List of humorists
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A humorist (US; British humourist) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.
Notable humorists include:
- Kajetan Abgarowicz (1856–1909): Polish journalist and writer
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001): English author
- Scott Adams (1957–): American cartoonist and author
- George Ade (1866–1944): American writer and newspaper columnist
- Moin Akhter (1950–2011): Pakistani TV and radio comedian Template:Citation needed
- Sholom Aleichem (1859–1916–): Yiddish author and playwright
- Henry Alford (1962–): American journalist and writer
- Woody Allen (1935–): American comedian, writer for The New Yorker
- Michael "Atters" Attree
- Arthur "Bugs" Baer
- Russell Baker
- Linwood Barclay
- Dave Barry
- Robert Benchley
- Stefano Benni
- Ambrose Bierce
- Josh Billings
- Lewis Black
- Roy Blount, Jr.
- Tom Bodett
- Erma Bombeck
- Victor Borge
- Andy Borowitz
- Dylan Brody
- Craig Brown
- Art Buchwald
- Christopher Buckley
- W. Bruce Cameron
- Al Capp
- Lewis Carroll
- Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Bennett Cerf
- G.K. Chesterton
- Al Clouston
- William Combe
- Alan Coren
- Will Cuppy
- Ivor Cutler
- Hugleikur Dagsson
- Bertha Damon
- Dick DeBartolo
- Raymond Devos
- Daniel Dickey
- Drew
- Gad Elmaleh
- Evan Esar
- John O'Farrell
- Max Ferguson
- Will Ferguson
- Scott Fivelson
- Michael Flanders
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790): polymath; first American humorist
- Michael Frayn
- Ian Frazier
- Lewis Burke Frumkes
- James Finn Garner
- Veronica Geng
- Michael Gerber
- Strickland Gillilan
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Lewis Grizzard
- Robert Grossman
- Dick Wick Hall
- Jack Handey
- Chelsea Handler
- Steve Hely
- A.P. Herbert
- Don Herold
- Carl Hiaasen
- Nasrettin Hoca
- John Hodgman
- Andy Offutt Irwin
- Donald Jack
- Roberta Beach Jacobson
- Douglas William Jerrold
- Jerome K. Jerome
- George S. Kaufman
- Garrison Keillor
- Walt Kelly
- Doug Kenney
- Marvin Kitman
- Ronald Knox
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Christian Lander
- Ring Lardner
- Gary Lautens
- Stephen Leacock
- Fran Lebowitz
- Virginie Lemoine
- Martin Lewis
- Lennie Lower
- Paul B. Lowney
- Merrill Markoe
- Don Marquis
- Niní Marshall
- David Martin
- Demetri Martin
- Steve Martin
- Bruce McCall
- Stuart McLean
- Patrick F. McManus
- Molière
- Lorna Jean Moorhead
- J. B. Morton
- Ebrahim Nabavi
- Petroleum V. Nasby
- Ogden Nash
- Richard J. Needham
- Aziz Nesin
- Eric Nicol
- Chris Onstad
- Raffaele Palma
- Dorothy Parker
- S. J. Perelman
- Charles Phoenix
- Terry Pratchett
- Roger Price
- Bolesław Prus
- Joe Queenan
- David Rakoff
- Paul Rhymer
- Bill Richardson
- Ryan Max Riley
- Steve Rizzo
- Will Rogers
- Andy Rooney
- Anne Roumanoff
- P. J. O'Rourke
- Helen Rowland
- Paul Rudnick
- Peter Sagal
- Tim Sample
- George Saunders
- David Sedaris
- Tom Sharpe
- Jean Shepherd
- Herb Shriner
- Wil Shriner
- Mark Shulman
- Max Shulman
- H. Allen Smith
- Jill Sobule
- Ed Subitzky
- Julia Sweeney
- Jonathan Swift
- Herbert Tarr
- Jeremy Taylor
- William Tenn
- Larry Thompson
- Thomas Bangs Thorpe
- James Thurber
- John Kennedy Toole
- Calvin Trillin
- Mark Twain
- Aisha Tyler
- Brian Unger
- Peter Ustinov
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Sarah Vowell
- Artemus Ward
- Sam. R. Watkins
- Bill Watterson
- Ellis Weiner
- E.B. White
- Oscar Wilde
- Marshall P. Wilder
- Justin Wilson
- Robert Wringham
- P. G. Wodehouse
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