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– humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires.

Early satirical authors

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(c. 620–560 BCE,

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Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Slavery in ancient Greece, slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 Before the Common Era, BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stor ...

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Diogenes Diogenes the Cynic, also known as Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy), Cynicism. Renowned for his ascetic lifestyle, biting wit, and radical critique ...

(c. 412–600 BCE, Ancient Greece) * Aristophanes (c. 448–380 BCE, Ancient Greece) – '' The Frogs'', '' The Birds'', and '' The Clouds'' * Gaius Lucilius (c. 180–103 BCE,

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Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), Suetonius, Life of Horace commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). Th ...

(65–8 BCE, Roman Republic) – '' Satires'' * Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE, Roman Republic/

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...

) – '' The Art of Love'' *

Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( ; AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca ...

(c. 4 BCE – 65 CE,

Hispania Hispania was the Ancient Rome, Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two Roman province, provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. During the Principate, Hispania Ulterior was divide ...

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) – '' Apocolocyntosis'' * Persius (34–62 CE, Roman Empire) * Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Roman Empire) – '' Satyricon'' *

Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ; 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the '' Satires'', a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people f ...

(1st to early 2nd cc. CE, Roman Empire) – '' Satires'' * Lucian (c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire) *

Apuleius Apuleius ( ), also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (c. 124 – after 170), was a Numidians, Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He was born in the Roman Empire, Roman Numidia (Roman province), province ...

(c. 123–180 CE, Roman Empire) – ''

The Golden Ass The ''Metamorphoses'' of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as ''The Golden Ass'' (Latin: ''Asinus aureus''), is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is Lucius. At the end of ...

'' *''Various authors'' (9th century CE and later) – '' One Thousand and One Nights, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ''

Medieval, early modern and 18th-century satirists

* Godfrey of Winchester (died 1107,

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

) * Ubayd Zakani (عبید زاکانی, died 1370,

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) – ''Akhlaq al-Ashraf (Ethics of the Aristocracy)'' * Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375,

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

) – '' The Decameron'' * James Bramston (1694–1743, England) – satirical poet *

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer ( ; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He w ...

(c. 1343–1400, England) – '' The Canterbury Tales'' * Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1458 – 1521, Strasbourg) – '' Das Narrenschiff'' '' (Ship of Fools)'' * Gil Vicente (c. 1465–1536,

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

) * Erasmus (1466–1536, Burgundian Netherlands/

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

) – '' The Praise of Folly'' * François Rabelais (c. 1493–1553,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

) – '' Gargantua and Pantagruel'' *''Various authors'' (16th century CE and later, Italy) – '' Talking statues of Rome'' *

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

(1547–1616,

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

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Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

'' * Luis de Góngora (1561–1627, Spain) *

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

(1564–1616, England) – ''

Sonnet 130 Sonnet 130 is a sonnet by William Shakespeare, published in 1609 as one of his Shakespeare's sonnets, 154 sonnets. It mocks the conventions of the showy and flowery courtly sonnets in its realistic portrayal of Dark Lady (Shakespeare), his mistre ...

'' * Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645, Spain) * Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana (1582–1622, Spain) * Martin Marprelate (true identity unknown, fl. 1588–1589, England) – '' Marprelate tracts'' * Samuel Butler (1612–1680, England) – '' Hudibras'' *

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

(1622–1673, France) – ''Le Malade imaginaire'' * Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, England) * John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680, England) *

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...

(1667–1745,

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

/England) – '' Gulliver's Travels'', '' A Modest Proposal'', ''

A Tale of a Tub ''A Tale of a Tub'' was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704. The ''Tale'' is a prose parody divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representin ...

'' * Alicia D'Anvers ée Clarke(baptised 1668 – 1725, England) – ''Academia, or, The Humours of the University of Oxford'', 1691; ''The Oxford-Act'', 1693 * John Gay (1685–1732, England) – '' The Beggar's Opera'' *

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early ...

(1688–1744, England) *

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

(1694–1778, France) – ''

Candide ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The ...

'' * James Bramston (1694–1744, England) * William Hogarth (1697–1764, England) – '' Beer Street and Gin Lane'' * Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1742, England) * David Raphael ben Abraham Polido () * Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England) * Laurence Sterne (1713–1768, Ireland/England) – '' The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' * James Beresford (1764–1840, England) – '' The Miseries of Human Life'' * Ivan Krylov (1769–1844,

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

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Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...

(1775–1817, England) – ' * Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, England) – '' Nightmare Abbey'', ''Crochet Castle'' * Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820, Ireland) – ''The Heroine'' * Charles Etienne Boniface (1787–1853, France/

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

) – ''De Nieuwe Ridderorde of De Temperantisten'' (in Dutch, ''The New Knighthood or the Temperance Societies'') * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli – (1791–1863, Italy) *

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and Political philosophy, political philosopher.#britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the m ...

- (1706-1790, US) - ''Silence Dogood Letters'', ''On Titles of Honor'', ''The Busy-Body Letters'', ''A Witch Trial at Mount Holly'', '' Poor Richard's Almanack'', ''

Join, or Die ''Join, or Die.'' is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies, originally in the context of the French and Indian War in 1754. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the original publication by ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'' ...

'', ''Felons and Rattlesnakes'', '' The Speech of Polly Baker'', ''On the Slave-Trade''

Modern satirists (born 1800–1900)

* Evan Bevan (1803–1866,

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

) – satirical poetry in Welsh * Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852, Russia) – '' The Government Inspector'', '' Dead Souls'' *

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...

(1809–1849, US) – '' The Man That Was Used Up'', '' A Predicament, Never Bet the Devil Your Head'' * William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England) – '' Vanity Fair'' *

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

(1812–1870, England) – '' Hard Times'', ''

A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long impr ...

'' * Eugène Edine Pottier (1816–1887, France) * James Russell Lowell (1819–1891, US) – '' A Fable for Critics'' * George Derby, also known as John P. Squibob and John Phoenix (1823–1861, US) * Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889, Russia) * Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, England) – '' Alice in Wonderland'', '' Through the Looking Glass'' * Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England) – '' Erewhon'' *

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...

(1835–1910, US) – '' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'' * W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, England) * Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884,

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

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Thomas Nast Thomas Nast (; ; September 26, 1840December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a sharp critic of William M. Tweed, "Boss" Tweed and the T ...

(1840–1902, US) * Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914, US) – '' The Devil's Dictionary'' * Anatole France (1844–1924, France) * José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845–1900,

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Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...

(1854–1900, Ireland/England) – '' The Importance of Being Earnest'' *

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

(1856–1950, England) * Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927, England) – '' Three Men in a Boat, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow'' *

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

(1860–1904, Russia) – '' The Lady with the Dog'' * O. Henry (1862–1910, US) short story writer known for surprise endings, namesake of the O. Henry Award * Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1931,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

) * Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1868–1938,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, writing in Assamese) * Saki, also known as H. H. Munro (1870–1916, England) * Trilussa (1873–1950, Italy) * Alfred Jarry (1873–1907, France) – ''Ubu Roi'' * Radoje Domanović (1873–1908,

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

) * Iraj Mirza (ایرج میرزا, 1874–1926,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) * Karl Kraus (1874–1936,

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

) * Will Rogers (1879–1935, US) * James Branch Cabell (1879–1958, US) * Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (علی‌اکبر دهخدا, 1879–1959, Iran) * H. L. Mencken (1880–1956, US) – cultural critic and author * Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925, Russia) * P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975, England/US) * Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957, England) * Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923,

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

) – '' The Good Soldier Švejk'' * Oscar Cesare (1885–1948,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

(1889-1977, England) – '' Modern Times'', '' The Great Dictator'', '' Monsieur Verdoux'' * Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935,

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

) * Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

) – '' Heart of a Dog'', ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow (magazine), Moscow'' magazine in ...

'' * Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US) satirical writer of humorous short stories, poetry and book reviews *

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, Russian Revolution, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Ru ...

(1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union) *

Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction novel, non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the ...

(1894–1963) – '' Point Counter Point'', '' Brave New World'' * James Thurber (1894-1961, US) – "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" * Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894–1958, Soviet Union) * Josep Pla (1897–1981, Spain nowiki/>Catalonia">Catalonia.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Catalonia">nowiki/>Catalonia *Ilf and Petrov: Ilya Ilf (1897–1937, Soviet Union) and Yevgeny Petrov (writer), Yevgeni Petrov (1903–1942, Soviet Union) – ''The Twelve Chairs'', ''The Little Golden Calf'' *Yury Olesha (1899–1960, Soviet Union) – '' Three Fat Men, Envy''

Modern satirists (born 1900–1930)

* Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, England) – author of comic novel '' Cold Comfort Farm'' * Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966, England) – '' Brideshead Revisited'', '' Decline and Fall'', '' Scoop'' *

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

(1903–1950, England) – '' Animal Farm'', '' Nineteen Eighty-Four'' * Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England) * Dr. Seuss (1904–1991, US) – '' The Lorax'' (1971), '' The Butter Battle Book'' (1984) * Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Germany) * Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Russia/USSR) * H. F. Ellis (1907–2000, England) – ''The Papers of A. J. Wentworth, B.A.'', 1949 * Jean Effel (1908–1982, France) – cartoonist, author of the cartoon cycle ''The Creation of the World'' * Natyaguru Nurul Momen (1908-1990,

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

) - pioneer satirist & playwright, author of ''We are Brothers All'', ''Lest we Forget'', ''Forbidden Pleasures'', ''Bahurupa'', ''Is Law an Ass'' etc. * Al Capp (1909–1979, US) * Arkady Raikin (1911–1987, Russia/USSR) – stand-up comedian * Aubrey Menen (1912–1989, Britain, India) – satirist, novelist and philosopher * Walt Kelly (1913–1973, US) * Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England) – '' A Clockwork Orange'' * Warrington Colescott (1921–2018, US) *

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut ( ; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his Satire, satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfict ...

(1922–2007, US) – '' Slaughterhouse-Five'', '' Breakfast of Champions'', '' Cat's Cradle'' * Lenny Bruce (1925–1966, US) – stand-up comedian * Joseph Heller (1923–1999, US) – '' Catch-22'' * Art Buchwald (1924–2007) – political humor column in

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

* Terry Southern (1924–1995, US) – '' The Magic Christian'', '' Dr. Strangelove'' * Günter Grass (1927–2015, Germany) – '' The Tin Drum'', '' Cat and Mouse'' * Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999, US) – '' Dr. Strangelove'' *

Harvey Kurtzman Harvey Kurtzman (; October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book ''Mad (magazine), Mad'' from 1952 until 1956, and writing the ...

(1924–1993, US) * Tom Lehrer (born 1928, US) – '' That Was the Year That Was'' *

Jules Feiffer Jules Ralph Feiffer ( ; January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Pulitzer Prize for Editori ...

(1929, US) – satirical cartoonist who wrote the original play and screenplay for '' Little Murders'' * Ray Bradbury (US) * William S. Burroughs (US) – '' Naked Lunch'' * Dario Fo (Italy) * Flannery O'Connor (US) * C. Northcote Parkinson (England) * Anna Russell (England/

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

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Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( ; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the Social norm, social and sexual ...

(US) – '' Myra Breckinridge'' *

Mel Brooks Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodie ...

(US) – '' The Producers'', '' Blazing Saddles'', '' Young Frankenstein'' * Erma Bombeck (1927, US) * Allan Sherman (1924–1973, US) – musician, parodist, television producer, voice actor * Stan Freberg (1926, US) – musician, parodist, voice actor * Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966, Ireland) – '' At Swim-Two-Birds'' (as Flann O'Brien) * Ephraim Kishon (1924,

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

) * Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) (US) – comedian, screenwriter, director

Contemporary satirists (born 1930–1960)

* Joey Skaggs (born 1945, US) - artist and media satirist * Mordecai Richler (1931–2001, Canada) *

Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)Some sources say 1931; ''The New York Times'' and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and was an American author and journalist widely ...

(born 1931, US) – '' The Bonfire of the Vanities'' * Vladimir Voinovich (born 1932, Soviet Union/Russia) – '' The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin'', '' Moscow 2042'' * Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007, US) – '' The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' * Barry Humphries (1934–2023,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

) – ''My Gorgeous Life'', ''The Life and Death of Sandy Stone'', stage shows * Jonathan Miller (1934–2019, England) * Alan Bennett (born 1934, England) * Mykhailo Zhvanetskyi (born 1934, Soviet Union/Russia) * Dudley Moore (1935–2002, England) * David Lodge (born 1935, US) – author of "Campus Trilogy" *

Woody Allen Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...

(born 1935, US) * Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US) – '' V.'', '' The Crying of Lot 49'', '' Gravity's Rainbow'' * Richard Ingrams (born 1937, England) * John Kennedy O'Toole (born 1937, US) *

George Carlin George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of countercultur ...

(1937–2008, US) – stand-up comedian * Peter Cook (1937–1995, England) – of the Satire boom, '' Beyond the Fringe'' * Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England) * David Frost (1939–2013, England) * Grigori Gorin (1940–2000, Soviet Union/Russia) *

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...

(1940–1993, US) – '' We're Only in It for the Money'', '' Cruising with Ruben and the Jets'' * Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990, Soviet Union/Russia) * Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی, 1941–2004, Iran) * Randy Newman (born 1943, US) - Sail Away, Good Old Boys * Neil Innes (1944–2019, England) – former Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band founder and member of The Rutles. Writer of satirical songs and books * Gennady Khazanov (born 1945, Soviet Union/Russia) – stand-up comedian * Luba Goy (born 1945, Canada) * Roger Abbott (born 1946, Canada) – sketch comedian. * Lewis Grizzard (born 1946, US) * Sue Townsend (1946–2014, England) – Adrian Mole * Don Ferguson (born 1946, Canada) * Jonathan Meades (born 1947, England) – writer, broadcaster and satirist * P.J. O'Rourke (1947-2022, US) *

Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and Satire, satirist, best known for the ''Discworld'' series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the Apocalyp ...

(1948–2015) – humorist and fantasy novelist, The '' Discworld'' book series * Lewis Black (born 1948, US) – stand-up comic, '' The Daily Show'' * Mikhail Zadornov (born 1948, Soviet Union/Russia) * Garry Trudeau (born 1948, US) * Jaafar Abbas (living,

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

) * Christopher Guest (born 1948, US) – '' This Is Spinal Tap'', '' Waiting for Guffman'' * Georg Schramm (born 1949, Germany) – '' Scheibenwischer'', '' Neues aus der Anstalt'', kabarett artist *

Gary Larson Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created ''The Far Side'', a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended on January 1, 1995, ...

(born 1950, US) – cartoonist * Fran Lebowitz (born 1950, US) – The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Public Speaking (film) – NYC public intellectual * Bailey White (born 1950, US) * Joe Queenan (born 1950, US) * Steve Bell (born 1951, England) * Bill Bryson (born 1951, US) * Al Franken (born 1951, US) * Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England) – ''

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' is a Science fiction comedy, comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series), radio sitcom broadcast over two series on BBC ...

'' * Mary Walsh (born 1952, Canada) * Phil Hendrie (born 1952, US) – radio host of '' The Phil Hendrie Show'' * Robert Zubrin (born 1952, US) * Christopher Buckley (born 1952) – '' Thank You for Smoking'', ''The White House Mess'' * Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – '' Tourist Season'', '' Double Whammy'', '' Basket Case'', '' Skinny Dip'' * Stoney Burke (born 1953, US) * Louis de Bernières (born 1954, UK) – Latin America Trilogy: '' The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts'', '' Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord'', '' The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman'' *

Matt Groening Matthew Abram Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), ''Futurama'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2 ...

(born 1954, US) – ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life ...

'', '' Futurama'' * George C. Wolfe (born 1954, US) – ''The Colored Museum'' * Howard Stern (born 1954, US) * Jaspal Bhatti (1955–2012, India) * Cathy Jones (born 1955, Canada) * Bill Maher (born 1956, US) – '' Real Time with Bill Maher'' * Percival Everett (born 1956, US) * Ziad Rahbani (زياد الرحباني, born 1956,

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

) * David Sedaris (born 1956, US) – '' Naked'', '' Me Talk Pretty One Day'' * Craig Brown (born 1957, UK) * Scott Adams (born 1957, US) – '' Dilbert'' *

Stephen Fry Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in ''A Bit of ...

(born 1957, England) * Christopher Moore (born 1957, US) * Victor Shenderovich (born 1958, Russia) * Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبوی, born 1958, Iran), winner of Prince Claus Award (2005) * Bill Watterson (born 1958, US) – cartoonist, '' Calvin and Hobbes'' * Jello Biafra (born 1958, US) * George Saunders (born 1958, US) – author of CivilWarLand In Bad Decline, Tenth of December and Lincoln in the Bardo. * Wayne Federman (born 1959, US) *

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing Comedy music, comedy songs that often Parody music, parody specific songs by contempo ...

(born 1959, US) * Hugh Laurie (born 1959, England) * Jeffrey Morgan (living, Canada) – CREEM, Metro Times * Denis Leary (born 1957, US)

Contemporary satirists (born 1960–present)

In alphabetical order (many birth dates not known): * Jacob M. Appel (US, born 1973) – playwright ('' Causa Mortis'', '' Arborophilia'') * Michael "Atters" Attree (born 1965, UK) * Max Barry (born 1973, Australia) – author * Paul Beatty (born 1962, US) – ('' The White Boy Shuffle'', '' The Sellout'') *Nigel Blackwell (living, UK) – ''

Half Man Half Biscuit Half Man Half Biscuit are an English rock band, formed in 1984 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Known for their satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs, the band comprises lead singer and guitarist Nigel Blackwell, bassist and singer Neil Cr ...

'' *

Jan Böhmermann Jan Böhmermann () (born 23 February 1981) is a German Satire, satirist, journalist, podcast and television host. He also worked as a writer, producer, radio host, and is best known for his activism through publicity stunts. Early life and edu ...

(born 1981, Germany) * Charlie Brooker (born 1971, UK) – '' Nathan Barley'' *

Bo Burnham Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Burnham's work combines elements of filmmaking with Comedy music, music, Sketch comedy, sketch, and stand-up comedy, co ...

(born 1990, US) – comedian and musician * Dave Chappelle (born 1973, US) – stand-up comedian, '' Chappelle's Show'' * David Cross (born 1964, US) – '' Mr. Show'', '' Arrested Development'' *

Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Noam Baron Cohen ( ; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor and performance artist. Known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haf ...

(born 1971) – '' Borat'', '' Da Ali G Show'' * Stephen Colbert (born 1964, US) – '' The Colbert Report'', '' The Daily Show'' * Sarah Cooper (born 1977, US) – blogger, vlogger, author, comedian * Douglas Coupland (born 1961, Canada) – '' Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture'' * Scott Dikkers (born 1965, US) – comedy writer and speaker * Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964, US) – screenwriter and director * Ricky Gervais (born 1961, UK) – comedian, creator of ''The Office'' (British TV series) * Sabina Guzzanti (born 1963, Italy) – satirist and writer * Bill Hicks (1961–1994, US) – stand-up comedian * Mishu Hilmy (living, US) – '' Good Morning Gitmo'' * Ian Hislop (born 1960, UK) – '' Private Eye'' * Jessica Holmes (born 1973, Canada) – comedian and actress * Armando Iannucci (born 1963, UK) – '' Brass Eye'', '' The Day Today'' * Mike Judge (born 1962, US) – creator of ''

Beavis and Butt-Head ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, Stupi ...

'' and ''

King of the Hill ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that initially aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, with four more episodes airing in First-run syndicati ...

'' *

Elnathan John Elnathan John (born 1982) is a Nigerian novelist, Satire, satirist and lawyer whose stories have twice been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. Career Elnathan John was born in Kaduna (city), Kaduna, in North West (Nigeria), no ...

(born 1982, Nigeria) — '' Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide'' * Kennedy (born 1972, US) – radio personality and author * Hari Kondabolu (born 1982, US) – stand-up comic and film-maker * Erik Larsen (born 1962, US) – " Savage Dragon" comic book * Craig Lauzon (living, Canada) – comedian and caricaturist * Stewart Lee (born 1968, UK) – stand-up comedian and director * Victor Lewis-Smith (living, UK) – '' TV Offal'' * Chris Lilley (born 1974, Australia) – '' Summer Heights High'', '' We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year'' * Daniele Luttazzi (born 1961, Italy) – satirist and songwriter * Maddox (born 1978, US) – website '' The Best Page in the Universe'' * Seth MacFarlane (born 1973, US) – ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...

'' * Aaron McGruder (US) – '' The Boondocks (comic strip)'', '' The Boondocks (TV series)'' * Rick Mercer (born 1969, Canada) – '' Rick Mercer Report'' *

Tim Minchin Timothy David Minchin Order of Australia#Levels of membership, AM (born 7 October 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, poet, composer, and songwriter. Minchin has released six CDs, five DVDs, and live comedy shows that he ...

(born 1975, Australia) – comedian and musician * Mark Morford (living, US) – ''Notes and Errata'', ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''SF Gate'' * Chris Morris (born 1965, UK) – '' Brass Eye'', '' The Day Today'' * Gregory Motton (born 1961, UK) – playwright and author * The Moustache Brothers (Myanmar) – screwball comedy and dance * Bob Odenkirk (born 1962, US) – '' Mr. Show'', ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The ...

'', '' The Larry Sanders Show'' * John Oliver (born 1977, England) – ''

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' (often abridged as ''Last Week Tonight'') is an American news satire late-night talk show hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show premiered in the end of April 2014 on HBO and currently has ...

'' * Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US) – '' Fight Club'' and '' Choke'' * Alan Park (born 1962, Canada) – comedian and satirist * Trey Parker (born 1969, US) – ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

'', '' Team America: World Police'', '' The Book of Mormon'' * Alexandra Petri (born 1988, US) – author and columnist * Mark A. Rayner (living, Canada) – satirist and fiction writer * Pablo Reyes Jr. (born 1989, US) – website '' The Daily Currant'' and Huzlers * Celia Rivenbark (living, US) – columnist and author * Joe Rogan (born 1967, US) – comedian and podcast pioneer * Eric Schwartz (living, US) – folk singer and satirist * Andrew Shaffer (living, US) – author * Amy Sedaris (born 1961, US) – actress and comedian * Sarah Silverman (born 1970, US) – stand-up comedian, '' The Sarah Silverman Program'' * Martin Sonneborn (born 1965, Germany) – political jokester and satirist * Jon Stewart (born 1962, US) – '' The Daily Show'' * Matt Stone (born 1971, US) – ''

'', '' The Book of Mormon'' * Vermin Supreme (born 1961, US) – performance artist, comedian and political satirist * Greg Thomey (born 1961, Canada) – comedian and playwright * David Thorne (living, Australia) – humorist and satirist * Andrew Unger, (living, Canada) – Mennonite satirist * Jhonen Vasquez (born 1974, US) – '' Johnny the Homicidal Maniac'', '' Squee'' * Oliver Welke (born 1966, Germany) - '' heute-show'' * Mark Whitney (born 1959, US) – satirist and comedian * Howard X, (living,

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, Australia) – political satirist, musician, professional impersonator of Kim Jong-un * Bassem Youssef (باسم رأفت محمد يوسف, born 1974,

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

) – comedian * Rucka Rucka Ali (born 1987, Israel) – political satirist, song parody maker * Dr. Suresh Kumar Mishra 'Uratript' (born 1981, India) – humorist and satirist.

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture

In modern culture, much satire is often the work of several individuals collectively, as in magazines and television. Hence the following list.

Print

* Astérix (French comic strip, satirizing both the

era as well as 20th century life) *Benchley (US comic strip created by Mort Drucker and Jerry Dumas, satirizing

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...

and American culture) *

Bone A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, ...

(US comic strip) * The Boondocks (US comic strip, satirizing

African-American culture African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. African-American/Bl ...

) * Le Canard enchaîné (weekly French satirical newspaper) *

Charlie Hebdo ''Charlie Hebdo'' (; ) is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. The publication has been described as anti-racist, sceptical, secular, libertarian, and within the tradition of left-wing radicalism ...

(weekly French satirical paper) * The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows) * Cho Ramaswamy (Thuglak – Tamil magazine) * Craposyncrasies (Persian book) * Dilbert (US comic strip) *The Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks * Doonesbury (US comic strip) * The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (US comic strip) * Faux Faulkner contest (annually published in '' Hemispheres'' magazine until 2005) * Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb * Humor Times (monthly US magazine) * Idées noires (Belgian comic strip) * Li'l Abner (US comic strip) * Life in Hell (US comic strip) * Mad (satirical comic book and magazine) * The Medium (weekly newspaper printed by students of Rutgers University) * Mr. Natural by Robert Crumb *

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

(Belgian comic strip) *

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...

(Shouts and Murmurs) * The Onion (US magazine) * Peanuts (US comic strip) * Pogo (US comic strip) * Private Eye (UK magazine) *The Inconsequential (UK magazine) * The Second Supper (US magazine) * The Tart (Fortnightly UK newspaper) *

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...

(Belgian comic strip) * Titanic (German magazine) * Tom Puss (Dutch comic strip) * Watchmen (American comic book series)

Television and radio

and Futurama (

) * Howard Stern (radio personality "The Howard Stern Show") * The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (US Talk Show) * The Colbert Report (US Talk Show) * The Day Today (UK TV news parody by Chris Morris) * Brass Eye (UK current affairs TV-show parody by Chris Morris) * On the Hour (UK news radio parody by Chris Morris) * TV Offal (UK TV critique show by Victor Lewis-Smith) * This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show) *

( Trey Parker and Matt Stone) * The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows) * Facelift (New Zealand Political show) * Spitting Image (UK TV show famous for its puppets of celebrities) * Yes Minister (also "Yes, Prime Minister" – UK TV show satirising government) * Kukly (''Dolls'', 1994–2002) – Russian satirical puppet show * Fitil (''Fuse'') – Soviet television satirical/comedy short film series * Nip/Tuck ( Ryan Murphy) * 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 ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

( 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") * Mock the Week – UK TV comedy panel show * The Larry Sanders Show – ( Garry Shandling) *

30 Rock ''30 Rock'' is an American satire, satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live' ...

– (

Tina Fey Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for her comedic roles in sketch comedy, television and film, Fey has received List of awards and nominations received by Tina Fe ...

) * Glenn Martin, DDS – A Nick@Nite show *

Episodes Episodes may refer to: * Episode, a part of a dramatic work * Episodes (TV series), ''Episodes'' (TV series), a British/American television sitcom which premiered in 2011 * Episodes (journal), ''Episodes'' (journal), a geological science journal ...

– David Crane * Better Off Ted – ( Victor Fresco) * Onion News Network * The Boondocks – ( Aaron McGruder) * heute-show (German TV series) * Servant of the People (2015 TV series) — Ukrainian political satire comedy TV series starring Volodymyr Zelensky *

The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' (also known simply as ''Gumball'' or by its abbreviation ''TAWOG''; retitled ''The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball'' beginning with its The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, seventh season) is an animated si ...

– Ben Bocquelet *

– ( Seth MacFarlane) * On Cinema at the Cinema – ( Tim Heidecke), Gregg Turkington) * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – ( Andy Borowitz and Susan Borowitz)

Music

* The Cover of "Rolling Stone" a satirical lament by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. *" White America" is a satirical song by

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, he is credited with popula ...

It is about his impact in rap and the impact of rap in the white communities. *" Mercedes Benz" is a McClure-Joplin song sung by

Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful Rock music, rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and her "electric" ...

* Culturcide's album ''Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America'' overdubbed new, satirical lyrics onto such pop hits as "

We Are the World "We Are the World" is a charity single recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones for the album '' We Are the World''. With sales in excess of 20 milli ...

". *

Vaporwave Vaporwave is a microgenre of electronic music, a visual art style, and an Internet meme that emerged in the early 2010s and became well-known in 2015. It is defined partly by its slowed-down, chopped and screwed samples of smooth jazz, 1970 ...

, a satirical music genre with anarcho-capitalist and cyberpunk overtones dedicated to (anti-)consumerism. * Mark Russell is an American political satirist known for his many appearances on PBS * Peter Gabriel's song ''The Barry Williams Show'' satirizes

talk show A talk show is a television programming, radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show', pp.3-4Erler, Robert (201 ...

s which showcase domestic topics of a taboo or shocking nature (and the viewing public's fascination with such content). * Chumbawamba have consistently used satire to make political points throughout their musical career. *

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...

's albums ''

Animals Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a ...

'' and '' The Dark Side of the Moon'' are conceptual and satirical albums. * The Lonely Island is a satirical music group known for their work on

. * Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone's Tony-sweeping Broadway show The Book of Mormon (musical) satirizes the applicability of first-world religion to third-world problems. * The Dead Milkmen is a satirical punk rock/cowpunk band from the early 1980s. * Ben Folds, a rock pianist, and his group, Ben Folds Five, have multiple songs including satirical elements. Some of them being, "Underground", "Sports and Wine", and "Rock Star". * Dead Kennedys, an American punk band, often used satire in their songs, most notably Kill the Poor. * Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's '' We're Only in It for the Money'', a satire of flower power and conservative America.

Film

*'' Blazing Saddles'', a 1974 comedy movie directed by Mel Brooks, satirizing racism *'' Casino Royale'', a 1967 surrealistic satire on the

James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...

series and the entire spy

genre Genre () is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other fo ...

. *'' Get Out'' *'' This Is Spinal Tap'', a satire on heavy metal culture and "rockumentaries" *'' The Very Same Munchhausen'', a 1979 satire of the late Soviet society *'' Clueless'' *'' American Beauty'', a 1999 satire of life in the suburbs *'' Thank You for Smoking'' *'' Team America: World Police'' is a 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'' *'' Starship Troopers'' *'' Scary Movie'' *'' Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie'' *'' Dr. Strangelove'' *'' Planet of the Apes'' *'' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', a film satirizing censorship *'' Network'' *'' Otaku no Video'', a 1993

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

satirizing the otaku subculture *'' Adaptation.'' *''

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

'' *'' S.O.B.'', a satire on Hollywood. *''

Election An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...

'' *'' 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'' *'' The Hospital'' *'' Weapons of Mass Distraction'' *'' Little Children'' *'' Bulworth'' *'' Man Bites Dog'' *'' The Simpsons Movie'' *'' Smile'', a satire of beauty pageants and small-town life *'' Bob Roberts'' *'' War, Inc.'' *'' Britannia Hospital'' *'' Fight Club'', a dark satire on consumerism, cults, and extremism *'' American Psycho'' *'' Tropic Thunder'' *'' Simon'', satirical commentary on the effects of mass media in pop culture *'' American History X'' satirizes race/racism in a contemporary setting *'' They Live'' *'' Land of the Dead'', a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration *'' The Wicker Man'', a satire on cults and religion *'' The Great Dictator'', a satire on

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

*'' Monty Python's Life of Brian'', a satire on miscommunication,

religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

and

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

*'' The Player'', a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman *'' In the Loop'', a satire of the 2003 invasion of Iraq *'' Elvis Gratton,'' a French Canadian/Québécois series depicting a satirical federalist *''

Fubar Military slang is a colloquial language used by and associated with members of various military forces. This page lists slang words or phrases that originate with military forces, are used exclusively by military personnel or are strongly associa ...

'' *'' The Man Who Knew Too Little''

Video games

*'' Fallout'' *''

Fallout 2 ''Fallout 2'' (also known as ''Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game'') is a 1998 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Productions. It is a sequel to ''Fallout (video game), Fallout'' (1997), ...

'' *'' Fallout 3'' *'' Fallout: New Vegas'' *'' Fallout 4'' *, a satire on US consumer culture *, a satire on US consumer culture *''

Grand Theft Auto ''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is prima ...

'' *'' Crash: Mind over Mutant''

Internet

* Adequacy.org *The Babylon Bee (Christian satire) *BBspot *The Best Page In The Universe *BuyTigers.com *Coconut Kelz (South African satirical video blogger) *The Daily Mash (U.K. satirical news website) *The Daily Bonnet (Mennonite satire website) *Faking News (Indian news satire website) *The Hard Times * Huzlers *Landover Baptist Church (US website satirizing Fundamentalist Christians) *Latma *McSweeney's, McSweeney's Internet Tendency *The Montgonion *National Report *Jeremy Nell (South African cartoonist) *NewsBiscuit * The Onion *Pat Condell *Reductress *ScrappleFace *Sorry Everybody * The Second Supper *The UnReal Times (Indian news satire website) *Uncyclopedia (satirical parody of Wikipedia) *Vote for the Worst

References

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Early satirical authors

Medieval, early modern and 18th-century satirists

Modern satirists (born 1800–1900)

Modern satirists (born 1900–1930)

Contemporary satirists (born 1930–1960)

Contemporary satirists (born 1960–present)

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture

Print

Television and radio

Music

Film

Video games

Internet

See also

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