Arnold Gingrich

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Arnold Gingrich (b. 1903, Grand Rapids, Michigan - d. 1976) founded Esquire (magazine) with David Smart (a Chicago publisher) in 1933. He remained the editor of the magazine until 1961.

Gingrich published such authors as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, John Dos Passos, Garry Wills, Truman Capote, and Norman Mailer. He also published stories by Jack Woodford whom he befriended when they worked together at an advertising agency in the 1920s. He wrote the introduction to Woodford's famous book on writing and publishing Trial and Error.

The magazine’s name Esquire was selected after Gingrich received a letter that was addressed to "Arnold Gingrich, Esq."

He was an avid fan of fly-fishing. In 1974, he wrote a book about the sport called The Fishing in Print.