WordPress – Show recent post & exclude any author

How to show recent post, but exclude any author post. First of all you need to know the user id of the author that you want to exclude.

<?php query_posts('author=-17&showposts=7'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
      <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
 <?php endwhile;?>

This will show 7 recent post excluding posts from author with user id 7.

To exclude more than one author:

<?php query_posts('author=-17&author=-8.....&author=-19&showposts=7'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
      <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
 <?php endwhile;?>

This will exclude all those authors mentioned.

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