The Laughing Man, an alternate title for The Man Who Laughs (L'homme qui Rit), an 1869 novel by French author Victor Hugo

Laughing Man (Ghost in the Shell), a character in the 2004 - 2005 anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

"The Laughing Man" (Salinger), a 1949 short story by J.D. Salinger