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-	A '''[[humorist]]''' (US; British '''humourist''') is an [[intellectual]] who uses [[humor]] in writing or public speaking. Humorists are distinct from [[comedian]]s, 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.	+
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-	Notable humorists include:	+
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-	* [[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 {{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}	+
-	* [[Sholom Aleichem]] (1859–1916–): Yiddish author and playwright	+
-	* [[Henry Alford (writer)|Henry Alford]] (1962–): American journalist and writer	+
-	* [[Woody Allen]] (1935–): American comedian, writer for ''[[The New Yorker]]''	+
-	* [[Michael "Atters" Attree]]	+
-	* [[Bugs Baer|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 (satirist)|Craig Brown]]	+
-	* [[Art Buchwald]]	+
-	* [[Christopher Buckley (novelist)|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 (webcomic artist)|Drew]]	+
-	* [[Gad Elmaleh]]	+
-	* [[Evan Esar]]	+
-	* [[John O'Farrell (author)|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 (parodist)|Michael Gerber]]	+
-	* [[Strickland Gillilan]]	+
-	* [[Jonathan Goldstein (author)|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 (humorist)|Martin Lewis]]	+
-	* [[Lennie Lower]]	+
-	* [[Paul B. Lowney]]	+
-	* [[Merrill Markoe]]	+
-	* [[Don Marquis]]	+
-	* [[Niní Marshall]]	+
-	* [[David Martin (humorist)|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 (comedy)|Roger Price]]	+
-	* [[Bolesław Prus]]	+
-	* [[Joe Queenan]]	+
-	* [[David Rakoff]]	+
-	* [[Paul Rhymer]]	+
-	* [[Bill Richardson (radio)|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 (author)|Mark Shulman]]	+
-	* [[Max Shulman]]	+
-	* [[H. Allen Smith]]	+
-	* [[Jill Sobule]]	+
-	* [[Ed Subitzky]]	+
-	* [[Julia Sweeney]]	+
-	* [[Jonathan Swift]]	+
-	* [[Herbert Tarr]]	+
-	* [[Jeremy Taylor (singer)|Jeremy Taylor]]	+
-	* [[William Tenn]]	+
-	* [[Larry Thompson (humorist)|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 Watkins|Sam. R. Watkins]]	+
-	* [[Bill Watterson]]	+
-	* [[Ellis Weiner]]	+
-	* [[E.B. White]]	+
-	* [[Oscar Wilde]]	+
-	* [[Marshall P. Wilder]]	+
-	* [[Justin Wilson (chef)|Justin Wilson]]	+
-	* [[Robert Wringham]]	+
-	* [[P. G. Wodehouse]]	+
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