List of comedians
One who entertains through comedy: jokes and other forms of humor.
Famous comedians (English language):
- Brian Appleton as Jilted John and Graham Shuttleworth
- Arthur Askey
- Rowan Atkinson
- Ronnie Barker
- Alfie Bass
- Jack Benny
- Milton Berle
- Victor Borge
- David Brenner
- Lenny Bruce
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali-G
- John Belushi
- Michael Bentine
- Bernard Bresslaw
- George Carlin
- Johnny Carson
- Charlie Chaplin
- Graham Chapman
- Margaret Cho
- John Cleese
- Billy Connolly
- Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and Paul Calf
- Peter Cook
- Ronnie Corbett
- Bill Cosby
- Jack Dee
- Lea Delaria
- Charlie Drake
- Jimmy Edwards
- Ben Elton
- Harry Enfield
- Kenny Everett
- Marty Feldman
- Stan Freberg
- Stephen Fry
- Graeme Garden
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Derek Guyler
- Tony Hancock
- Jeremy Hardie
- Goldie Hawn
- Charles Hawtry
- Richard Hearn
- 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
- Ernie Kovacs
- Hugh Laurie
- Tom Lehrer
- David Letterman
- Betty Marsden
- Groucho Marx
- Roger McGough
- Paul Merton
- Max Miller
- Spike Milligan
- Bob Monkhouse
- Dudley Moore
- Richard Murdoch
- Bob Newhart
- Rob Newman
- Bill Oddie
- Michael Palin
- Freddie Prinze
- Richard Pryor
- Ted Ray
- Al Read
- Tony Robinson as Baldrick
- Rita Rudner
- William Rushton
- Garry Shandling
- Harry Secombe
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Peter Sellers
- Linda Smith
- Vivian Stanshall
- Pamela Stephenson
- Ben Stiller
- Eric Sykes
- Lily Tomlin
- Barry Took
- Tracey Ullman
- Stanley Unwin
- Johnny Vegas
- June Whitfield
- Kenneth Williams
- Robin Williams
- Norman Wisdom
- Victoria Wood
- Harry Worth
- Steven Wright
Groups of comedians:
- Abbott and Costello
- Beyond the Fringe
- Bob and Ray
- The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- Cheech and Chong
- The Comic Strip
- The Crazy Gang
- The Firesign Theatre
- French and Saunders
- 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
Comedy writers: