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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. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

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
• 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
• Tha-D
• Dick DeBartolo
• Raymond Devos
• Horace J. Digby
• Gad Elmaleh
• Evan Esar
• Will Ferguson
• Scott Fivelson
• Ian Frazier
• Stephen Fry
• James Finn Garner
• Veronica Geng
• Strickland Gillilan
• Janey Godley
• Don Herold
• Don Imus
• Roberta Beach Jacobson
• Jerome K. Jerome
• 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
• 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

Cecil Adams is a name, generally assumed to be a pseudonym, which designates the unknown author or authors of The Straight Dope, a popular question and answer column published in The Chicago Reader since 1973. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several business commentaries, social satires, and experimental philosophy books. ... Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. ... Kate Martin(February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. ... Sholom Aleichem listens Sholom Aleichem This article is about the writer. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Michael Atters Attree sporting his famous handlebar moustache. ... Arthur Bugs Baer (9 January 1886 – 17 May 1969) was an American journalist and humorist. ... Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose. ... Linwood Barclay is a Canadian humourist, author and columnist. ... For the English musician, see Dave Berry (musician). ... Richard Paul Bayan (born January 27, 1950) is an American author, humorist, essayist and advertising copywriter, born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey. ... Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. ... Stefano Benni (August 12, 1947, Bologna) is an Italian satirical writer and journalist. ... Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist, today best known for his Devils Dictionary. ... Humorist and lecturer Josh Billings Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April 1818 - 14 October 1885). ... Erma Louise (Harris) Bombeck (February 21, 1927 - April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life in the second half of the 20th century. ... Art Buchwald Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 – January 18, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column that he wrote in The Washington Post newspaper, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other newspapers. ... Christopher Buckley Christopher Taylor Buckley (born 1952) is an American political satirist and author of several novels. ... Guy Wetmore Carryl (March 4, 1873 – 1904) was an American humorist and poet. ... Alwyn Vey Clouston (1910 - October 27, 2004 in Canadian storyteller and humourist known as Uncle Al. ... William Combe (1741 - 1823) was a miscellaneous writer. ... Will Cuppy, born William Jacob Cuppy (August 23, 1884 - September 19, 1949) in Auburn, Indiana, was an American humorist and journalist known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures. ... Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. ... Dick DeBartolo (morphing into Alfred E. Neuman) Dick DeBartolo is one of the most prolific writers of satire for Mad Magazine. ... Raymond Devos (November 9, 1922, Mouscron, Belgium - June 15, 2006, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines, France [1]) was a French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. ... Horace J. Digby (Born 1950 in Longview, Washington) is an American humorist living in the Pacific Northwest. ... Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971, Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan Jewish one man show humorist and actor who lives in France. ... Evan Esar (1899-1995) was an American humorist who wrote Esars Comic Dictionary 1943 and 20,000 Quips and Quotes in 1968. ... Will Ferguson is a Canadian writer and novelist who is best known for his humorous observations on Canadian history and culture. ... Scott Fivelson is a screenwriter, fiction writer, and songwriter from Los Angeles. ... Ian Frazier is an American writer and humorist who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... James Finn Garner is the author of He was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in Dearborn, Michigan. ... Veronica Geng (1941 – December 24, 1997) was an American writer. ... Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954) was an American poet and humorist. ... Janey Godley is a stand-up comedian, writer and raconteur, born in 1961 and brought up in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... John Donald Imus, Jr. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ... Garrison Keillor (born Gary Edward Keillor on August 7, 1942) is an American author, humorist, columnist, musician, satirist, and radio personality. ... Douglas Kenney at work at National Lampoon in 1970s Douglas C. Kenney (December 10, 1947 – August 27, 1980) was an American writer who co-founded National Lampoon magazine in 1970. ... Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 - February 21, 1993) was a U.S. cartoonist and magazine editor. ... James Hugh Calum Laurie OBE (born June 11, 1959) is a Golden Globe-winning English actor, comedian and writer. ... Gary Lautens (November 3, 1928 - February 1, 1992) was a Canadian humorist and newspaper columnist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Fran Lebowitz is an American author. ... Martin Lewis. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Paul B. Lowney in April 2005 Paul Benjamin Lowney (born in Butte, Montana) is a Seattle-based author and humorist. ... This article is about Internet satirist. ... Don Marquis (July 29, 1878 - December 29, 1937) was an American poet, artist, newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright and author; best known for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel. Archy was a cockroach who left poems on Marquiss typewriter by jumping on the keys, and Mehitabel, a cat, was Archy... Bruce McCall is a Canadian author and illustrator, currently best known for his frequent contributions to the New Yorker. ... Stuart McLean (born 1948 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian radio broadcaster, comedian and author. ... i still feel like being nice H.L. Mencken who: journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, what: most influential American writers of the early 20th century. ... John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, better known by his preferred abbreviation J. B. Morton (June 7, 1893–May 10, 1979) was a British humourous writer noted for his authorship of a column called By the Way under the pen name Beachcomber in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... Beachcomber was a nom de plume used by surrealist humorous columnists D. B. Wyndham-Lewis and John Bingham Morton as authors of a Daily Express column called By the Way. Other authors who used the name were Major John William Arbuthnott MVO and William Hartston. ... Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبوی; born 1958) is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, journalist and researcher of Azeri origin. ... David Ross Locke (his pseudonym was Petroleum V. Nasby) (1833 - 1888) was a U.S. journalist. ... Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy and funny light verse. ... Richard J. Needham (1912-1996) was a legendary Canadian humour columnist for The Globe and Mail. ... Aziz Nesin (December 20, 1915—July 6, 1995) was a popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books. ... Eric Patrick Nicol CM, BA, MA (born 28 December 1919 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian author and playwright, particularly of humour. ... P.J. ORourke speaks at a January 2007 event at the Cato Institute about his latest book. ... Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ... Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979), was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. ... Roger Price (??–October 31, 1990) was an American comedy writer and the Price in Price Stern Sloan. ... BolesÅ‚aw Prus BolesÅ‚aw Prus (pronounced: [bÉ”lεswaf prus]; August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912), born Aleksander GÅ‚owacki, was a Polish journalist, short-story writer, and novelist. ... David Rakoff David Rakoff (born 1964) is an essayist, journalist, and actor. ... Seanbaby (real name Sean Reiley) is an American writer best-known for his comedy website. ... Seanbaby (aka Sean Reiley) directs a cynical comedy website based in the United States. ... Vic and Sade creator Paul Rhymer Paul Mills Rhymer is a scriptwriter and humorist best known as the creator of radios long-run Vic and Sade series. ... Bill Richardson is a Canadian radio broadcaster and author. ... William Penn Adair Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Sedaris in 2005. ... Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991). ... A member of the National Speakers Association, Mr. ... Richard Sherman (“Mr. ... Herb Shriner (born Herbert Arthur Schiner on May 29, 1918 in Toledo, Ohio; died April 23, 1970 in Delray Beach, Florida) was an American humorist and television host. ... Wil Shriner (born December 6, 1953 New York, NY) is an acomplished actor, director & game show host. ... Max Shulman (March 14, 1919 – August 28, 1988) was an American writer who was popular in the third quarter of the 20th century. ... H. Allen Smith was an American humorist whose books were popular in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Ron Sparks is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer. ... This article is a biography of Howard Stern as an individual; for information regarding his radio show see The Howard Stern Show. ... William Tenn is the pseudonym for the science fiction work of Philip Klass (born May 9, 1920). ... James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894–November 2, 1961) was a U.S. humorist and cartoonist. ... Calvin Trillin (born Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. ... Yosef Tunkel (1881–August 9, 1949) was a Jewish-Belarusian-American writer of poetry and humorous prose in Yiddish commonly know by the pen name Der tunkeler or The dark one in Yiddish. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 — April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. ... Brian Unger is an American comedian who has guest starred on Reno 911 and occasionally hosts MSNBCs Countdown with Keith Olbermann. ... Orl Unho (born 1976) is a noted American playwright with a large cult following. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... Charles Farrar Browne, (April 23, 1834 _ March 6, 1867) was a United States humorous writer, best known under his nom de plume of Artemus Ward. ... Ellis Weiner is an author and humourist who has previously worked as an editor of National Lampoon and a columnist for Spy Magazine. ... Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899–October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, author, and noted prose stylist. ... P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) (IPA: ) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ...

See also

• Comedian