Famous Humorists

• Kenney, Douglas

  Co-founder of National Lampoon

• Lear, Edward

  The author of The Owl and the Pussycat

• Lehrer, Tom

  Composer of the satirical tune "The Vatican Rag"

• Peck, George W.

  Author of the "Peck's Bad Boy" stories

• Perelman, S.J.

  Humorist for The New Yorker and Marx Bros. writer

• Rogers, Will

  Rope-tricking humorist who never met a man he didn't like

• Sedaris, David

  Author of the essay collection Me Talk Pretty One Day

• Twain, Mark

  The author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

• Yankovic, Weird Al

  Singer of "I Lost on Jeopardy" and other parody tunes

See: Index by Occupation