List of comedians

A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humor.

Table of contents

1 Famous comedians (English language) 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I 1.10 J 1.11 K 1.12 L 1.13 M 1.14 N 1.15 O 1.16 P 1.17 Q 1.18 R 1.19 S 1.20 T 1.21 U 1.22 V 1.23 W 1.24 Y 2 Groups of comedians 3 Comedy writers 4 See also

Famous comedians (English language)

A

• Russ Abbott
• Dan Aykroyd
• Jason Alexander
• Dave Allen
• Brian Appleton as Jilted John and John Shuttleworth
• Tom Arnold
• Arthur Askey
• Rowan Atkinson "Mr.Bean"
• Dave Attel
• Hank Azaria

B

• David Baddiel
• Arj Barker
• Ronnie Barker
• Roseanne Barr
• Chris Barrie
• Dave Barry
• Alfie Bass
• Norman Beaton
• John Belushi
• Jack Benny
• Milton Berle
• Victor Borge
• Louis Black
• Rory Bremner
• David Brenner
• Lenny Bruce
• Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali-G
• John Belushi
• Michael Bentine
• Jo Brand
• Bernard Bresslaw
• Jim Breuer
• Franny Brice
• A. Whitney Brown
• Arnold Brown
• Joe E. Brown
• Julie Brown
• Lenny Bruce
• Billy Bush

C

• Eddie Cantor
• George Carlin
• Jim Carrey
• Carrot Top
• Frank Carson
• Johnny Carson
• Dana Carvey
• Charlie Chaplin
• Graham Chapman
• Craig Charles
• Dave Chappelle
• Chevy Chase
• Margaret Cho
• John Cleese "Monty Python"
• Sacha Baron Cohen aka "Ali G"
• Billy Connolly
• Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and Paul Calf
• Peter Cook
• Ronnie Corbett
• Adam Corrolla
• Bill Cosby
• Billy Crystal
• Jane Curtin

D

• Larry David
• Alan Davies
• Ted Danson
• Danny De Vito
• Jack Dee
• Lea DeLaria
• Steve Dennis
• Charlie Drake

E

• Adrian Edmonson
• Jimmy Edwards
• Ben Elton
• Harry Enfield
• Kenny Everett

F

• Jimmy Fallon
• Chris Farley
• Marty Feldman
• Will Ferrell
• Tina Fey
• W.C. Fields
• Dave Foley
• Jeff Foxworthy
• Al Franken
• Stan Freberg
• Stephen Fry

G

• Gallagher
• Graeme Garden
• Janeane Garofalo
• Ana Gasteyer
• Ricky Gervais
• Gilbert Gottfried
• Whoopi Goldberg
• John Goodman
• Kelsey Grammer
• Matt Groening
• Christopher Guest
• Derek Guyler

H

• Tony Hancock
• Jeremy Hardy
• Phil Hartman
• Goldie Hawn
• Charles Hawtry
• Richard Hearn
• Mitch Hedberg
• John Hegley
• Lenny Henry
• Bill Hicks
• Benny Hill
• Bob Hope
• Kenneth Horne
• Roy Hudd
• Barry Humphries

I

• Armando Iannucci
• Eric Idle
• Neil Innes

J

• Hattie Jacques
• Sidney James
• Spike Jones
• Terry Jones
• John Junkin

K

• Andy Kaufman
• Buster Keaton
• Laura Kightlinger
• Craig Kilborn
• Jimmy Kimmel
• Sid Kipper
• Steven Kolbert
• Ernie Kovacs

L

• Nathan Lane
• Hugh Laurie
• Martin Lawrence
• Dennis Leary
• John Leguizamo
• Tom Lehrer
• Jay Leno
• David Letterman
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus

M

• Kevin MacDonald
• Norm MacDonald
• Ralphie May
• Rik Mayall
• Pigmeat Markham
• Betty Marsden
• Steve Martin
• Groucho Marx "Marx-Brothers"
• Bruce McCulloch
• Roger McGough
• Mark McKinney
• Tim Meadows
• Rick Mercer
• Paul Merton
• Dennis Miller
• Max Miller
• Spike Milligan
• Jay Mohr
• Bob Monkhouse
• Dudley Moore
• Dermot Morgan
• Tracy Morgan
• Chris Morris
• Garrett Morris
• Richard Murdoch
• Eddie Murphy
• Bill Murray
• Mike Myers

N

• Kevin Nealon
• Bob Newhart
• Laraine Newman
• Rob Newman
• Don Novello

O

• Conan O'Brien
• Ardal O'Hanlon
• Ed O'Neil
• Bill Oddie
• Cheri Oteri

P

• Michael Palin
• Trey Parker
• Joe Pasquale
• Nigel Planer
• Hugh Punt
• Freddie Prinze
• Richard Pryor

Q

• Randy Quaid
• Colin Quinn

R

• Gilda Radner
• Ted Ray
• Al Read
• Michael Richards
• Tony Robinson as Baldrick
• Chris Rock
• Henry Rollins
• Roseanne
• Rita Rudner
• William Rushton

S

• Adam Sandler
• Martin Sargent
• Garry Shandling
• Alexei Sayle
• Harald Schmidt
• Rob Schneider
• Harry Secombe
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Peter Sellers "Pink Panther"
• Paul Shaffer
• Molly Shannon
• Harry Shearer
• Martin Short
• Rob Smigel
• Linda Smith
• David Spade
• Vivian Stanshall
• Mark Steel
• Pamela Stephenson
• Jon Stewart
• Ben Stiller
• Matt Stone
• Julia Sweeney
• Eric Sykes
• Wanda Sykes

T

• Mark Thomas
• Scott Thompson
• Sandi Toksvig
• Lily Tomlin
• Barry Took
• Ben Turpin

U

• Tracey Ullman
• Stanley Unwin

V

• Johnny Vegas
• Colin Van Benga
• Thomas Vitale
• Don Vitale

W

• Christopher Walken
• Mary Walsh
• Damon Wayans
• Keenan Ivory Wayans
• Morgan Webb
• Paul Whitehouse
• June Whitfield
• Bert Williams
• Kenneth Williams
• Robin Williams
• Norman Wisdom
• Victoria Wood
• Harry Worth
• Steven Wright

Y

• Weird Al Yankovic

Groups of comedians

• Abbott and Costello
• Beyond the Fringe
• Bloodhound Gang
• Bob and Ray
• The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
• Cheech and Chong
• 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
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• 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
• The Three Stooges
• Ween

Comedy writers

• Woody Allen
• W.S. Gilbert
• Galton and Simpson
• Muir and Norden
• S.J. Perelman

See also

• List of British comedians

• List of Italian comedians
• List of Finnish comedians