List of humorists
A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material.
A humorist is usually distinct from a stand-up comedian. For people who are primarily stand-ups, see list of stand-up comedians.
Notable humorists include:
- İncili Çavuş
- Kajetan Abgarowicz
- Cecil Adams
- Douglas Adams
- Scott Adams
- George Ade
- Moin Akhter
- Sholom Aleichem
- Henry Alford
- Woody Allen
- Michael "Atters" Attree
- Arthur "Bugs" Baer
- Russell Baker
- Linwood Barclay
- Dave Barry
- L. Frank Baum
- Robert Benchley
- Stefano Benni
- Ambrose Bierce
- Josh Billings
- Lewis Black
- Roy Blount, Jr.
- Tom Bodett
- Erma Bombeck
- Victor Borge
- Andy Borowitz
- Dylan Brody
- Mel Brooks
- Craig Brown
- Art Buchwald
- Lord Buckley
- Christopher Buckley
- W. Bruce Cameron
- Al Capp
- George Carlin
- 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
- Gad Elmaleh
- Evan Esar
- John O'Farrell
- Max Ferguson
- Will Ferguson
- Scott Fivelson
- Michael Flanders
- Michael Frayn
- Ian Frazier
- Lewis Burke Frumkes
- James Finn Garner
- Veronica Geng
- Michael Gerber
- Strickland Gillilan
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Dick Gregory
- 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
- Tom Lehrer
- Virginie Lemoine
- Martin Lewis
- Lennie Lower
- Paul B. Lowney
- Bill Maher
- Merrill Markoe
- Don Marquis
- Niní Marshall
- David Martin
- Demetri Martin
- Steve Martin
- Groucho Marx
- Bruce McCall
- Stuart McLean
- Patrick F. McManus
- Spike Milligan
- Molière
- Michael Moore
- 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
- Penn and Teller
- S. J. Perelman
- Charles Phoenix
- Terry Pratchett
- Roger Price
- Bolesław Prus
- Joe Queenan
- David Rakoff
- Bob & Ray
- Paul Rhymer
- 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
- Dr. Seuss
- Tom Sharpe
- Harry Shearer
- Jean Shepherd
- Herb Shriner
- Wil Shriner
- Mark Shulman
- Max Shulman
- H. Allen Smith
- Jill Sobule
- Ron Sparks
- Jon Stewart
- Ed Subitzky
- Julia Sweeney
- Jonathan Swift
- Herbert Tarr
- Jeremy Taylor
- William Tenn
- 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. R. Watkins
- Bill Watterson
- Ellis Weiner
- E.B. White
- Oscar Wilde
- Marshall P. Wilder
- Justin Wilson
- Robert Wringham
- P. G. Wodehouse
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