- List of humorists
A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material. The material written and/or performed by humorists tends to be more subtle and cerebral than the material created by stand-up comedians and comedy writers. The intention is often to provoke wry smiles and amusement rather than outright belly laughs.
Notable humorists include:
*Cecil Adams ("The Straight Dope")
*Scott Adams ("Dilbert ")
*George Ade
*Sholom Aleichem
*Henry Alford
*Woody Allen
*Michael "Atters" Attree
*Bob & Ray
* Arthur "Bugs" Baer
*Russell Baker
*Linwood Barclay
*Dave Barry
*Robert Benchley
*Stefano Benni
*Ambrose Bierce
*Josh Billings
*Roy Blount, Jr.
*Erma Bombeck
*Andy Borowitz
*Art Buchwald
*Christopher Buckley
* W. Bruce Cameron
*Al Capp ("Li'l Abner ")
*Guy Wetmore Carryl
*Al Clouston
*Stephen Colbert
*William Combe
*Alan Coren
*Will Cuppy
*Ivor Cutler
*Dick DeBartolo
*Raymond Devos
*Horace J. Digby
* Drew
*Sally Edwards
*Gad Elmaleh
*Evan Esar
*Will Ferguson
*Scott Fivelson
*Ian Frazier
*Stephen Fry
*James Finn Garner
*Veronica Geng
* Michael Gerber
*Strickland Gillilan
*Janey Godley
*Lewis Grizzard
*Robert Grossman
*Jack Handey
*Don Herold
*Don Imus
*Roberta Beach Jacobson
*Jerome K. Jerome
* Madeleine Begun Kane
*George S. Kaufman
*Garrison Keillor
*Walt Kelly ("Pogo ")
*Doug Kenney
*Harvey Kurtzman
*Ring Lardner
*Hugh Laurie
*Gary Lautens
*Stephen Leacock
*Fran Lebowitz
*Harmon Leon
*Martin Lewis
*Lennie Lower
*Paul B. Lowney
* Maddox
*Merrill Markoe
*Don Marquis
*Steve Martin
*Bruce McCall
*Stuart McLean
*H. L. Mencken
*John Bingham Morton (pen name : Beachcomber)
*Ebrahim Nabavi
*Petroleum V. Nasby
*Ogden Nash
*Richard J. Needham
*Aziz Nesin
*Eric Nicol
*P. J. O'Rourke
*Dorothy Parker
*S. J. Perelman
*Felice Prager
* Roger Price
*Bolesław Prus
*Joe Queenan
*David Rakoff
*Paul Rhymer
* Bill Richardson
*Will Rogers
*Helen Rowland
*Paul Rudnick
*George Saunders
*David Sedaris
*Dr. Seuss
*Tom Sharpe
*Herb Shriner
*Wil Shriner
*Max Shulman
*H. Allen Smith
*Ron Sparks
*William Tenn
*James Thurber
*Calvin Trillin
*Mark Twain
*Brian Unger "The Unger Report"
*Kurt Vonnegut
*Sarah Vowell
*Artemus Ward
*Ellis Weiner
*E.B. White
*P. G. Wodehouse
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