List of comedians

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

Famous comedians (English language):

• Dan Aykroyd
• Jason Alexander
• Dave Allen[?]
• Brian Appleton[?] as Jilted John[?] and John Shuttleworth
• Tom Arnold[?]
• Arthur Askey[?]
• Rowan Atkinson
• Dave Attel[?]
• Hank Azaria

• Ronnie Barker
• Roseanne Barr
• Dave Barry
• Alfie Bass[?]
• John Belushi
• Jack Benny
• Milton Berle
• Victor Borge
• Louis Black[?]
• 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[?]
• Lenny Bruce
• Billy Bush[?]

• Eddie Cantor
• George Carlin
• Jim Carrey
• Carrot Top[?]
• Frank Carson[?]
• Johnny Carson
• Dana Carvey
• Charlie Chaplin
• Graham Chapman
• Dave Chappelle[?]
• Chevy Chase
• Margaret Cho
• John Cleese
• Billy Connolly
• Steve Coogan[?] as Alan Partridge and Paul Calf
• Peter Cook
• Ronnie Corbett[?]
• Adam Corrolla[?]
• Bill Cosby
• Billy Crystal
• Jane Curtin

• Larry David
• Ted Danson
• Danny De Vito[?]
• Jack Dee[?]
• Lea Delaria
• Charlie Drake

• Jimmy Edwards[?]
• Ben Elton
• Harry Enfield
• Kenny Everett

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

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

• Tony Hancock
• Jeremy Hardie[?]
• 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[?]

• Eric Idle
• Neil Innes

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

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

• Nathan Lane[?]
• Hugh Laurie
• Dennis Leary[?]
• John Leguizamo
• Tom Lehrer
• Jay Leno
• David Letterman
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus

• Kevin MacDonald[?]
• Norm MacDonald
• Ralphie May[?]
• Pigmeat Markham
• Betty Marsden
• Steve Martin
• Groucho Marx
• Bruce McCulloch[?]
• Roger McGough
• Mark McKinney[?]
• Tim Meadows[?]
• Paul Merton
• Dennis Miller[?]
• Max Miller[?]
• Spike Milligan
• Jay Mohr[?]
• Bob Monkhouse
• Dudley Moore
• Tracy Morgan[?]
• Garrett Morris
• Richard Murdoch
• Eddie Murphy
• Bill Murray
• Mike Myers

• Kevin Nealon[?]
• Bob Newhart
• Laraine Newman
• Rob Newman[?]
• Conan O'Brien
• Ed O'Neil[?]

• Bill Oddie
• Cheri Oteri[?]

• Michael Palin
• Trey Parker[?]
• Joe Pasquale[?]
• Freddie Prinze
• Richard Pryor

• Randy Quaid[?]
• Colin Quinn[?]

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

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

• Scott Thompson[?]
• Sandi Toksvig[?]
• Lily Tomlin
• Barry Took
• Ben Turpin

• Tracey Ullman
• Stanley Unwin

• Johnny Vegas[?]
• Colin Van Benga[?]
• Thomas Vitale[?]
• Don Vitale[?]

• Christopher Walken
• 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

• 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 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