List of humorists
A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material. [1]. 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:
- Jay Foreman
- Aziz Nesin
- George Ade
- Cecil Adams (The Straight Dope)
- Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series)
- Scott Adams (Dilbert)
- Sholom Aleichem
- Woody Allen
- Michael "Atters" Attree
- Arthur "Bugs" Baer
- Russell Baker
- Linwood Barclay
- Dave Barry
- Rick Bayan
- Robert Benchley
- Stefano Benni
- Ambrose Bierce
- Josh Billings
- Erma Bombeck
- Art Buchwald
- Christopher Buckley
- Guy Wetmore Carryl
- Al Clouston
- William Combe
- Will Cuppy
- Ivor Cutler
- Dick DeBartolo
- Raymond Devos
- Horace J. Digby
- Gad Elmaleh
- Evan Esar
- Will Ferguson
- Ian Frazier
- Stephen Fry
- James Finn Garner
- Veronica Geng
- Strickland Gillilan
- Janey Godley
- Roberta Beach Jacobson
- Jerome K. Jerome
- Don Herold
- George S. Kaufman
- Garrison Keillor
- Doug Kenney
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Hugh Laurie
- Gary Lautens
- Stephen Leacock
- Fran Lebowitz
- Martin Lewis
- Lennie Lower
- Paul B. Lowney
- Maddox
- Don Marquis
- Bruce McCall
- Stuart McLean
- H. L. Mencken
- John Bingham Morton (pen name: Beachcomber)
- Ebrahim Nabavi
- Petroleum V. Nasby
- Ogden Nash
- Richard J. Needham
- Eric Nicol
- P. J. O'Rourke
- Dorothy Parker
- S. J. Perelman
- Roger Price
- Bolesław Prus
- David Rakoff
- Sean Reiley aka Seanbaby
- Paul Rhymer
- Roger Price
- Bill Richardson
- Will Rogers
- Helen Rowland
- David Sedaris
- Dr Seuss
- Herb Shriner
- Wil Shriner
- Richard A. Sherman aka Mr. Modem
- Max Shulman
- H. Allen Smith
- Ron Sparks
- William Tenn
- James Thurber
- Calvin Trillin
- Yosef Tunkel (pen name: Der tunkeler)
- Mark Twain
- Brian Unger The Unger Report
- Orl Unho
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Artemus Ward
- Ellis Weiner
- E.B. White
- P. G. Wodehouse