Griffin was born in 1802 in Shoreditch, London, the son of a bookseller and publisher.

He was also the son of Konrad Prószyński, an active Polish educator, writer and publisher.

Born in 1810, a son of a bookseller and publisher in Zwickau, Germany, he suffered deep depression as an adolescent.

Mozley was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of a bookseller and publisher.

Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793), English composer (son of publisher)

Dünnhaupt is the son of a printer and publisher from Köthen (Anhalt).

Hersey grew up in Montana, son of Augustine Haynes "Doc" Hersey, a newspaper reporter and publisher.

He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson.

Harold Tamblyn-Watts was the son of Thomas Tamblyn-Watts, an author and publisher.

He was a son of David Willison, an Edinburgh printer and publisher, and grandson of John Willison.