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unusual facts about Esquire magazine



Aristes, Pennsylvania

Notable victims of the crash included Broadway theatre impresario Earl Carroll and his girlfriend, actress Beryl Wallace; Henry L. Jackson, men's fashion editor of Collier's Weekly magazine and co-founder of Esquire Magazine; and Venita Varden Oakie, the former wife of actor Jack Oakie.

Battle of Chancellorsville

The battle serves as the background for one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first short stories, published in the February 1935 Esquire Magazine, entitled "The Night at Chancellorsville".

Indy Men's Magazine

Among contributors were such notables as novelist Michael Kun, Esquire magazine writer Tom Chiarella, fiction writers Dan Barden, David Gerrold and William F. Nolan, novelist Michael Kun, Indy car driver Arie Luyendyk and "teletherapist" Dr. Will Miller.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Formerly a Contributing Editor at Esquire, her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Best American Sports Writing.

Mr Bingo

He also does editorial illustrations and other work for both The Financial Times and The Guardian newspapers, and has had work featured in magazines as diverse as Bearded, Dazed and Confused, WIRED, Esquire and GQ, while his art has also been featured in Creative Review and Icon magazines.

United Airlines Flight 624

Among the passengers were Broadway theatre impresario Earl Carroll and his girlfriend, actress Beryl Wallace; Henry L. Jackson, men's fashion editor of Collier's Weekly magazine and co-founder of Esquire Magazine; and Venita Varden Oakie, the former wife of actor Jack Oakie.


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Big Joe Turner

He won the Esquire magazine award for male vocalist during 1945, the Melody Maker award for best 'new' vocalist during 1956, and the British Jazz Journal award as top male singer during 1965.

Blue box

Blue boxing hit the mainstream media when an article by Ron Rosenbaum titled Secrets of the Little Blue Box was published in the October 1971 issue of Esquire magazine.

Charles K. Eastman

He shared Esquire magazine's Best Screenplay of the Year award with Bertolucci's The Spider's Stratagem.

Dave Giusti

In an Esquire magazine article in 1976, the sportswriter Harry Stein published his personal "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", a list for which he chose five different ethnic baseball teams (one team composed of Irish players, one of Hispanic, etc.).

Gene Stone

Next, he worked as a senior editor at Esquire Magazine, editing authors ranging from Alan Furst and Bobbie Ann Mason to Michael Kinsley and Joel Kotkin.

Janis Paige

(Doris Day played the part on film.) She was given the December 1954 cover of Esquire magazine, where she was featured in a seductive pose taken by American photographer, Maxwell Frederic Coplan.

Jimmy Rushing

In 1958 he was among the legendary musicians included in an Esquire magazine photo by Art Kane later memorialized in the documentary film, A Great Day in Harlem.

Maxine Fife

In 1943, at the age of 18, she was photographed by famed photographer George Hurrell, and that photograph appeared in a full-page spread in the January 1945 edition of Esquire magazine.

Nobody Knows My Name

"The Male Prison" originally appeared in The New Leader, December 13, 1954, with the title "Gide as Husband and Homosexual." "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel" was adapted from an address delivered at an Esquire magazine symposium on "Writing in America Today" held at San Francisco State College, October 22–24, 1960, and appeared in print for the first time in Nobody Knows My Name.

Patricia Duff

She was named a "Rising Star" by the Los Angeles Times in 1986 and one of the "Women we Love" by Esquire magazine for her work in politics as the "conscience" of the entertainment industry.

Rich Uncle Pennybags

Historian and author Philip Orbanes wrote in 2004 that it is believed that the character is based on either the calling cards of Albert Edward Richardson (Parker Brothers' first traveling salesman), the character of "Little Esky" from Esquire magazine, or a combination of the two.

Ted Kluszewski

1976: Esquire magazine article by sportswriter Harry Stein featured an "ALL Time All-Star Argument Starter" consisting of five ethnic baseball teams.