Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 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 Armando Iannucci Eric Idle Neil Innes Eddie Izzard J Hattie Jacques Sidney James Cathy Jones 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 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 Mark Thomas Greg Thomey 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 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 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 Reeves and Mortimer 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 List of Puerto Rican comedians This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.