Art Buchwald

Art Buchwald

male, deceased (2007)
American military personnel of World War II, Tisbury, eulogies, Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winner, eulogy, Death from renal failure…Humorist
Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 - January 17 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column that he wrote in "The...
Erma Bombeck

Erma Bombeck

female, deceased (1996) (San Francisco, California, United States)
columnist, journalist, American, from Arizona, University of Dayton, Sitcom…Humorist
Erma Louise Bombeck, born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home...
Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin

male, 74 years old
Jewish person, University of Georgia, Humorist, American, Food writer, From Kansas City
Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin (born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is best known...
Don Imus

Don Imus

male, 69 years old
imus in the morning, Radio personality, nappy-headed hos!, John Donald "Don" Imus, Jr, WFAN, shock jock…Humorist
John Donald "Don" Imus, Jr. (born March 11, 1940) is a controversial American humorist, writer, radio and television talk show host in the mold of...
John Hodgman

John Hodgman

male, 38 years old
pc, The Daily Show correspondents, Get a Mac, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Yale University, wired…Humorist
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 1971) is an American author and humorist who is best known for his personification of a PC in Apple's "Get a Mac"...
Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

male, deceased (1945)
Harvard University, How to Sleep, 1935 Academy Awards, The Algonquin Round Table, Vaudeville performer, foreign correspondent…Humorist
Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at the...
A.J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs

male, 41 years old
Jewish person, agnostic, American, Member of Mensa, bible, Encyclopædia Britannica…Humorist
Arnold Stephen Jacobs, Jr., commonly called A.J. Jacobs is an American journalist and author. Jacobs was born in New York City to lawyer Arnold...
E. B. White

E. B. White

male, deceased (1985)
Cornell University alumni, the elements of style, World federalist, style guide, from Maine, Essayist…Humorist
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11 1899, Mount Vernon, New York - October 1 1985, North Brooklin, Maine) was a leading American essayist, author,...
Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

female, deceased (1967)
Algonquin Round Table, From Manhattan, death by myocardial infarction, from Long Branch, New Jersey, Women poet, from New York City…Humorist
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...
Josh Billings

Josh Billings

male, deceased (1885)
writer, Miner, journalist, coal, farmer, Humorist
Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April, 1818 - 14 October, 1885). He was perhaps the second most famous humor...