(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
(1938 – 2007) British writer
(1956 – ) American comedian
(1926 – ) newspaper columnist