Anton LaVey, in full Anton Szandor LaVey, original name Howard Stanton Levey, (born April 11, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died October 29, 1997, San Francisco, California), American author and counterculture figure who founded the Church of Satan. Many details of LaVey’s early life are disputed or unknown. Soon after he was born, his family moved to the San Francisco Bay area. According to some accounts, he […]