6-Dec-1951 Founder of The New Yorker
Simon Schama Historian 13-Feb-1945   Landscape and Memory
William Shawn Journalist 31-Aug-1907 8-Dec-1992 Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Art Spiegelman Cartoonist 15-Feb-1948   Maus
William Steig Cartoonist 14-Nov-1907 3-Oct-2003 Shrek, The New Yorker
Robert Lewis Taylor Novelist 24-Sep-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
James Thurber Author 8-Dec-1894 2-Nov-1961 Short story writer and cartoonist
Jeffrey Toobin Attorney 21-May-1960   CNN Senior Legal Analyst
Calvin Trillin Comic 5-Dec-1935   Humorist
John Updike Novelist 18-Mar-1932 27-Jan-2009 Rabbit, Run
E. B. White Author 11-Jul-1899 01-Oct-1985 Charlotte's Web
Edmund Wilson Author 8-May-1895 12-Jun-1972 Axel's Castle
James Wolcott Journalist 10-Dec-1952   Vanity Fair cultural critic
Alexander Woollcott Critic 18-Jan-1887 23-Jan-1943 The Man Who Came to Dinner
Lawrence Wright Author 2-Aug-1947   The Looming Tower

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