Humorist

This article is about a person who uses humor in writing or public speaking. For a person who believes in the four humors, see Humorism. For the horse, see Humorist (horse). For the magazine, see Der Humorist. For the film, see The Humorist.

Samuel Clemens, American humorist who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.

A humorist is an intellectual who uses irony or wit in writing and speaking. A raconteur is one who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

Henri Bergson writes that a humorist's work grows from viewing the morals of society.

The term comedian is generally applied to one who is performing to an audience for laughter.