Famous American humorists,"Humorist" redirects here. For the thoroughbred racehorse, see Humorist (horse).
A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material. The material written or performed by humorists tends to be more subtle and cerebral than the material created by stand-up comics and comedy writers. The intention is often to provoke wry smiles and amusement rather than outright belly laughs.
Notable humorists include:
İncili Çavuş
Kajetan Abgarowicz
Cecil Adams
Douglas Adams
Scott Adams
George Ade
Moin Akhter
Sholom Aleichem
Henry Alford
Baba Ali
Woody Allen
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
Art Buchwald
Christopher Buckley
W. Bruce Cameron
Nicolas Canteloup
Al Capp
George Carlin
Jimmy Carr
Lewis Carroll
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Al Clouston
Stephen Colbert
William Combe
Alan Coren
Tony Crowley
Will Cuppy
Ivor Cutler
Hugleikur Dagsson
Dick DeBartolo
Raymond Devos
Daniel Dickey
Drew
Gad Elmaleh
Evan Esar
John O'Farrell
Max Ferguson
Will Ferguson
Scott Fivelson
Michael Flanders
Michael Frayn
Ian Frazier
Lewis Burke Frumkes
Stephen Fry
Rémi Gaillard
Neil Gaiman
James Finn Garner
Veronica Geng
Michael Gerber
Strickland Gillilan
Arnold Glasow
Janey Godley
Jonathan Goldstein
Lewis Grizzard
Robert Grossman
Jack Handey
Chelsea Handler
A.P. Herbert
Don Herold
Carl Hiaasen
Bill Hicks
Nasrettin Hoca
John Hodgman
Andy Offutt Irwin
Donald Jack
Roberta Beach Jacobson
Jay Jason
Jerome K. Jerome
Chris Kanik
George S. Kaufman
Garrison Keillor
Walt Kelly
Doug Kenney
Ronald Knox
Harvey Kurtzman
Christian Lander
Ring Lardner
Hugh Laurie
Gary Lautens
Stephen Leacock
Fran Lebowitz
Tom Lehrer
Virginie Lemoine
David Letterman
Martin Lewis
Lennie Lower
Paul B. Lowney
Bill Maher
Merrill Markoe
Don Marquis
David Martin
Demetri Martin
Steve Martin
Bruce McCall
Stuart McLean
Patrick F. McManus
H. L. Mencken
Michael Moore
John Bingham Morton
Ebrahim Nabavi
Petroleum V. Nasby
Ogden Nash
Richard J. Needham
Aziz Nesin
Eric Nicol
Jay Onrait
Raffaele Palma
Dorothy Parker
S. J. Perelman
Terry Pratchett
Roger Price
Bolesław Prus
Joe Queenan
David Rakoff
Bob & Ray
Paul Rhymer
Bill Richardson
Will Rogers
Andy Rooney
Anne Roumanoff
P. J. O'Rourke
Helen Rowland
Paul Rudnick
Tim Sample
George Saunders
David Sedaris
Dr. Seuss
Tom Sharpe
Jean Shepherd
Herb Shriner
Wil Shriner
Mark Shulman
Max Shulman
H. Allen Smith
Jill Sobule
Ron Sparks
Jon Stewart
Ed Subitzky
Catherine Tate
Jeremy Taylor
William Tenn
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
James Thurber
John Kennedy Toole
Calvin Trillin
Mark Twain
Aisha Tyler
Brian Unger
Kurt Vonnegut
Sarah Vowell
Artemus Ward
Bill Watterson
Ellis Weiner
E.B. White
Oscar Wilde
Marshall P. Wilder
Connie Willis
Justin Wilson
P. G. Wodehouse
Frank Zappa
Lorna Jean Moorhead
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