Today in Humorist History
Comedy Topics: Cartoonist - Comedian
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 53 of 53
1612-02-07 - Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
1814-01-08 - Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist
1829-01-06 - Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author
1834-04-26 - Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
1854-10-20 - Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)
1866-02-09 - George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)
1867-07-10 - Finley Peter Dunne, US, journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley)
1869-12-30 - Stephen Leacock, Canada, economist/humorist/professor
1873-03-04 - Guy Wetmore Carryl, American humorist and poet (d. 1904)
1876-06-23 - Irvin S Cobb, Ky, writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest)
1879-11-04 - Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist
1884-08-23 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (d. 1949)
1889-09-15 - Robert Benchley, Worcester MA, humorist (My 10 Years in a Quandary)
1892-09-22 - Frank Sullivan, humorist (NYer Magazine)
1894-12-08 - James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)
1896-08-21 - Roark Bradford, writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)
1899-01-15 - Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman)
1900-02-01 - Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
1904-02-01 - S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
1906-12-19 - H Allen Smith, Ill, humorist/author (Low Man on Totem Pole)
1908-04-11 - Leo Rosten, writer/humourist
1908-06-12 - Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist
1908-10-22 - John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
1911-10-05 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
1911-12-28 - Sam Levenson, NYC, humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party)
1913-03-02 - Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist/writer (Pieter Bas)
1918-05-29 - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show)
1918-11-29 - Herb Shriner, Toledo Ohio, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show)
1922-11-09 - Raymond Devos, French humorist (d. 2006)
1925-02-22 - Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician
1925-08-14 - Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Va, columnist/humorist (NY Times)
1927-02-21 - Erma Bombeck, Dayton Ohio, humorist (Grass is Always Greener...)
1927-06-15 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978)
1929-07-26 - Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969)
1929-11-09 - Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (d. 2005)
1930-09-25 - Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author (d. 1999)
1935-07-31 - Yvon Deschamps, French-Canadian author and humorist
1936-01-05 - Florence King, American humorist
1939-05-09 - Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
1942-09-07 - Garrison Keillor, humorist (Praire Home Companion)
1944-08-30 - Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007)
1945-09-13 - Noël Godin, Belgian humorist
1947-07-03 - Dave Barry, American humorist and author
1947-12-10 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (d. 1980)
1952-04-02 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
1953-11-16 - Griff Rhys Jones, British humorist/actor (Morons From Outer Space)
1960-08-30 - Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer
1960-10-08 - François Pérusse, Quebec humorist
1961-07-23 - André Ducharme, Canadian (Québécois) humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author
1966-01-11 - Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
1966-04-24 - Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor
1972-11-18 - Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist
1974-11-17 - Berto Romero, Spanish humorist
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 25 of 25
1885-11-08 - Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71
1905-10-28 - Alphonse Allais, French humorist/writer (Le chat noir), dies
1945-11-21 - Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
1949-09-19 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
1959-09-28 - Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies
1961-11-02 - James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66
1966-04-01 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911)
1970-04-23 - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
1978-01-11 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
1979-10-17 - S J Perelman, US humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
1980-08-27 - Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68
1980-08-27 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (b. 1947)
1986-11-13 - Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (b. 1952)
1988-04-18 - Pierre Desproges, French humorist (b. 1939)
1989-01-31 - Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1990-10-12 - Max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies
1994-03-20 - Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
1996-04-22 - Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69
1997-02-19 - Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88
2001-09-05 - Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (b. 1914)
2003-07-22 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
2005-12-17 - Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (Sol) (b. 1929)
2006-06-15 - Raymond Devos, French humourist (b. 1922)
2007-01-17 - Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
2008-03-12 - Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (b. 1949)
