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)
• Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series)
• Scott Adams (Dilbert)
• George Ade
• Sholom Aleichem
• 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
• Art Buchwald
• Christopher Buckley
• Guy Wetmore Carryl
• Al Clouston
• William Combe
• Alan Coren
• Will Cuppy
• Ivor Cutler
• Tha-D
• Dick DeBartolo
• Raymond Devos
• Horace J. Digby
• Gad Elmaleh
• Evan Esar
• Will Ferguson
• Scott Fivelson
• Ian Frazier
• Stephen Fry
• Mark Garrison
• James Finn Garner
• Veronica Geng
• Michael Gerber
• Strickland Gillilan
• Janey Godley
• Robert Grossman
• Don Herold
• Don Imus
• Roberta Beach Jacobson
• Jerome K. Jerome
• George S. Kaufman
• Garrison Keillor
• Doug Kenney
• Efraim Kishon
• 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
• Aziz Nesin
• Eric Nicol
• P. J. O'Rourke
• Dorothy Parker
• S. J. Perelman
• Roger Price
• Bolesław Prus
• David Rakoff
• Sean Reiley aka Seanbaby
• Paul Rhymer
• Bill Richardson
• Will Rogers
• Helen Rowland
• David Sedaris
• Dr Seuss
• Richard A. Sherman aka Mr. Modem
• Herb Shriner
• Wil Shriner
• Max Shulman
• H. Allen Smith
• Ron Sparks
• Howard Stern
• 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

See also

• Comedian