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
* Frank Zappa

ee also

*Comedian