List of comedians
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A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humour.
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Comedians (English language)
A
- Bud Abbott
- Roger Abbott
- Russ Abbott
- Joe Alaskey
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Jack Albertson
- Jason Alexander
- Dave Allen
- Steve Allen
- Tim Allen
- Woody Allen
- Eddie Anderson
- Louie Anderson
- Brian Appleton as Jilted John and John Shuttleworth
- Tom Arnold
- Arthur Askey
- Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder and "Mr.Bean"
- Dave Attell
- Dan Aykroyd
- Hank Azaria
B
- David Baddiel
- Bill Bailey
- Nick Bakay
- Lucille Ball
- Arj Barker
- Ronnie Barker
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali-G
- Roseanne Barr
- Chris Barrie
- Dave Barry
- Todd Barry
- Alfie Bass
- Norman Beaton
- James Belushi
- John Belushi
- Jack Benny
- Michael Bentine
- Milton Berle
- Sandra Bernhard
- Jack Black
- Lewis Black
- Ben Blue
- Victor Borge
- Jo Brand
- Rory Bremner
- David Brenner
- Bernard Bresslaw
- Jim Breuer
- Franny Brice
- Albert Brooks
- Mel Brooks
- A. Whitney Brown
- Arnold Brown
- Joe E. Brown
- Julie Brown
- Lenny Bruce
- Carol Burnett
- George Burns
- Billy Bush
- Red Buttons
- Ed Byrne
C
- Sid Caesar
- John Candy
- Eddie Cantor
- Drew Carey
- George Carlin
- Alan Carney
- Jim Carrey
- Carrot Top
- Jasper Carrott
- Frank Carson
- Johnny Carson
- Dana Carvey
- Dan Castellaneta
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Graham Chapman
- Dave Chappelle
- Craig Charles
- Les Charlots
- Charley Chase
- Chevy Chase
- Chipper Lowell
- Margaret Cho
- John Cleese "Monty Python"
- Jackie Clune
- Imogene Coca
- Sacha Baron Cohen aka "Ali G"
- Stephen Colbert
- Enrico Colantoni
- Kim Coles
- Billy Connolly
- Tim Conway
- Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and Paul Calf
- Peter Cook
- Dane Cook
- Tommy Cooper
- Ronnie Corbett
- Adam Carolla
- Bill Cosby
- Lou Costello
- Mark Critch
- Norm Crosby
- David Cross
- Billy Crystal
- Jane Curtin
D
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Ted Danson
- Larry David
- Alan Davies
- Danny De Vito
- Jack Dee
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Lea DeLaria
- Dom DeLuise
- Hugh Dennis
- Andy Dick
- Richard Digance
- Phyllis Diller
- Ken Dodd
- Charlie Drake
- Ryan Drummond
- Jimmy Durante
E
F
- Bill Fagerbakke
- Jimmy Fallon
- Chris Farley
- Marty Feldman
- Don Ferguson
- Will Ferrell
- Tina Fey
- W.C. Fields
- Dave Foley
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Al Franken
- Stan Freberg
- Dawn French
- Stephen Fry
G
- Gallagher
- Graeme Garden
- Jeff Garlin
- Janeane Garofalo
- Ana Gasteyer
- Ricky Gervais
- Jackie Gleason
- Janey Godley
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Whoopi Goldberg
- John Goodman
- Dave Gorman
- Luba Goy
- Kelsey Grammer
- Seth Green
- Kathy Griffin
- Matt Groening
- Christopher Guest
- Deryck Guyler
H
- Buddy Hackett
- Neil Hamburger
- Tony Hancock
- Jack Handey a.k.a. Jack Handy
- Tom Hanks
- Malcolm Hardee
- Jeremy Hardie
- Mike Harding
- Phil Hartman
- Steve Harvey
- Phil Hayes
- Goldie Hawn
- Sir Charles Hawtrey
- Charles Hawtrey (George Hartree)
- Richard Hearn
- Mitch Hedberg
- John Hegley
- Tim Heidecker
- Lenny Henry
- Bill Hicks
- Benny Hill
- Harry Hill
- Jessica Holmes
- Bob Hope
- Kenneth Horne
- Roy Hudd
- D.L. Hughley
- Barry Humphries
I
J
K
- Andy Kaufman
- Danny Kaye
- Peter Kay
- Buster Keaton
- Michael Keaton
- Jamie Kennedy
- Mary E. Kennedy
- Tom Kenny
- Laura Kightlinger
- Craig Kilborn
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Sam Kinison
- Sid Kipper
- Robert Klein
- Ernie Kovacs
L
- Lisa Lampanelli
- Nathan Lane
- Hugh Laurie
- Doug Lawrence aka "Mr Lawrence"
- Martin Lawrence
- Vicki Lawrence
- Denis Leary
- John Leguizamo
- Tom Lehrer
- Jack Lemmon
- Jay Leno
- David Letterman
- Jerry Lewis
- Rich Little
- Harold Lloyd
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- The Great LukeSki
- Paul Lynde
M
- Bernie Mac
- Norm MacDonald
- Seth MacFarlane
- Doon Mackichan
- Shaun Majumder
- Howie Mandel
- Cheech Marin
- Ralphie May
- Rik Mayall
- Pigmeat Markham
- Betty Marsden
- Steve Martin
- Groucho Marx "Marx-Brothers"
- Walter Matthau
- Bruce McCulloch
- Kevin McDonald
- Michael McGaharn
- Roger McGough
- Mark McKinney
- Ed McMahon
- Tim Meadows
- Rick Mercer
- Ethel Merman
- Paul Merton
- Dennis Miller
- Max Miller
- Spike Milligan
- Colin Mochrie
- Jay Mohr
- Bob Monkhouse
- Dudley Moore
- Rudy Ray Moore
- Victor Moore
- Dylan Moran
- Rick Moranis
- Dermot Morgan
- John Morgan
- Tracy Morgan
- Chris Morris
- Garrett Morris
- Richard Murdoch
- Eddie Murphy
- Bill Murray
- Lorenzo Music
- Mike Myers
N
- Jim Nabors
- Henry Naylor
- Kevin Nealon
- Bob Newhart
- Laraine Newman
- Rob Newman
- Leslie Nielsen
- Don Novello
O
- Dara Ó Briain
- Conan O'Brien
- Donald O'Connor
- Ardal O'Hanlon
- Ed O'Neill
- Bill Oddie
- Bob Odenkirk
- Patton Oswalt
- Cheri Oteri
P
- Frankie Pace
- Michael Palin
- Trey Parker
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Andy Parsons
- Joe Pasquale
- Emo Philips (often misspelled as Phillips)
- Nigel Planer
- Paula Poundstone
- Freddie Prinze
- Greg Proops
- Richard Pryor
- Steve Punt
Q
R
- Gilda Radner
- Ted Ray
- Al Read
- Vic Reeves
- Brian Regan
- Carl Reiner
- Roy Rene
- Michael Richards
- Don Rickles
- Joan Rivers
- Tony Robinson as Baldrick
- Chris Rock
- Henry Rollins
- Ray Romano
- Roseanne
- Rita Rudner
- William Rushton
- Will Rogers
- Mark Russell
S
- Ernie Sabella
- Jerry Sadowitz
- Bob Saget
- Adam Sandler
- Martin Sargent
- Jennifer Saunders
- Alexei Sayle
- Mark Schiff
- Art Paul Schlosser
- Harald Schmidt
- Rob Schneider
- Harry Secombe
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Peter Sellers "Pink Panther"
- Mack Sennett
- Paul Shaffer
- Garry Shandling
- Molly Shannon
- Harry Shearer
- Scott Shields
- Pauly Shore
- Martin Short
- Sarah Silverman
- Phil Silvers
- Red Skelton
- Tony Slattery
- Brendon Small
- Robert Smigel
- Linda Smith
- Will Smith
- Dana Snyder
- David Spade
- Arnold Stang
- Doug Stanhope
- Vivian Stanshall
- Mark Steel
- Pamela Stephenson
- Jon Stewart
- Ryan Stiles
- Ben Stiller
- Matt Stone
- Jud Strunk
- Jolene Sugarbaker
- Julia Sweeney
- Eric Sykes
- Wanda Sykes
T
- Dave Thomas
- Mark Thomas
- Terry-Thomas
- Greg Thomey
- Scott Thompson
- Tommy Tiernan
- Sandi Toksvig
- Lily Tomlin
- Barry Took
- Ben Turpin
U
V
W
- Christopher Walken
- Max Wall
- Ruth Wallis
- Greg Walloch
- Mary Walsh
- Eric Wareheim
- Ruby Wax
- Damon Wayans
- Keenan Ivory Wayans
- Morgan Webb
- Frank Welker
- Paul Whitehouse
- June Whitfield
- Gene Wilder
- Bert Williams
- Kenneth Williams
- Robin Williams
- Dave Willis
- Jonathan Winters
- Norman Wisdom
- Victoria Wood
- Harry Worth
- Steven Wright
Y
Groups of comedians
- Abbott and Costello
- Beyond the Fringe
- Bloodhound Gang
- Bob and Ray
- The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- Broken Lizard
- Cheech and Chong
- The Comedy Store Players
- The Comic Strip
- The Crazy Gang
- The Firesign Theatre
- French and Saunders
- Gallagher & Shean
- The Goons
- The Grumbleweeds
- Laurel and Hardy
- The League of Gentlemen
- The Marijuana Logues
- The Marx Brothers
- The McKenzie Brothers (Bob & Doug)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Upright Citizens Brigade
- Morecambe and Wise
- Pete and Dud
- Punt and Dennis
- Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
- The Royal Canadian Air Farce
- The Smothers Brothers
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Not Ready for Prime-Time Players (Saturday Night Live)
- The Three Stooges
- Reeves and Mortimer
- Wayne and Shuster
- Ween
- The Whimsical Icebox
Comedy writers
- Woody Allen
- Chesney and Wolfe
- Roy Clarke
- Clement and La Frenais
- David Croft
- Harry Driver
- Esmonde and Larbey
- W.S. Gilbert
- Galton and Simpson
- Willis Hall
- Anthony Jay
- Carla Lane
- Jeremy Lloyd
- David Nobbs
- Muir and Norden
- S. J. Perelman
- Jimmy Perry
- David Renwick
- Jack Rosenthal
- Johnny Speight
- John Sullivan
- Peter Tinniswood
- Keith Waterhouse
See also
- List of musical comedians
- List of Dr Demento's radio show comedians
- List of American comedians
- List of British comedians
- List of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time
- List of Finnish comedians
- List of Italian comedians
- List of Norwegian comedians
- List of Portuguese comedians
- List of Puerto Rican comedians
- List of Quebec comedians
- List of entertainer pairs