List of comedians
A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humor.
Famous comedians (English language)
A
- Roger Abbott
- 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
- Bill Bailey
- 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
- Tommy Cooper
- Ronnie Corbett
- Adam Corrolla
- Bill Cosby
- Mark Critch
- Billy Crystal
- Jane Curtin
D
- Larry David
- Alan Davies
- Ted Danson
- Danny De Vito
- Jack Dee
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Lea DeLaria
- Steve Dennis
- Ken Dodd
- 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
- Don Ferguson
G
- Gallagher
- Graeme Garden
- Janeane Garofalo
- Ana Gasteyer
- Ricky Gervais
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Whoopi Goldberg
- John Goodman
- Luba Goy
- Kelsey Grammer
- Matt Groening
- Christopher Guest
- Derek Guyler
H
- Neil Hamburger
- Tony Hancock
- Jack Handy
- Jeremy Hardy
- Phil Hartman
- Goldie Hawn
- Charles Hawtry
- Richard Hearn
- Mitch Hedberg
- John Hegley
- Lenny Henry
- Bill Hicks
- Benny Hill
- Harry Hill
- Jessica Holmes
- Bob Hope
- Kenneth Horne
- Roy Hudd
- Barry Humphries
I
J
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
- Shaun Majumder
- 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
- Colin Mochrie
- Jay Mohr
- Bob Monkhouse
- Dudley Moore
- Dermot Morgan
- John 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
- Greg Proops
- Richard Pryor
Q
- Randy Quaid
- Colin Quinn
R
- Gilda Radner
- Ted Ray
- Al Read
- Vic Reeves
- Brian Regan
- 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
U
V
- Johnny Vegas
- Colin Van Benga
- Thomas Vitale
- Don Vitale
W
- Christopher Walken
- Max Wall
- 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
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
- Reeves and Mortimer
- Wayne and Shuster
- Ween
Comedy writers
- Woody Allen
- W.S. Gilbert
- Galton and Simpson
- Muir and Norden
- S.J. Perelman
