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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

Dave Barry

Dave Barry

American humorist and author

Robert Benchley

American actor and writer

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

American author

W.S. Gilbert

British playwright

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

American author

Will Rogers

Will Rogers

American humorist

portrait of Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield

Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield

English writer

Beerbohm, Sir Max

Max Beerbohm

British humorist

Stuart McLean

Canadian radio humorist

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John Arbuthnot

British mathematician and author

Jean Kerr

American author

Marquis, Don

Don Marquis

American writer

S.J. Perelman

American author

Adams, Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce Adams

American journalist

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian writer

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Stephen Leacock

Canadian author

Jerome K. Jerome, c. 1890.

Jerome K. Jerome

English writer

Field, Eugene

Eugene Field

American poet

Alexander Woollcott.

Alexander Woollcott

American author, critic, and actor