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Humorist - Notable Birthdays
Humorist - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1612-02-07 |
Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) |
1809-03-31 |
Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General) |
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 and actor (Judge Priest), (d. 1935) |
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) |
1908-06-12 |
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...) |
1928-06-21 |
Mona Baptiste, Humorist müßte man sein |
1929-07-26 |
Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969) |
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 |
Humorist - Notable Deaths
Humorist - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1885-11-08 |
Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71 |
1905-10-28 |
Alphonse Allais, French humorist/writer (Le chat noir), dies |
1935-08-15 |
Will Rogers, humorist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55 |
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) |
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 |
1993-06-25 |
Mona Baptiste, Humorist müßte man sein |
1994-03-20 |
Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946) |
1996-04-22 |
Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69 |
2001-09-05 |
Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (b. 1914) |
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) |
2010-05-04 |
Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, Croatian humorist and entertainer (b. 1943) |
