# Victor Lownes

> Victor Aubrey Lownes III was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Soon after he met Hugh Hefner in 1954, Hefner founded Playboy magazine, and Lownes eventually joined his publishing company, serving as vice president. Lownes was a close confidant of Hefner and gained a reputation for dating Playboy Playmates.

*American businessman (1928-2017)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/victor-lownes

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1928-04-17
- **Died:** 2017-01-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Victor Aubrey Lownes III was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Soon after he met Hugh Hefner in 1954, Hefner founded Playboy magazine, and Lownes eventually joined his publishing company, serving as vice president. Lownes was a close confidant of Hefner and gained a reputation for dating Playboy Playmates.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 7.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 56.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523275/ (@nm0523275)

## Sources
- [Victor Lownes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Lownes)
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57071)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15109621)

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