Alfred A. Knopf Sr.

Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, and Frank Nelson Doubleday, J. Henry Harper and Henry Holt. Knopf paid special attention to the quality of printing, binding, and design in his books, and earned a reputation as a purist in both content and presentation.

12 September 1892

Born on the same birth day (12 September): Colin Ford • Grant Denyer • H. H. Asquith • John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk • Louis C.K. • María de Zayas • Paul Green (rugby league) • Redbone (band) • Werner Flume • Will Chase • William Morgan (South Australian politician)

Born in the same month (September 1892): Darius Milhaud • Dezső Kertész • Eric Harrison • George Bambridge • Laurence W. Allen • Oscar O'Brien • Robert Staughton Lynd