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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George S. Kaufman | George Simon Kaufman | 1889 | 1961 | American | playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman |
| Leo Rosten | Leo Calvin Rosten | 1908 | 1997 | American | humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten |
| Kinky Friedman | Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman | 1944 | n/a | American | singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of American popular satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Friedman |
| Robert Smigel | Robert Smigel | 1960 | n/a | American | actor, voice actor, comedian, humorist, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smigel |
| Art Buchwald | Arthur Buchwald | 1925 | 2007 | American | humorist best known for his column in The Washington Post | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Buchwald |
| Al Capp | Alfred Gerald Caplin | 1909 | 1979 | American | cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capp |
| Herb Caen | Herbert Eugene Caen | 1916 | 1997 | null | San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love letter to San Francisco""The 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Special Awards and Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Caen |
| Andrew Levy | Andrew "Andy" Levy | null | null | American | commentator and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Levy |
| Kev Adams | Kev Adams or Kev' Adams | 1991 | n/a | French | comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Adams |
| Peter Sagal | Peter Daniel Sagal | 1965 | n/a | American | humorist, writer, and host of the National Public Radio game show Wait Wait | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagal |
| Abe Burrows | Abe Burrows | 1910 | 1985 | American | humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Burrows |
| Calvin Trillin | Calvin Marshall Trillin | 1935 | n/a | American | journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Trillin |
| Ivor Cutler | Ivor Cutler | 1923 | 2006 | Scottish | poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Cutler |
| S. J. Perelman | Sidney Joseph "S.J." Perelman | 1904 | 1979 | American | humorist and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._J._Perelman |
| Jake Turx | Abraham Jacob Terkeltaub | null | null | American | journalist and humorist who writes under the pen name Turx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Turx |
| Dominique Farrugia | Dominique Farrugia | 1962 | n/a | French | actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist and comedian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Farrugia |
| Martin Lewis (humorist) | Martin Neil Lewis | 1952 | n/a | null | US-based English humorist, writer, radio/TV host, producer, and marketing strategist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lewis_(humorist) |
| Simon Rich | Simon Rich | 1984 | n/a | American | humorist, novelist, and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Rich |
| Max Shulman | Maximilian Shulman | 1919 | 1988 | American | writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Shulman |
| David Kalisch | David Kalisch | 1820 | 1872 | German | playwright and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kalisch |
| Goodman Ace | Goodman Ace | 1899 | 1982 | American | humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodman_Ace |
| Jonathan Goldstein (author) | Jonathan Goldstein | 1969 | n/a | American | author, humorist and radio producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goldstein_(author) |
| Marshall Efron | Marshall Efron | 1938 | 2019 | American | actor and humorist originally known for his work on the listener-sponsored Pacifica radio stations WBAI New York and KPFK Los Angeles, and later for the PBS television show The Great American Dream Machine (the original showcase of Chevy Chase) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Efron |
| Fritz Spiegl | Fritz Spiegl | 1926 | 2003 | Austrian | musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in Britain from 1939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Spiegl |
| Vanessa Davis | Vanessa Davis | null | null | American | illustrator, humorist, and cartoonist of alternative comic books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Davis |
| Klara Novikova | Klara Borisovna Novikova | null | null | Soviet | pop artist, humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Novikova |
| Marvin Kitman | Marvin Kitman | 1929 | n/a | American | television critic, humorist, and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Kitman |
| Sam Levenson | Samuel Levenson | 1911 | 1980 | American | humorist, writer, teacher, television host, and journalist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Levenson |
| Dan Greenburg | Dan Greenburg | 1936 | n/a | American | writer, humorist, and journalist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Greenburg |
| Arthur Kober | Arthur Kober | 1900 | 1975 | American | humorist, author, press agent, and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kober |
| George Mikes | George Mikes | 1912 | 1987 | Hungarian | journalist, humorist and writer, best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikes |
| George Kirgo | George Kirgo | 1926 | 2004 | American | screenwriter, author and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kirgo |
| Karel Poláček | Karel Poláček | 1892 | 1945 | Czech | writer, humorist and journalist of Jewish descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Poláček |
| Randy Cohen | Randy Cohen | null | null | American | writer and humorist known as the author of The Ethicist column in The New York Times Magazine between 1999 and 2011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Cohen |
| Joyce Wadler | Joyce Judith Wadler | 1948 | n/a | null | journalist and reporter for The New York Times, as well as a writer and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Wadler |
| Jorge Guinzburg | Jorge Ariel Guinzburg | 1949 | 2008 | Argentine | journalist, theatrical producer, humorist, and TV and radio host | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Guinzburg |
| Efim Shifrin | Efim (Yefim | 1956 | n/a | Soviet | actor, humorist, singer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efim_Shifrin |
| Bussunda | Cláudio Besserman Vianna | 1962 | 2006 | Brazilian | humorist and TV comedian, member of the Casseta & Planeta troupe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussunda |
| Cilibi Moise | Cilibi Moise or Cilibi Moisi | 1812 | 1870 | Moldavian | Wallachian and Romanian peddler, humorist, aphorist, and raconteur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilibi_Moise |
| Morley Torgov | Morley Torgov | 1927 | n/a | Canadian | novelist, humorist and lawyer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_Torgov |
| Alice Kahn | Alice Joyce Kahn | 1943 | n/a | American | nurse practitioner and humorist who popularized the slang word "yuppie", describing young urban professionals, and also the term "Gourmet Ghetto", naming an influential retail neighborhood of Berkeley, California | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Kahn |
| Jacob Sager Weinstein | Jacob Sager Weinstein | 1972 | n/a | American | author, humorist, comedy writer, and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Sager_Weinstein |
| Ary Abittan | Ary Abittan | 1974 | n/a | French | actor and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ary_Abittan |
| Barbu Nemțeanu | Barbu Nemțeanu | 1887 | 2013 | Romanian | poet, humorist and translator, active on the modernist wing of the Romanian Symbolist movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbu_Nemțeanu |
| Christina Oxenberg | Christina Oxenberg | 1962 | n/a | Serbian | writer, humorist, and fashion designer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Oxenberg |
| Emily Levine | Emily Levine | 1944 | 2019 | American | humorist, writer, actress and public speaker who lectured on science and the human condition | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Levine |
| Nathan Ausubel | Nathan Ausubel | 1898 | 1986 | American | historian, folklorist and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Ausubel |
| Marty Beckerman | Marty Beckerman | null | null | American | journalist, humorist, and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Beckerman |
| Paul B. Lowney | Paul Benjamin Lowney | 1917 | 2007 | null | Seattle-based author and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_B._Lowney |
| Julia Gorin | Julia Gorin | null | null | American | conservative writer, journalist, humorist, and political commentator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gorin |
| Herbert Tarr | Herbert Tarr | 1929 | 1993 | American | Reform rabbi who left his pulpit to become a novelist and humorist, believing he could reach more people that way because "religion is basically out of touch with people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Tarr |
| Tivadar Farkasházy | Tivadar Farkasházy | 1945 | n/a | Hungarian | humorist, author, and journalist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivadar_Farkasházy |
| Mark Katz (speechwriter) | Mark Katz | 1963 | n/a | American | humorist, speechwriter, author, and humor consultant to politicians, executives and media personalities | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Katz_(speechwriter) |
| Franz Mittler | Franz Mittler | 1893 | 1970 | Austrian | composer, musician, and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Mittler |
| David Apotheker | David Apotheker | 1855 | 1911 | Lithuanian | Yiddish and Hebrew humorist, poet, journalist, and printer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Apotheker |
| Jacob Adler (writer) | Jacob Adler | 1874 | 1974 | Galician | Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Adler_(writer) |
| Devorah Blachor | Devorah Blachor | null | null | American | writer, journalist, humorist and essayist who was born in New York | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devorah_Blachor |
| Emil Cohen (comedian) | Emil Cohen | 1911 | 2000 | American | comedian, humorist and entertainer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Cohen_(comedian) |
| Jan Bart | Jan Bart | 1919 | 1971 | null | prominent Jewish-American lyric tenor, humorist and raconteur who bridged the gap between the wonderfully rich music of European Jewry and American musical tastes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bart |