List of satirists and satires

Below is a list of writers, cartoonists and others known for their involvement in satire - humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Also included is a list of modern satires.

Early satirical authors

• Aesop (c. 620-560 BCE) - Fables
• Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BCE) The Frogs, The Birds, and The Clouds
• Gaius Lucilius (c. 180-103 BCE) - Books
• Horace (65-8 BCE) - Sermones
• Ovid (43 BCE to 17 CE) - The Art of Love
• Petronius (c. 27-66 CE) - Satyricon
• Juvenal (1st to early 2nd centuries CE) - Satires
• Lucian (c. 120-180 CE)
• Apuleius (c. 123-180 CE) - The Golden Ass
• Various Authors (9th century CE and later) - The Thousand and One Nights

Medieval, Early Modern and 18th Century satirists

• Obeid e zakani (?-1370) - Akhlaq al-Ashraf (Ethics of the Aristocracy)
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 to 1375) - The Decameron
• Chaucer (c. 1343 – 1400) - The Canterbury Tales
• Erasmus (1466 to 1536) - The Praise of Folly
• François Rabelais (c. 1493 to 1553) - Gargantua, Pantagruel
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547 to 1616) - Don Quixote
• Luis de Góngora (1561 to 1627)
• Francisco de Quevedo (1580 to 1645)
• Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana (1582 to 1622)
• Martin Marprelate (true identity unknown) - Marprelate Tracts
• Samuel Butler (1612-1680) - Hudibras
• Molière (1622 – 1673)
• John Dryden (1631-1700)
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
• Jonathan Swift (1667 to 1745) - Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal
• John Gay (1685-1732) - The Beggar's Opera
• Alexander Pope (1688 to 1744)
• Voltaire (1694-1778) - Candide
• James Bramston (1694 - 1744)
• William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) - Beer Street and Gin Lane
• Henry Fielding (1707 – 1754)
• Laurence Sterne (1713 to 1768) - Tristram Shandy
• James Beresford (1764 - 1840) - The Miseries of Human Life

Modern satirists (born 1800-1900)

• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - The Man That Was Used Up, A Predicament
• Charles Dickens (1812-1870) – Hard Times
• James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) – A Fable for Critics, The Biglow Papers
• George Derby AKA John P. Squibob, John Phoenix (1823–1861)
• Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
• Samuel "Erewhon" Butler (1835–1902)
• Mark Twain (1835-1910) - Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
• W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
• Thomas Nast (1840–1902)
• Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) - The Devil's Dictionary, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
• Anatole France (1844–1924)
• Eça de Queiroz (1845-1900)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
• Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859–1927)
• O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862–1910)
• Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1931) (Azerbaijani)
• H.H. Munro aka Saki (1870–1916)
• Alfred Jarry (1873-1907)
• Radoje Domanovic (1873-1908)
• Iraj Mirza (1874 - 1926)
• Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936)
• Will Rogers (1879–1935)
• James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
• Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (1879–1959)
• H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
• P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
• Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923)
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935)
• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) - The Master and Margarita
• Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) - Point Counter Point, Brave New World
• Josep Pla (1897-1981) - Nocturn de primavera, El carrer estret

Modern satirists (born 1900-1930)

• Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)
• George Orwell (1903-1950) - Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) (UK)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) - Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, "Cat's Cradle"
• Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) - Stand-up comedian
• Joseph Heller (1923-1999) - Catch-22
• Günter Grass (1927-) - The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse
• Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) - Dr. Strangelove
• Tom Lehrer (1928-) (US) That Was the Year That Was, musician
• Ray Bradbury (US)
• William Burroughs (US)
• Dario Fo (Italy)
• Flannery O'Connor (US)
• C. Northcote Parkinson (UK)
• Anna Russell (UK)
• Gore Vidal (US)
• Mel Brooks (US)
• Allan Sherman (1924-1973) (US) musician, parodist, television producer, voice actor
• Stan Freberg (1926-) (US) musician, parodist, voice actor

Modern satirists (born 1930-1960)

• Roger Abbott (Canada)
• Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) (Canada)
• Tom Wolfe (1931-) - The Bonfire of the Vanities
• Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) Illuminatus!
• Barry Humphries (1934-) "My Gorgeous Life", "The Life and Death of Sandy Stone", stage shows
• Alan Bennett (1934-) (UK)
• Cathy Jones (1955-) (Canada)
• Mary Walsh (1952-) (Canada)
• Dudley Moore (1935-2002) (UK)
• Woody Allen (1935-) (US)
• George Carlin(1937-2008) (stand-up comedian)
• Peter Cook (1937-1995) - British Satire boom, Beyond the Fringe
• Eleanor Bron (1938-) (UK)
• David Frost (1939) (UK)
• Frank Zappa (1940-1993) - We're Only In It For The Money
• Kioumars Saberi Foumani (1941-2004)
• Garrison Keillor (1942-) (US)
• Lewis Black (1948) - Stand up Comic, "Daily Show"
• Jonathan Meades (1947-) (UK) - writer, broadcaster, satirist
• Terry Pratchett (1948-) - The Discworld book series
• Garry Trudeau (1948-) (US)
• George Saunders
• Christopher Guest (1948-) (US) - "This is Spinal Tap", "Waiting for Guffman"
• Gary Larson (1950-) (US) - cartoonist
• Steve Bell (1951-)
• Al Franken (1951-) (US)
• Don Ferguson (Canada)
• Christopher Buckley (1952-) - Thank You for Smoking, The White House Mess
• Douglas Adams (1952-2001) (UK)
• Carl Hiaasen (1953-) - Tourist Season, Double Whammy, Basket Case, Skinny Dip
• Matt Groening (1954-) (US) The Simpsons, Futurama
• George C. Wolfe (1954-) - "The Colored Museum"
• Howard Stern (1954-) (US)
• Jonathan Miller (1954-) (UK)
• Ziad Rahbani (1956-) (Lebanon)
• David Sedaris (1956-) (US)
• Scott Adams (1957-) (US)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-) (US)
• Hugh Laurie (1959-) (UK)
• Stephen Fry (1957-) (UK)
• Wayne Federman (1957-) (US)
• Jello Biafra (1958-) - Dead Kennedys
• Ebrahim Nabavi (1958-), winner of Prince Claus Award (2005)
• Robert Zubrin (US)
• Craig Brown (UK)
• Dave Barry (1947-) - Pulitzer Prize winning humour columnist
• Luba Goy (Canada)
• Brian Padjen (The Yeetle Box)
• David Lodge (author)
• Roy Lacoursiere

Modern satirists (born 1960-present)

• Bo Burnham - Comedic Songwriter
• Bill Hicks (1961-1994) - stand-up comedian
• Bob Odenkirk (1962-) - Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show
• Jon Stewart (1962-) - The Daily Show
• Stephen Colbert (1964-) - The Colbert Report, The Daily Show
• Ann Coulter - Conservative political pundit and satirist
• David Cross (1964-) - Mr. Show, Arrested Development
• Chris Morris (1965-) - Brass Eye, The Day Today
• Michael "Atters" Attree (UK)
• Charlie Brooker - Nathan Barley
• Stoney Burke (US)
• Dave Chappelle (US)
• Bret Easton Ellis (1964-)
• Rick Mercer (1969-) - The Rick Mercer Report
• Greg Thomey (1961) (Canada)
• Jessica Holmes (Canada)
• Scott Dikkers (US)
• Sabina Guzzanti (Italy)
• Mike Judge (US)
• Craig Lauzon (Canada)
• Victor Lewis-Smith - TV Offal
• Daniele Luttazzi (Italy)
• Seth MacFarlane - Family Guy
• Aaron McGruder (US)
• Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (US)
• Little Marvin (US)
• Chris Morris (satirist) - Brass Eye, Nathan Barley
• The Moustache Brothers (Mandalay, Myanmar)
• Ebrahim Nabavi (Iran)
• Page the village idiot (b. 1966)
• Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
• Douglas Coupland - Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
• Alan Park (Canada)
• Trey Parker - South Park
• Kioumars Saberi Foumani (Iran)
• Mark A. Rayner (Canada)
• Amy Sedaris (US)
• Matt Stone - South Park
• Sarah Silverman (1970-) - The Sarah Silverman Program, The Aristocrats, The Larry Sanders Show
• Sacha Baron Cohen (1971-) - Borat, Da Ali G Show
• Jhonen Vasquez (1974-) Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Squee, etc.
• George Ouzounian (1978-) - Well known Internet author of The Best Page In The Universe
• Erik Larsen (1962 - present) "The Savage Dragon" comic book from Image Comics.
• Ian Hislop (1960-) - Private Eye
• Chris Lilley (1975-) - Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes, Big Bite
• Chris Taylor (1974-) - Member of The Chaser
• Craig Reucassel (1976-) - Member of The Chaser
• Julian Morrow (1975-) - Member of The Chaser
• Charles Firth (Present) - Member of The Chaser
• Chas Licciardello (1977-) - Member of The Chaser
• Andrew Hansen (1974-) - Member of The Chaser
• Dominic Knight (1977-) - Member of The Chaser
• Mark Morford (Present) - Notes and Errata, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Gate

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture

Print

• Le Canard enchaîné (weekly French satirical newspaper)
• The Second Supper (US Magazine)
• The Onion (US Magazine)
• Private Eye (UK magazine)
• Charlie Hebdo (weekly French satirical paper)
• The Tart (Fortnightly UK newspaper)
• The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
• Titanic (German Magazine)
• MAD Magazine (Juvenile satire magazine)

Television and radio

• The Simpsons (Matt Groening)
• Fiona Hudson Student Looking Hot
• Howard Stern (radio personality "The Howard Stern Show")
• Mad Men (Matthew Weiner)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (US Talk Show)
• The Colbert Report (US Talk Show)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show)
• South Park (Trey Parker, Jeremy Scanlon & Matt Stone)
• The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
• Facelift (New Zealand Political show)
• Spitting Image (UK TV show famous for its puppets)
• Yes Minister (also "Yes, Prime Minister" - UK TV show satirising government)
• Have I Got News For You - Long running UK TV panel show
• Nathan Barley - 2005 UK TV satire by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker.
• The Chaser's War On Everything - Australian satire with an emphasis on attacking 'everyone'.
• Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993 - 2007) (Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy)
• Air Farce Live (2007 - present) (Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Phil Hendrie (radio personality "The Phil Hendrie Show")

Music

• "Mercedes-Benz" a McClure-Joplin song sung by Janis Joplin
• Culturcide's album tacky souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America overdubbed new, satirical lyrics onto such pop hits as "We Are the World".
• Weird Al Yankovic is a satirical song-writer/singer/rapper
• Mark Russell American political satirist known for his many appearances on PBS
• John Austin's album If I Was A Latin King satirizes Mexican and Latin pop music and Christian dogma
• Peter Gabriel's song The Barry Williams Show satirizes talk shows which showcase domestic topics of a taboo or shocking nature (and the viewing public's fascination with such content).
• "Hatorado" a 2008 song written by Senor EEEEvans

Film

• Blazing Saddles (Warner Bros. 1974 Comedy movie directed by Mel Brooks, satirising racism.)
• Casino Royale (A 1967 surrealistic satire on the James Bond series and entire spy genre).
• This Is Spinal Tap (satire of heavy metal culture and "rockumentaries")
• Clueless
• Thank You for Smoking (film)
• Team America: World Police (2004 film satirizing Hollywood action flicks as well as post-9/11 American foreign policy)
• Wag the Dog
• The Rules of Attraction
• Best in Show
• I Heart Huckabees
• Scary Movie
• Dr. Strangelove (Satirical comedy relating war and sex)
• Planet of the Apes (1968) Gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees control a future version of earth in which humans are mute beasts; the ruling gorillas and orangutans reject evolutionary theory and the ability of the humans to think because they don't speak.
• The Great Dictator
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (a film satirizing censorship)
• Network
• Otaku no Video (1993 anime satirizing the otaku subculture)
• Adaptation.
• Brazil
• S.O.B. (satire on Hollywood)
• Election
• Not Another Teen Movie (a satire of the teen film genre)
• Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
• Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
• Citizen Ruth
• Pretty Persusasion
• The Hospital
• Weapons of Mass Distraction
• Little Children
• Bulworth
• Man Bites Dog
• The Simpsons Movie
• Smile
• Bob Roberts
• The Player
• War, Inc.
• Britannia Hospital
• Fight Club (film) (a dark satire on religion, life, and mental health)

Video games

• Fallout
• ''Fallout 2
• Crash: Mind over Mutant

Internet

• Free-Ass. Press
• BBspot
• Pat Condell
• Landover Baptist Church (US website satirizing Fundamentalist Christians)
• The Onion
• NewsBiscuit
• Maddox
• Smooth Operator
• ScrappleFace
• Uncyclopedia (satirical parody of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
• The Second Supper
• Jeremy Nell (South African cartoonist)
• MAVAV (satire of video game misconceptions and stereotypes)
• Encyclopedia Dramatica
• Adequacy.org

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