(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
(1876 – 1933) screenwriter
(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
(1824 – 1895) French writer
(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher
(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor
(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer
(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
(1741 – 1794) French writer