The Washington Post people

Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world. According to Forbes, as of January 2026, Buffett's estimated net worth stood at US$148.9 billion, making him the ninth-richest person in the world.

Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.

Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist and editor. Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

American investigative journalist (born 1943)

Canadian journalist and science writer

American historian (born 1958)

executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991 (1921–2014)

American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author

American journalist

American journalist and novelist

American journalist (born 1965)

American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic

American journalist, writer and editor (born 1958)

American government official (1920–2025)

American journalist, television newscaster and author (1955–2016)

American screenwriter and producer

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British-American journalist, talk-show host, and author

foreign correspondent for The New York Times (1968–2012)

American journalist

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October13, 1909October7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.

American newspaper publisher (1915-1963)

American journalist (1925–2000)

American speechwriter

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American journalist and academic (1920–2016)

American fashion editor

American politician (1846-1894)

American writer and investigative journalist

Filipino journalist, immigration activist

British novelist and journalist

American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

American playwright and screenwriter (1880-1946)

American photographer (born 1956)

chief executive officer and chairman of Graham Holdings Company

Canadian journalist and writer (1861–1922)

American journalist

American Roman Catholic theologian and academic (1943–2012)

American lawyer, journalist, and soldier (1832-1878)

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American cartoonist (1869–1949)

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American journalist and TV writer (1961-2010)

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American journalist (1906–1979)

American journalist and writer

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American editor

American political speechwriter and columnist (1964–2022)

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American journalist

American journalist and war correspondent (born 1981)

American newspaper editor and diplomat (1903–2000)

American cookbook author

American radio journalist

American journalist

American newspaper editor

American publisher, business executive, philanthropist, and arts patron

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