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Hugh Hefner: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Hugh Marston Hefner
  • Birth Place: Chicago, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/09/1926, Aries
  • Profession: Entrepreneur; magazine publisher; producer
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Hugh Hefner Fast Facts:
  • Descendant of Plymouth colony governor William Bradford (1590-1657).
  • Served in the US Army as an infantry clerk and cartoonist for military newspapers.
  • Produced the inaugural December 1953 edition of Playboy magazine, which featured a nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe, in the kitchen of his Chicago apartment.
  • Funded a course on censorship in cinema at the University of Southern California.
  • Named "Harvard Lampoon's Best Life-Form in the History of the Universe" by the humor magazine in 2002.
  • Hugh Hefner Relationships:
  • Grace Hefner - Mother
  • Glenn Hefner - Father
  • Keith Hefner - Brother
  • Holly Madison - Ex-significant Other
  • Bridget Marquardt - Ex-significant Other
  • Kendra Wilkinson - Ex-significant Other
  • Barbi Benton - Ex-significant Other
  • Karissa Shannon - Ex-significant Other
  • Kristina Shannon - Ex-significant Other
  • Crystal Harris - Ex-fiancée
  • Mildred Williams - Ex-wife
  • David Hefner - Son
  • Christie Hefner - Daughter
  • Kimberly Conrad - Ex-wife
  • Marston Hefner - Son
  • Cooper Hefner - Son
  • College:
  • Attended The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BA in Psychology, 1949); attended Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

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red carpet recap, holly madison, hugh hefner, bridget marquardt, kendra wilkinson Eric Charbonneau/WireImage.com
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david hasselhoff, Hugh Hefner Denise Truscello/WireImage.com
Hugh Hefner, Pamela Anderson, Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration Theo Wargo/WireImage.com
Dancing with the Stars Adam Larkey/ABC
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