American humorists
A
A. J. Jacobs
Aaron Karo
Alan King (comedian)
Alonzo Delano
Ana Marie Cox
Anastasia M. Ashman
Andy Borowitz
Andy Offutt Irwin
Andy Rooney
Art Buchwald
Augusten Burroughs
Ayun Halliday
B
Bill Bryson
Bill Geist
Bruce M. Bailey
C
Calvin Trillin
Carl Hiaasen
Charles Frederick Briggs
Charles Godfrey Leland
Christopher Moore (author)
Chuck Klosterman
Cleolinda Jones
D
Dave Barry
Dave Eggers
David Rakoff
David Ross Locke
David Sedaris
Dawn Powell
Dorothy Parker
Douglas Kenney
E
Ed Wynn
Edgar Wilson Nye
Ellis Parker Butler
Erma Bombeck
Eugene Field
F
Finley Peter Dunne
Florence King
Fran Lebowitz
G
Gene Weingarten
George Ade
George Carlin
George Helgesen Fitch
George S. Kaufman
H
Harry Oliver
Harvey Kurtzman
Henny Backus
I
Isaac Asimov
J
Jack Handey
Jacob Sager Weinstein
James Thurber
Jeff Burk
John Dimes
John Hodgman
John Reed (novelist)
John S. Hall
Johnny Hardwick
Jonathan Goldstein (author)
Jules Feiffer
Justin Wilson (chef)
K
Kinky Friedman
L
Lewis Grizzard
M
Mac Hyman
Mark Twain
Mary Petty
Max Brooks
Michael O'Donoghue
O
Ogden Nash
P
Peter De Vries
R
Ring Lardner
Robert Benchley
Robert Jones Burdette
Roger Welsch
Rube Goldberg
Ryan Zeinert
S
S. G. Browne
S. J. Perelman
Scott Adams
Seth Grahame-Smith
Stan Freberg
Stephen Lynch (musician)
Steven Wright
W
Wendell E. Dunn, Jr.
Will Cuppy
Will Rogers