These are copywriters or former copywriters who have been inducted into a hall of fame or received a lifetime achievement award, sometimes posthumously.
Ted Bates, 1982 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee[4]
Many creative artists spent time early in their careers working as copywriters. This is a list of such people – specifically, people who worked as copywriters before achieving notability in a creative field outside advertising. The names are followed by the careers in which they are notable.
These are notable people who have worked as copywriters but do not fit into the categories above. Some achieved notability in another field before becoming copywriters, while others have combined copywriting with another career.
Gabriella Ambrosio, a novelist and academic who continued to work in advertising.
Pinkie Barnes, a table tennis champion who later became a copywriter.
Gary Comer, founder of a mail-order clothing company.