What is William Randolph Hearst?
{{Infobox Biography | name = William Randolph Hearst | image = William Randolph Hearst cph 3a49373.jpg | imagesize = 170px | caption = William Randolph Hearst in 1906 | birth_date = [[April 29]], [[1863]] | birth_place = [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States]] | death_date = [[August 14]], [[1951]] | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]}} '''William Randolph Hearst''' ([[April 29]], [[1863]]–[[August 14]], [[1951]]) was an important [[Americans|American]] [[newspaper]] owner who was born in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He was the only child of [[Phoebe Hearst|Phoebe Apperson Hearst]], a former schoolteacher from [[Missouri]], and [[George Hearst]], a successful [[:wikt:miner|miner]] who became a multimillionaire and later a [[US Senator]] from California. Hearst was a member of the [[US House of Representatives]] for New York between 1903 and 1907, as a member of the Independence Party, which he started. Hearst was a [[Mass media|media]] [[tycoon]]. He started a [[newspaper]] empire, which is now the [[Hearst Corporation]]. He became known for publishing [[sensationalist]] stories, which were often false or only very loosely based on the truth. Hearst used most of the [[profit]]s to build his own private [[palace]], [[Hearst Castle]]. The film ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' by [[Orson Welles]] is based upon the story of Hearst's life. Learned at Harvard {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hearst, William Randolph}} [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:1951 deaths]] [[Category:United States representatives from New York (state)]] [[Category:Newspaper publishing]] [[Category:Businesspeople from San Francisco]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from California]]