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Pioneers
These are copywriters who had a major influence on the modern advertising industry, particularly during its formative years.
Founders
These are copywriters who went on to found major multinational advertising agencies.
David Abbott , founder of
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
William Bernbach , founder of
DDB Worldwide
Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet founder of
Publicis
Leo Burnett , founder of
Leo Burnett Worldwide
Jay Chiat , founder of
Chiat/Day
Fairfax M. Cone , founder of
Foote Cone & Belding
Harry McCann , co-founder of
McCann Erickson
David Ogilvy , founder of
Ogilvy & Mather
Alex Osborn , co-founder of
BBDO , and inventor of
brainstorming
Raymond Rubicam , co-founder of
Young & Rubicam
Charles Saatchi , co-founder of
Saatchi & Saatchi
Dan Wieden , co-founder of
Wieden+Kennedy
Award winners
These are copywriters or former copywriters who have been inducted into a hall of fame or received a lifetime achievement award, sometimes posthumously.
Ted Bates , 1982 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[4]
Charles H. Brower , 1982 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Phil Dusenberry , 2003 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee,
[5] 2007 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon , 1982 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee,
[5] 1967 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Jo Foxworth , 1997 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Benjamin Franklin , 1950 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Mary Frances Gerety , created
A Diamond is Forever , the 'slogan of the century' according to
Advertising Age
Howard Gossage , 1970 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
O. Milton Gossett , 1999 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Paula Green , 2012 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Steve Hayden , 2013 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Julian Koenig , 1966 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee,
[6] 1966 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Alex Kroll , 1998 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Mary Wells Lawrence , 2000 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee,
[5] 1969 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Ed McCabe , 1974 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Shirley Polykoff , 1981 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee,
[5] 1974 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Erma Perham Proetz , 1952 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Rosser Reeves , 1994 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee,
[5] 1965 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Helen Lansdowne Resor , 1967 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Jean Wade Rindlaub , 1990 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Jim Riswold , 2013 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Phyllis Robinson , 1968 One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee
[6]
Dave Trott , 2004 Design and Art Direction lifetime achievement award[
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Artemas Ward , 1975 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Lester Wunderman , 1999 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee
[5]
Former copywriters
Many creative artists spent time early in their careers working as copywriters. This is a list of such people – specifically, people who worked as copywriters before achieving notability in a creative field outside advertising. The names are followed by the careers in which they are notable.
Phillip Adams , broadcaster and columnist
Eric Ambler , author
Sherwood Anderson , author
J. G. Ballard , author
Helen Gurley Brown , publisher and editor
David "Lil Dicky" Burd , rapper, comedian
Augusten Burroughs , author
William S. Burroughs , author
Peter Carey , author
Iordan Chimet , poet, essayist and children's author
Bryce Courtenay , author
Don DeLillo , author
Nikos Dimou , columnist, writer and talk show host
Kenny Everett , comedian and radio DJ
Jennie Fields , novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald , author
Kitty Flanagan , comedian
Terry Gilliam , film director and animator
Alec Guinness , actor
Dashiell Hammett , author
Sarah Hampson , columnist and author
Hugh Hefner , publisher
Joseph Heller , author
Russell Hoban , author
Laura Z. Hobson , novelist.
John Hughes , film director, writer
Shigesato Itoi , writer, video-game designer
Thom Jones , author
Lawrence Kasdan , film director, screenwriter
Tim Kazurinsky , comedian
Dan Kennedy , author
Philip Kerr , author
Elmore Leonard , author
Amulya Malladi , author
Vladimir Mayakovsky , poet, playwright
Peter Mayle , author
Chan Mou , comic artist
Rick Moranis , actor
Ogden Nash , poet
Bob Newhart , comedian and actor
Alan Parker , film director
James Patterson , author
Frederik Pohl , science-fiction author
Steven Pressfield , author
Franc Roddam , film director
Salman Rushdie , author
John Safran , documentary maker and author
Dorothy L. Sayers , author
Indra Sinha , author
Elizabeth Smart , poet, author
Chrissie Swan , TV and radio presenter
Jaideep Varma , film director and screenwriter
Kurt Vonnegut , author
Murray Walker , commentator, journalist
Fay Weldon , author
Antonia White , author
Frank Zappa , musician
Other
These are notable people who have worked as copywriters but do not fit into the categories above. Some achieved notability in another field before becoming copywriters, while others have combined copywriting with another career.
Gabriella Ambrosio , novelist and academic who continued to work in advertising.
Pinkie Barnes , table tennis champion who later became a copywriter.
Gary Comer , founder of a mail-order clothing company.
Robert Duncan , music critic.
Carol Gran , Canadian politician.
Adam Hanft , comedy writer who later became a copywriter.
Arne Hjeltnes , Norwegian politician, television host and writer.
Prasoon Joshi , lyricist, poet and screenwriter.
Herschell Gordon Lewis , film director who later became a copywriter.
John Singleton , businessman.
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