List of comedians
A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humour. Following is a list of comedians, comedy groups, and comedy writers.
Comedians
A
- Bud Abbott
- James Acaster
- James Adomian
- Scott Adsit
- Steve Agee
- Alex Agnew
- Ahmed Ahmed
- Sohail Ahmed
- Nawaal Akram
- Nasser Al Qasabi
- Joe Alaskey
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Jason Alexander
- Barbara Jo Allen
- Dave Allen
- Gracie Allen
- Marty Allen
- Steve Allen
- Tim Allen
- Woody Allen
- The Amazing Johnathan
- Mo Amer
- Simon Amstell
- Morey Amsterdam
- Siw Anita Andersen
- Amy Anderson
- Blake Anderson
- Louie Anderson
- Wil Anderson
- Aziz Ansari
- Ant
- Craig Anton
- Judd Apatow
- Nicole Arbour
- Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
- Fred Armisen
- Will Arnett
- Tom Arnold
- Bea Arthur
- Arthur Askey
- Rowan Atkinson
- Helen Atkinson-Wood
- Dave Attell
- Michael "Atters" Attree
- Scott Aukerman
- Phil Austin
- Joe Avati
- Ayelet the Kosher Komic
- Dan Aykroyd
- Peter Aykroyd
- Damali Ayo
- Richard Ayoade
- Hank Azaria
B
- Angela Barnes
- Baba Ali
- Ben Bailey
- Bill Bailey
- Bobbie Baker
- Dan Bakkedahl
- Hugo Egon Balder
- Alec Baldwin
- Lucille Ball
- Colleen Ballinger
- Maria Bamford
- Morwenna Banks
- Robert Baril
- Ike Barinholtz
- Arj Barker
- Ronnie Barker
- Vince Barnett
- Sandy Baron
- Roseanne Barr
- Julian Barratt
- Carl Barron
- Todd Barry
- Mario Barth
- Jay Baruchel
- Jason Bateman
- Stanley Baxter
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aisling Bea
- David Beck
- Jürgen Becker
- Rob Beckett
- Samantha Bee
- Greg Behrendt
- Beth Behrs
- Jillian Bell
- W. Kamau Bell
- Bill Bellamy
- Jim Belushi
- John Belushi
- Richard Belzer
- Bea Benaderet
- Beck Bennett
- Jack Benny
- Doug Benson
- Edgar Bergen
- Peter Paul Bergman
- Milton Berle
- Shelley Berman
- Sandra Bernhard
- Joe Besser
- Matt Besser
- Danny Bhoy
- Jason Biggs
- Mike Birbiglia
- Joey Bishop
- John Bishop
- Jack Black
- Lewis Black
- Michael Ian Black
- Hamish Blake
- Mel Blanc
- Ben Blue
- Josh Blue
- Amir Blumenfeld
- Alonzo Bodden
- Elayne Boosler
- Tato Bores
- Victor Borge
- Alex Borstein
- Max Boyce
- Frankie Boyle
- Wayne Brady
- Zach Braff
- Joey Bragg
- Jo Brand
- Russell Brand
- Guy Branum
- Matt Braunger
- Kurt Braunohler
- El Brendel
- Neal Brennan
- David Brenner
- Jim Breuer
- Paget Brewster
- Alison Brie
- Janine Brito
- Paul Brittain
- Jimmy Brogan
- Albert Brooks
- Mel Brooks
- Brother Theodore
- Alan Brough
- A. Whitney Brown
- Joe E. Brown
- Kevin Brown
- Wally Brown
- Yvette Nicole Brown
- Lenny Bruce
- Aidy Bryant
- Rob Brydon
- Jim J. Bullock
- Vicco von Bülow
- John Bunny
- Hannibal Buress
- Carol Burnett
- Bo Burnham
- George Burns
- Jack Burns
- Sarah Burns
- Bill Burr
- Ty Burrell
- Rhea Butcher
- Brett Butler
- Red Buttons
- Ruth Buzzi
- John Byner
- Ed Byrne
- Jason Byrne
- Steve Byrne
C
- Louis C.K.
- Sid Caesar
- Frank Caliendo
- Charlie Callas
- Bryan Callen
- Rhona Cameron
- Archie Campbell
- Craig Campbell
- Larry Joe Campbell
- John Candy
- Nick Cannon
- John Caparulo
- Scott Capurro
- Steve Carell
- Drew Carey
- George Carlin
- Jerrod Carmichael
- Alan Carney
- Art Carney
- Adam Carolla
- Alan Carr
- Jimmy Carr
- Jim Carrey
- Rodney Carrington
- Carrot Top
- Jasper Carrott
- Johnny Carson
- Nancy Cartwright
- Dana Carvey
- Dan Castellaneta
- Roy Castle
- Walter Catlett
- Jo Caulfield
- Kyle Cease
- Cedric The Entertainer
- Bülent Ceylan
- Jessica Chaffin
- Rachel Chagall
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Carol Channing
- Jay Chanoine
- Charlie Chaplin
- Graham Chapman
- Doug Chappel
- Dave Chappelle
- Craig Charles
- Charo
- Charley Chase
- Chevy Chase
- Michael Che
- Richard Cheese
- Michael Chiklis
- Nasir Chinyoti
- Ted Chippington
- Whitney Chitwood
- Henry Cho
- John Cho
- Margaret Cho
- Tommy Chong
- Papa CJ
- Anthony Clark
- Bobby Clark
- Laurence Clark
- Mystro Clark
- Julian Clary
- Andrew "Dice" Clay
- John Cleese
- Jemaine Clement
- Jerry Clower
- Andy Clyde
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Mindy Cohn
- Enrico Colantoni
- Stephen Colbert
- Deon Cole
- Gary Coleman
- Kim Coles
- Bobby Collins
- Misha Collins
- Mo Collins
- Ray Combs
- Pat Condell
- Billy Connolly
- Nina Conti
- Tim Conway
- Steve Coogan
- Dane Cook
- David L. Cook
- Peter Cook
- Pat Cooper
- Tommy Cooper
- Ronnie Corbett
- Nate Corddry
- Rob Corddry
- James Corden
- Professor Irwin Corey
- Johnny Corn
- Bill Cosby
- Lou Costello
- Dave Coulier
- Wally Cox
- Lavell Crawford
- Amanda Crew
- Affion Crockett
- Norm Crosby
- David Cross
- Lucas Cruikshank
- Hal Cruttenden
- Billy Crystal
- Seán Cullen
- Whitney Cummings
- Dan Cummins
- James Cunningham
- Jane Curtin
D
- Peter F. Dailey
- Charlie Dale
- Karl Dall
- Andrew Daly
- Jon Daly
- Bill Dana
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Ted Danson
- Tony Danza
- Khalid Abbas Dar
- Rhys Darby
- Severn Darden
- Jim David
- Larry David
- Dov Davidoff
- Pete Davidson
- Alan Davies
- Jeff B. Davis
- Matt Davis
- Tanyalee Davis
- Richard Dawson
- Shane Dawson
- Charlie Day
- Felicia Day
- Mikey Day
- Andy de la Tour
- Jack Dee
- Rob Deering
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Neil Delamere
- Rob Delaney
- Lea DeLaria
- Jessica Delfino
- Chris D'Elia
- Dom DeLuise
- Ivor Dembina
- Dr. Demento
- Jamie Denbo
- Hugh Dennis
- Les Dennis
- Joe DeRita
- Zooey Deschanel
- Adam DeVine
- Danny DeVito
- Eugenio Derbez
- Dustin Diamond
- Chris Diamantopoulos
- Joey Diaz
- Vic Dibitetto
- Andy Dick
- Daniel Dickey
- Dominic Dierkes
- Richard Digance
- Phyllis Diller
- Nick DiPaolo
- Chris Distefano
- Omid Djalili
- Anh Do
- Ken Dodd
- Mark Dolan
- Jimmy Dore
- John Dowie
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Charlie Drake
- Larry Drake
- Ruth Draper
- Rachel Dratch
- Fran Drescher
- Marie Dressler
- Josh Duhamel
- Jean Dujardin
- Clark Duke
- Robin Duke
- Sandy Duncan
- Shane Dundas
- Jeff Dunham
- Lena Dunham
- Jimmy Durante
- Sanjay Dutt
- Shelley Duvall
- Jeff Dye
E
- Costaki Economopoulos
- Derek Edwards
- Billy Eichner
- Jenna Elfman
- Laurie Elliot
- Abby Elliott
- Bob Elliott
- Chris Elliott
- Graham Elwood
- Dick Emery
- Harry Enfield
- Anke Engelke
- Bill Engvall
- Mike Epps
- Paco Erhard
- Leon Errol
- Felipe Esparza
- Cameron Esposito
- Lee Evans
- Bridget Everett
- Justine Ezarick
F
- Damien Fahey
- Donald Faison
- Jimmy Fallon
- Simon Fanshawe
- Chris Farley
- Negin Farsad
- Mitch Fatel
- Nat Faxon
- Isabel Fay
- Wayne Federman
- Rachel Feinstein
- Marty Feldman
- Graham Fellowes
- Spike Feresten
- Craig Ferguson
- Don Ferguson
- Adam Ferrara
- Will Ferrell
- Tina Fey
- Nathan Fielder
- Noel Fielding
- Totie Fields
- W. C. Fields
- Larry Fine
- Chloe Fineman
- Christian Finnegan
- Greg Fitzsimmons
- Joe Flaherty
- Jim Florentine
- Neil Flynn
- Dave Foley
- Joey Forman
- George Formby
- Will Forte
- Jermaine Fowler
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Jamie Foxx
- Redd Foxx
- Leigh Francis
- Stewart Francis
- Pablo Francisco
- James Franco
- Al Franken
- William Frawley
- Stan Freberg
- Dawn French
- Judah Friedlander
- Will Friedle
- Freddie Frinton
- Nick Frost
- Stephen Fry
- Rich Fulcher
- Ron Funches
- Fakkah Fuzz
G
- Josh Gad
- Hannah Gadsby
- Jim Gaffigan
- Mo Gaffney
- Zach Galifianakis
- Gallagher
- Robert Ben Garant
- Billy Gardell
- Graeme Garden
- Brother Dave Gardner
- Heidi Gardner
- Tony Gardner
- Jeff Garlin
- Paul Garner
- Janeane Garofalo
- Brad Garrett
- Ana Gasteyer
- Richard Gautier
- Dustin Gee
- Brett Gelman
- Ricky Gervais
- Billy Gilbert
- Rhod Gilbert
- Russell Gilbert
- Terry Gilliam
- Shane Gillis
- Greg Giraldo
- Adele Givens
- Nikki Glaser
- Todd Glass
- Jackie Gleason
- Donald Glover
- George Gobel
- Janey Godley
- Adam Goldberg
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Ian Gomez
- Jami Gong
- Ken Goodwin
- Leo Gorcey
- Dave Gorman
- Frank Gorshin
- Freeman Gosden
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Theodore Gottlieb
- Dana Gould
- Ray Goulding
- Luba Goy
- Topher Grace
- Boothby Graffoe
- Kelsey Grammer
- Corinne Grant
- Stephen Grant
- Judy Graubart
- Jeff Green
- Seth Green
- Tom Green
- Shecky Greene
- Max Greenfield
- Judy Greer
- Dick Gregory
- James Gregory
- David Alan Grier
- Erik Griffin
- Eddie Griffin
- Kathy Griffin
- Andy Griffith
- Charles Grodin
- Matt Groening
- David Groh
- Christopher Guest
- Gary Gulman
- Appurv Gupta
- Deryck Guyler
- Ewen Gilmour
H
- Buddy Hackett
- Tiffany Haddish
- Bill Hader
- Kathryn Hahn
- Tony Hale
- Brian Haley
- Huntz Hall
- Rich Hall
- Dieter Hallervorden
- Neil Hamburger
- Lloyd Hamilton
- Nick Hancock
- Tony Hancock
- Jack Handey
- Chelsea Handler
- Colin Hanks
- Ryan Hansen
- Malcolm Hardee
- Mike Harding
- Chris Hardwick
- Jeremy Hardy
- Oliver Hardy
- Otis Harlan
- Dan Harmon
- Tim Harmston
- Valerie Harper
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Rachael Harris
- Robin Harris
- Hannah Hart
- Kevin Hart
- Mamrie Hart
- Miranda Hart
- Adam Hartle
- Phil Hartman
- Steve Harvey
- Murtaza Hassan
- Allan Havey
- Tim Hawkins
- Tony Hawks
- Goldie Hawn
- Charles Hawtrey
- Charles Hawtrey
- Will Hay
- Richard Haydn
- Erinn Hayes
- Sean Hayes
- Mike Hayley
- Natalie Haynes
- Ted Healy
- Richard Hearne
- Patricia Heaton
- Mitch Hedberg
- Jon Heder
- Bobby Heenan
- John Hegley
- Tim Heidecker
- Simon Helberg
- Grace Helbig
- Peter Helliar
- Nick Helm
- Ed Helms
- Greg Hemphill
- Shirley Hemphill
- Dickie Henderson
- Lenny Henry
- Mike Henry
- John Henton
- Dai Henwood
- Hugh Herbert
- Richard Herring
- Bill Hicks
- Ryan Higa
- Dieter Hildebrandt
- Benny Hill
- Harry Hill
- Jonah Hill
- Martina Hill
- Adam Hills
- Skip Hinnant
- John Hodgman
- Joel Hodgson
- Steve Hofstetter
- Paul Hogan
- Vanessa Hollingshead
- Stanley Holloway
- Anders Holm
- Jessica Holmes
- Pete Holmes
- Jan Hooks
- Bob Hope
- Kenneth Horne
- Mathew Horne
- Don Hornsby
- Edward Everett Horton
- Curly Howard
- Moe Howard
- Russell Howard
- Shemp Howard
- Lil Rel Howery
- Jeremy Hotz
- Roy Hudd
- Rob Huebel
- Dave Hughes
- Sean Hughes
- Steve Hughes
- D. L. Hughley
- Barry Humphries
- Reginald D. Hunter
- Carl Hurley
I
- I Mom So Hard
- Armando Iannucci
- Eric Idle
- Eddie Ifft
- Gabriel Iglesias
- Robin Ince
- Neil Innes
- Scott Innes
- Dom Irrera
- Bill Irwin
- Eddie Izzard
J
- Victoria Jackson
- Gillian Jacobs
- Javed Jaffrey
- Gerburg Jahnke
- Billy T. James
- Kevin James
- Michael Patrick Jann
- Jay Jason
- Jim Jefferies
- Richard Jeni
- Ken Jeong
- Anthony Jeselnik
- Geri Jewell
- Penn Jillette
- Maz Jobrani
- Jake Johannsen
- Anjelah Johnson
- Chic Johnson
- Jake Johnson
- "Hamburger" Jones
- Jason Jones
- Leslie Jones
- Orlando Jones
- Terry Jones
- Lesley Joseph
- Colin Jost
- Jesse Joyce
- Phill Jupitus
K
- Bianca Kajlich
- Mindy Kaling
- Carol Kane
- Russell Kane
- Gabe Kaplan
- Myq Kaplan
- Uğur Rıfat Karlova
- Moshe Kasher
- Jackie Kashian
- Chris Kattan
- Mickey Katz
- Andy Kaufman
- Julie Kavner
- Peter Kay
- Phil Kay
- Danny Kaye
- John Keister
- Peter Kelamis
- Echo Kellum
- Chris Kelly
- Frank Kelly
- Patsy Kelly
- Robert Kelly
- Pert Kelton
- Ellie Kemper
- Sarah Kendall
- Edgar Kennedy
- Graham Kennedy
- Jamie Kennedy
- Tom Kennedy
- Kerri Kenney-Silver
- Jon Kenny
- Tom Kenny
- Hape Kerkeling
- Michael Kessler
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Amanullah Khan
- Shappi Khorsandi
- Ford Kiernan
- Laura Kightlinger
- Craig Kilborn
- Taran Killam
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Kyle Kinane
- Andy Kindler
- Alan King
- Michael Patrick King
- Sam Kinison
- Bill Kirchenbauer
- Jen Kirkman
- Matt Kirshen
- Takeshi Kitano
- Jonathan Kite
- Daniel Kitson
- Robert Klein
- Jordan Klepper
- Kevin Kline
- Jack Klugman
- Ted Knight
- Wayne Knight
- Don Knotts
- David Koechner
- Hari Kondabolu
- Dada Kondke
- Lynne Koplitz
- Harvey Korman
- Ernie Kovacs
- Jo Koy
- Diether Krebs
- Bert Kreischer
- Nick Kroll
- Mike Krüger
- Lisa Kudrow
- Elvira Kurt
- Ashton Kutcher
L
- Jon Lajoie
- Lisa Lampanelli
- Steve Landesberg
- Matteo Lane
- Nathan Lane
- Richard Lane
- Harry Langdon
- Artie Lange
- Chris Langham
- Beth Lapides
- Lauren Lapkus
- Larry the Cable Guy
- Stan Laurel
- Hugh Laurie
- Tony Law
- Doug Lawrence
- Martin Lawrence
- Mike Lawrence
- Vicki Lawrence
- Cloris Leachman
- Denis Leary
- Matt LeBlanc
- Andy Lee
- Bobby Lee
- Stewart Lee
- Jane Leeves
- Michael Legge
- Natasha Leggero
- John Leguizamo
- Tom Lehrer
- Carol Leifer
- Jack Lemmon
- Tom Lenk
- Thomas Lennon
- Jay Leno
- Jack E. Leonard
- David Letterman
- Sam Levenson
- Johnny Lever
- Eugene Levy
- Jerry Lewis
- Richard Lewis
- Ash Lieb
- Wendy Liebman
- Riki Lindhome
- Joe Lipari
- Rich Little
- Rob Little
- Christopher Lloyd
- Harold Lloyd
- Joe Lo Truglio
- Sean Lock
- Greg London
- Josie Long
- Justin Long
- Andrés López
- George Lopez
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Jason Love
- Loni Love
- Jon Lovitz
- Mark Lowry
- Matt Lucas
- Joanna Lumley
- John Lutz
- Jane Lynch
- Katherine Lynch
- Stephen Lynch
- Paul Lynde
M
- Moms Mabley
- Bernie Mac
- Norm Macdonald
- Seth MacFarlane
- Charles Mack
- Lee Mack
- Doon Mackichan
- Kathleen Madigan
- Al Madrigal
- Naveed Mahbub
- Bill Maher
- Bruce Mahler
- Bobby Mair
- Shaun Majumder
- Keith Malley
- Howie Mandel
- Dylan Mandlsohn
- Aasif Mandvi
- Jason Manford
- Sebastian Maniscalco
- Charlie Manna
- Bernard Manning
- Jason Mantzoukas
- Jenna Marbles
- Cheech Marin
- Ken Marino
- Pigmeat Markham
- Bob Marley
- Marc Maron
- Elizabeth Marrero
- Betty Marsden
- Andrea Martin
- Dean Martin
- Demetri Martin
- Dick Martin
- Steve Martin
- Jackie Martling
- Chico Marx
- Groucho Marx
- Gummo Marx
- Harpo Marx
- Zeppo Marx
- Jackie Mason
- Kyle Massey
- Ross Mathews
- Andrew Maxwell
- Elaine May
- Ralphie May
- Rik Mayall
- Wendy Maybury
- Jack McBrayer
- Danny McBride
- Jenny McCarthy
- Melissa McCarthy
- Rue McClanahan
- Fancy Ray McCloney
- Eric McCormack
- Bruce McCulloch
- Paul McCullough
- Heather McDonald
- Kevin McDonald
- Michael McDonald
- Charlie McDonnell
- Justin McElroy
- Travis McElroy
- Griffin McElroy
- Joel McHale
- Jan McInnis
- Michael McIntyre
- Adam McKay
- Bret McKenzie
- Mark McKinney
- Kate McKinnon
- Pauline McLynn
- Ed McMahon
- Rove McManus
- Don McMillan
- Vaughn Meader
- Tim Meadows
- Kevin Meaney
- Anne Meara
- Matt Meese
- Carlos Mencia
- Rick Mercer
- Stephen Merchant
- Paul Merton
- Debra Messing
- Josh Meyers
- Seth Meyers
- Shaun Micallef
- Felicia Michaels
- Kate Micucci
- Thomas Middleditch
- John Milhiser
- Christa Miller
- Dennis Miller
- Max Miller
- T.J. Miller
- Sarah Millican
- Spike Milligan
- Tim Minchin
- Brian Miner
- Jerry Minor
- Dan Mintz
- Matt Mira
- Eugene Mirman
- David Mitchell
- Finesse Mitchell
- Kel Mitchell
- Michael Mittermeier
- Colin Mochrie
- Mehran Modiri
- Alex Moffat
- Jay Mohr
- John Moloney
- Mo'Nique
- Bob Monkhouse
- Lucy Montgomery
- Kyle Mooney
- Paul Mooney
- Dudley Moore
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Michael Moore
- Rudy Ray Moore
- Tim Moore
- Victor Moore
- Dylan Moran
- George Moran
- Polly Moran
- Rick Moranis
- Dave Mordal
- Eric Morecambe
- Dermot Morgan
- John Morgan
- Matt Morgan
- Tracy Morgan
- Brent Morin
- Chris Morris
- Garrett Morris
- Lamorne Morris
- Seth Morris
- Zero Mostel
- José Sánchez Mota
- Bobby Moynihan
- Teacher Mpamire
- John Mulaney
- Martin Mull
- Megan Mullally
- Mitch Mullany
- Neil Mullarkey
- Olivia Munn
- Simon Munnery
- Richard Murdoch
- Charlie Murphy
- Colin Murphy
- Eddie Murphy
- Larry Murphy
- Morgan Murphy
- Noel Murphy
- Al Murray
- Bill Murray
- Jan Murray
- Lorenzo Music
- Erik Myers
- Mike Myers
- Arden Myrin
N
- Jim Nabors
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Paul Nardizzi
- Jason Narvy
- Niecy Nash
- Rex Navarette
- Henry Naylor
- Cliff Nazarro
- Kevin Nealon
- Bob Nelson
- Michael J. Nelson
- Bob Newhart
- Laraine Newman
- Robert Newman
- Bert Newton
- Phil Nichol
- Mike Nichols
- Leslie Nielsen
- Trevor Noah
- Ross Noble
- Henry Normal
- Mark Normand
- Graham Norton
- Jim Norton
- Duncan Norvelle
- Tig Notaro
- BJ Novak
- Don Novello
- Dieter Nuhr
- Ego Nwodim
- Bill Nye
- Louis Nye
O
- Dara Ó Briain
- Conan O'Brien
- Mike O'Brien
- Carroll O'Connor
- Donald O'Connor
- Bill Oddie
- Bob Odenkirk
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Michael O'Donoghue
- Chris O'Dowd
- Nick Offerman
- Ardal O'Hanlon
- Catherine O'Hara
- Earl Okin
- John Oliver
- Ole Olsen
- Patrice O'Neal
- Barunka O'Shaughnessy
- David Ossman
- Patton Oswalt
- Cheri Oteri
- Jimmy Ouyang
- Rick Overton
P
- Frankie Pace
- Ellen Page
- LaWanda Page
- Michael Palin
- Adam Pally
- Candy Palmater
- Maulik Pancholy
- Franklin Pangborn
- Tom Papa
- Yannis Pappas
- Jimmy Pardo
- Lennon Parham
- Randall Park
- Pardis Parker
- Trey Parker
- Chris Parnell
- Andy Parsons
- Sara Pascoe
- Joe Pasquale
- Bastian Pastewka
- Pat Paulsen
- Rob Paulsen
- Christina Pazsitzky
- Ray Peacock
- Minnie Pearl
- Zack Pearlman
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jordan Peele
- Simon Pegg
- Paula Pell
- Kal Penn
- Joe Penner
- Joe Pera
- Chelsea Peretti
- Sue Perkins
- Matthew Perry
- Tyler Perry
- Jon Pertwee
- Russell Peters
- Dat Phan
- Jay Pharoah
- Emo Philips
- Chonda Pierce
- David Hyde Pierce
- Karl Pilkington
- John Pinette
- Joe Piscopo
- ZaSu Pitts
- Jeremy Piven
- Nigel Planer
- Aubrey Plaza
- Amy Poehler
- Kevin Pollak
- Mike Pollock
- Brian Posehn
- Tom Poston
- James Postlethwaite
- Paula Poundstone
- Dante Powell
- Navin Prabhakar
- Guy Pratt
- Amber Preston
- Tom Price
- Freddie Prinze
- Kiri Pritchard Mclean
- Philip Proctor
- Markus Maria Profitlich
- Greg Proops
- Paul Provenza
- Kelly Pryce
- Richard Pryor
- Danny Pudi
- Steve Punt
Q
- Apollo Quiboloy
- Eddie Quillan
- Colin Quinn
- Pauline Quirke
R
- Stefan Raab
- Gilda Radner
- Rags Ragland
- Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Louis Ramey
- Harold Ramis
- Tony Randall
- Frank Randle
- Romesh Ranganathan
- Stephen Rannazzisi
- June Diane Raphael
- Jim Rash
- Melissa Rauch
- Raven-Symoné
- Jonah Ray
- Ted Ray
- Martha Raye
- Al Read
- Howard Read
- Chris Redd
- Jon Reep
- Vic Reeves
- Brian Regan
- Tim Reid
- John C. Reilly
- Carl Reiner
- Rob Reiner
- Paul Reiser
- Roy Rene
- Retta
- Alex Reymundo
- Rick Reynolds
- Caroline Rhea
- Tom Rhodes
- Jeff Richards
- Michael Richards
- April Richardson
- Jon Richardson
- Mathias Richling
- Andy Richter
- Don Rickles
- Rob Riggle
- Gina Riley
- John Ritter
- Al Ritz
- Harry Ritz
- Jimmy Ritz
- Joan Rivers
- Rowland Rivron
- Steve Rizzo
- Lyda Roberti
- Jeanne Robertson
- Craig Robinson
- Joe Robinson
- Tim Robinson
- Linda Robson
- Chris Rock
- Paul Rodriguez
- Joe Rogan
- Seth Rogen
- Will Rogers
- Henry Rollins
- Ray Romano
- Mickey Rooney
- George Roper
- Tony Rosato
- Rose Marie
- Jeffrey Ross
- Jonathan Ross
- Lonny Ross
- Steve Rossi
- Eli Roth
- Barry Rothbart
- Dan Rowan
- Patsy Rowlands
- Paul Rudd
- Rita Rudner
- Jon Rudnitsky
- Maya Rudolph
- Charlie Ruggles
- Chris Rush
- Willie Rushton
- Anna Russell
- Mark Russell
- Nipsey Russell
- Katherine Ryan
- Tommy Ryman
S
- Jerry Sadowitz
- Bob Saget
- Mort Sahl
- Charles "Chic" Sale
- Soupy Sales
- Andy Samberg
- Sugar Sammy
- Angus Sampson
- Adam Sandler
- Andrew Santino
- Horatio Sanz
- Martin Sargent
- Will Sasso
- Jennifer Saunders
- Alexei Sayle
- Kristen Schaal
- Sara Schaefer
- Akiva Schaffer
- Lewis Schaffer
- Paul Scheer
- Ronnie Schell
- Gus Schilling
- Robert Schimmel
- Art Paul Schlosser
- Harald Schmidt
- Rob Schneider
- Avery Schreiber
- Paul Schrier
- Richard Schull
- Andrew Schulz
- Amy Schumer
- Leon Schuster
- Adam Scott
- Seann William Scott
- Harry Secombe
- Amy Sedaris
- George Segal
- Jason Segel
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Peter Sellers
- Larry Semon
- Mack Sennett
- Ross Shafer
- Paul Shaffer
- Garry Shandling
- Kapil Sharma
- William Shatner
- Dick Shawn
- Wallace Shawn
- Brendan Schaub
- Harry Shearer
- Derek Sheen
- Dax Shepard
- Waen Shepherd
- Rondell Sheridan
- Allan Sherman
- Brad Sherwood
- Ken Shimura
- Iliza Shlesinger
- Craig Shoemaker
- Pauly Shore
- Sammy Shore
- Martin Short
- Pat Shortt
- Michael Showalter
- Wil Shriner
- Jimmy Shubert
- Ritch Shydner
- Sarah Silverman
- Max Silvestri
- Phil Silvers
- Arthur Simeon
- Sam Simmons
- Timothy Simons
- Joan Sims
- Sinbad
- Lilly Singh
- Red Skelton
- Luke Ski
- Frank Skinner
- Jenny Slate
- Tony Slattery
- Bobby Slayton
- Lindsay Sloane
- Daniel Sloss
- Brendon Small
- Robert Smigel
- Yakov Smirnoff
- Arthur Smith
- Joe Smith
- Linda Smith
- Margaret Smith
- Will Smith
- Yeardley Smith
- JB Smoove
- Laura Solon
- Kira Soltanovich
- Sommore
- Kevin Spacey
- David Spade
- Hal Sparks
- Ron Sparks
- Chris Spencer
- Dave Spikey
- Jessica St. Clair
- Arnold Stang
- Doug Stanhope
- Vivian Stanshall
- Martin Starr
- Mark Steel
- Steve Steen
- David Steinberg
- Jason Stephens
- Pamela Stephenson
- Ford Sterling
- Howard Stern
- Steve-O
- Michael Fenton Stevens
- Ray Stevens
- Jon Stewart
- Paul Stewart
- Ryan Stiles
- Ben Stiller
- Jerry Stiller
- Matt Stone
- Larry Storch
- Ryan Stout
- Cecily Strong
- Jud Strunk
- Jason Sudeikis
- Chris Sugden
- Nicole Sullivan
- Slim Summerville
- Nick Swardson
- Jim Sweeney
- Julia Sweeney
- Terry Sweeney
- Eric Sykes
- Wanda Sykes
- Magda Szubanski
T
- Jorma Taccone
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Masashi Tashiro
- Catherine Tate
- Jacques Tati
- Christine Taylor
- Clarice Taylor
- Ellie Taylor
- Paul Taylor
- Rip Taylor
- Tariq Teddy
- Judy Tenuta
- Terry-Thomas
- Danny Thomas
- Dave Thomas
- Jay Thomas
- Josh Thomas
- Mark Thomas
- Tim Thomerson
- Greg Thomey
- Kenan Thompson
- Scott Thompson
- Nick Thune
- Kai Tier
- Tommy Tiernan
- Ashley Tisdale
- Christopher Titus
- Mukesh Tiwari
- Thelma Todd
- Sandi Toksvig
- Lily Tomlin
- Paul F. Tompkins
- TomSka
- Paul Tonkinson
- Barry Took
- Rip Torn
- Liz Torres
- Guy Torry
- Joe Torry
- Daniel Tosh
- Jerry Trainor
- Rosie Tran
- Tommy Trinder
- Chris Tucker
- Jane Turner
- Ben Turpin
- Aisha Tyler
U
- Tracey Ullman
- Sheryl Underwood
- Stanley Unwin
V
- John Valby, aka Dr. Dirty
- Billy Van
- Dick Van Dyke
- Jerry Van Dyke
- Danitra Vance
- Janet Varney
- Jim Varney
- Vince Vaughn
- Johnny Vegas
- Sofia Vergara
- Jackie Vernon
- Wally Vernon
- Melissa Villaseñor
- Tim Vine
- Theo Von
- Rich Vos
W
- Otto Waalkes
- David Wain
- Doug Walker
- Christopher Walken
- Jimmie Walker
- Roy Walker
- Max Wall
- David Walliams
- Ruth Wallis
- Greg Walloch
- Bradley Walsh
- Brendon Walsh
- Holly Walsh
- Kate Walsh
- Mary Walsh
- Matt Walsh
- Keith Wann
- Patrick Warburton
- Mike Ward
- Eric Wareheim
- Mike Warnke
- Greg Warren
- Rusty Warren
- Reggie Watts
- Ruby Wax
- Damon Wayans
- Damon Wayans, Jr.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Marlon Wayans
- Shawn Wayans
- Robert Webb
- Henning Wehn
- Stephnie Weir
- Noël Wells
- Lindy West
- Brooks Wheelan
- Bert Wheeler
- Betty White
- Ron White
- Slappy White
- Jack Whitehall
- Jason John Whitehead
- Paul Whitehouse
- Kym Whitley
- Kristen Wiig
- Allison Williams
- Ashley Williams
- Barney Williams
- Bert Williams
- Charlie Williams
- Harland Williams
- Jessica Williams
- Katt Williams
- Kenneth Williams
- Robin Williams
- Dave Williamson
- Wendy Williams
- Cardis Cardell Willis
- Dave Willis
- Denny Willis
- Larry Wilmore
- Casey Wilson
- Flip Wilson
- Luke Wilson
- Owen Wilson
- Rainn Wilson
- Rebel Wilson
- Henry Winkler
- Jonathan Winters
- Norman Wisdom
- Michelle Wolf
- Dennis Wolfberg
- Ali Wong
- Kristina Wong
- Victoria Wood
- Zach Woods
- Glenn Wool
- Robert Woolsey
- Harry Worth
- Mike Wozniak
- Steven Wright
- Robert Wuhl
- Ed Wynn
X
- Swami X
Y
- Rajpal Yadav
- Marc Yaffee
- Kaya Yanar
- Bowen Yang
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Gina Yashere
- Charlyne Yi
- Cem Yılmaz
- Alan Young
- Henny Youngman
- Joe Yule
- Imran Yusuf
Z
- Hollywood Zakoshisyoh
- Andy Zaltzman
- Sasheer Zamata
- Alex Zane
- Steve Zahn
Comedy groups
- Ant & Dec
- Armstrong and Miller
- Abbott and Costello
- Beyond the Fringe
- Bob and Ray
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- Broken Lizard
- Brown and Carney
- Burns and Allen
- The Chaser
- Les Charlots
- Cheech and Chong
- Clark and McCullough
- The League Of Gentlemen
- *Mark Gatiss
- *Steve Pemberton
- *Reece Shearsmith
- *Jeremy Dyson
- The Comedy Store Players
- The Comic Strip
- Dalton Trumbo's Reluctant Cabaret
- The Firesign Theatre
- Flight of the Conchords
- The Frat Pack
- French and Saunders
- Garfunkel and Oates
- The Goons
- The Grumbleweeds
- Hale and Pace
- Hamish and Andy
- Hard 'n Phirm
- Homer and Jethro
- The Kids in the Hall
- Kreisiraadio from Estonia
- Lano and Woodley
- Laurel and Hardy
- The League of Gentlemen
- Little Britain
- The Little Rascals
- The Lonely Island
- Les Luthiers
- Marijuana Logues
- Martin and Lewis
- Marx Brothers
- McKenzie Brothers
- The Mighty Boosh
- The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
- Mitchell and Webb
- Monty Python
- Morecambe and Wise
- Not Ready for Prime-Time Players
- Penn & Teller
- Pete and Dud
- Punt and Dennis
- Reeves and Mortimer
- The Ritz Brothers
- Rowan and Martin
- Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Scotland the What?
- Sklar Brothers
- Smith and Dale
- Smosh
- Smothers Brothers
- Stella
- Stiller and Meara
- Studio C
- Tenacious D
- The Three Stooges
- Tim and Eric
- The Umbilical Brothers
- Upright Citizens Brigade
- Wayne and Shuster
- Wheeler and Woolsey
- The Whitest Kids U'Know
Comedy writers
- Douglas Adams
- Fred Allen
- Woody Allen
- Chesney and Wolfe
- Roy Clarke
- Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
- David Croft
- Esmonde and Larbey
- Galton and Simpson
- W. S. Gilbert
- Willis Hall
- Antony Jay
- Carla Lane
- Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews
- Jeremy Lloyd
- David Nobbs
- Simon Nye
- Frank Muir
- Denis Norden
- S. J. Perelman
- Jimmy Perry
- David Renwick
- Jack Rosenthal
- David Sedaris
- Johnny Speight
- John Sullivan
- James Thurber
- Peter Tinniswood
- Keith Waterhouse