Philip Merrill (April 28, 1934 – June 10, 2006) was an American diplomat, publisher, banker, and philanthropist.
Born Philip Merrill Levine, he was a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Business School.
He was president and CEO of Capital-Gazette Communications, Inc., which publishes Washingtonian magazine, the Annapolis Capital, and five other Maryland newspapers.
His wife, Eleanor, succeeded him as chairman of the company which they sold after his death to Landmark Communications; their daughter Catherine Merrill Williams took over as president and publisher of the Washingtonian.
He was appointed to chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States by George W. Bush, serving from 2002 to 2005.