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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.

Notable humorists include:

• Al Capp (Li'l Abner)
• Al Clouston
• Alan Coren
• Ambrose Bierce
• Andy Borowitz
• Andy Offutt Irwin
• Anne Roumanoff
• Art Buchwald
• Artemus Ward
• Aziz Nesin
• Baba Ali
• Bill Richardson
• Bill Watterson
• Bob & Ray
• Bolesław Prus
• Brian Unger The Unger Report
• Bruce McCall
• Arthur "Bugs" Baer
• Calvin Trillin
• Cecil Adams (The Straight Dope)
• Chelsea Handler
• Chris Kanik
• Christian Lander
• Christopher Buckley
• Dave Barry
• David Rakoff
• David Sedaris
• Demetri Martin
• Dick DeBartolo
• Don Herold
• Don Marquis
• Dorothy Parker
• Doug Kenney
• Dr. Seuss
• Drew
• E.B. White
• Ebrahim Nabavi
• Ellis Weiner
• Eric Nicol
• Erma Bombeck
• Evan Esar
• Fran Lebowitz
• Frank Zappa
• Gad Elmaleh
• Garrison Keillor
• Gary Lautens
• George Ade
• George S. Kaufman
• George Saunders
• Guy Wetmore Carryl
• H. Allen Smith
• H. L. Mencken
• Harmon Leon
• Harvey Kurtzman
• Helen Rowland
• Henry Alford
• Herb Shriner
• Hugh Laurie
• Hugleikur Dagsson
• Ian Frazier
• Ivor Cutler
• Jack Handey
• James Finn Garner
• James Thurber
• Janey Godley
• Jerome K. Jerome
• Joe Queenan
• John Bingham Morton (pen name: Beachcomber)
• John Hodgman
• Josh Billings
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Lennie Lower
• Lewis Burke Frumkes
• Lewis Grizzard
• Linwood Barclay
• Mark Shulman
• Mark Twain
• Martin Lewis
• Max Shulman
• Merrill Markoe
• Michael "Atters" Attree
• Michael Gerber
• Nick Teplitz
• Nicolas Canteloup
• Ogden Nash
• Oscar Wilde
• P. G. Wodehouse
• P. J. O'Rourke
• Patrick F. McManus
• Paul B. Lowney
• Paul Rhymer
• Paul Rudnick
• Petroleum V. Nasby
• Raffaele Palma
• Raymond Devos
• Richard J. Needham
• Ring Lardner
• Robert Benchley
• Robert Grossman
• Roberta Beach Jacobson
• Roger Price
• Ron Sparks
• Roy Blount, Jr.
• Russell Baker
• S. J. Perelman
• Sarah Vowell
• Scott Adams (Dilbert)
• Scott Fivelson
• Sholom Aleichem
• Stefano Benni
• Stephen Colbert
• Stephen Fry
• Stephen Leacock
• Strickland Gillilan
• Stuart McLean
• Tim Sample
• Tom Sharpe
• Veronica Geng
• Victor Borge
• W. Bruce Cameron
• Walt Kelly (Pogo)
• Wil Shriner
• Will Cuppy
• Will Ferguson
• Will Rogers
• William Combe
• William Tenn
• Woody Allen

[edit] See also

• Comedian
• Humour