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Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay, born Andrew Clay Silverstein (1957), is an American stand-up comedian and actor whose offensive "Diceman" persona, MTV lifetime ban, SNL boycotts, and 1990 arena sellouts made him a defining shock comic.
Andy Huggins
Andy Huggins (born 1950) is a Houston-based American stand-up comedian, a Texas Outlaw Comics member with Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, known for one-liners, America's Got Talent 2018, and the 2023 special Early Bird Special.
Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian and talk show host best known for the late-night program The Arsenio Hall Show, which syndicated from 1989 to May 1994.
Bernie Mac
Bernie Mac (Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, 1957–2008), Chicago stand-up comedian and actor; Kings of Comedy tour, The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2006), Ocean's Eleven films; died of pneumonia.
Bill Engvall
Bill Engvall (William Ray Engvall Jr., born 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor from Galveston, Texas, known for "Here's your sign" and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy.
Bill Maher
Bill Maher (born 1956) is an American comedian and political satirist, host of Politically Incorrect (1993–2002) and HBO's Real Time, recipient of the 2026 Mark Twain Prize.
Bob Saget
Bob Saget (Robert Lane Saget, 1956–2022), American comedian, actor, and host; Danny Tanner on Full House and Fuller House, original America's Funniest Home Videos host, How I Met Your Mother narrator, blue stand-up comic; died January 9, 2022, in Orlando from an accidental head injury.
Brian Regan (comedian)
Brian Regan is an American stand-up comedian known for his clean, observational humor. He has maintained a touring career for over three decades and won multiple American Comedy Awards.
Carol Leifer
Carol Leifer (born 1956/1957) is an American stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning TV writer known for Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, Modern Family, and Hacks, plus a record 25 David Letterman appearances.
Charlie Murphy (actor)
Charlie Murphy (Charles Quinton Murphy Jr., 1959 to 2017), American actor, writer, and comedian, Eddie Murphy's older brother, famed for Chappelle's Show True Hollywood Stories sketches about Rick James and Prince.
Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn (born 1959) is a Brooklyn-born stand-up comedian and actor, former SNL Weekend Update anchor (1998–2000), host of Tough Crowd (2002–2004), and creator of themed one-man shows like Long Story Short and Small Talk.
Darrell Hammond
Darrell Hammond (born 1955) is an American comedian and impressionist, an SNL cast member 1995–2009 with over 100 celebrity impressions, its announcer since 2014, and author of a 2011 abuse-and-addiction memoir.
Dave Coulier
Dave Coulier (born 1959) is an American comedian and actor, Joey Gladstone on Full House and Fuller House, voice of Animal and Peter Venkman, host of Out of Control; treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and HPV-related tongue cancer, in remission since 2026.
David Steinberg
David Steinberg (born 1942, Winnipeg) is a Canadian comedian, director, and Order of Canada member known for Smothers Brothers sermons, Tonight Show guest hosting, and directing Seinfeld, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Denis Leary
Denis Leary (born 1957, Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actor known for No Cure for Cancer, MTV rants, Rescue Me, Ice Age's Diego, and the Leary Firefighters Foundation.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller (born 1953, Pittsburgh) is an American comedian and commentator, SNL Weekend Update anchor 1985-1991, Emmy-winning host of HBO's Dennis Miller Live 1994-2002, later a right-leaning talk radio and podcast voice.
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory (Richard Claxton Gregory, 1932–2017) was an American stand-up comedian, satirist, author, and civil rights activist who broke into national fame via the Chicago Playboy Club, marched with Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in 1968, and wrote Nigger: An Autobiography.
Elayne Boosler
Elayne Boosler is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and activist who became the first woman to star in her own cable special, Party of One, in 1986.
Emo Philips
Emo Philips (Philip Soltanec, born 1956) is an American stand-up comedian famous since 1976 for childlike delivery and precisely constructed one-liners; called the best joke writer in America by Jay Leno.
George Wallace (American comedian)
George Wallace (born 1952, Atlanta) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, not the Alabama governor; known for clean observational comedy, Las Vegas residencies at the Flamingo and Westgate, the 1995 American Comedy Award, and the 2025 sitcom Clean Slate with Laverne Cox.
Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022), American stand-up comedian and voice actor, famed for his screeching voice as Iago in Aladdin and the Aflac duck, and for boundary-pushing jokes including the first public 9/11 joke.
Jackie Martling
Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling (born 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and comedy writer, Howard Stern Show head writer 1986-2001, mechanical engineering graduate of Michigan State, creator of the (516) 922-WINE dirty joke line.
Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff Foxworthy (Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy), born 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American stand-up comedian known for his "You might be a redneck if..." jokes.
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954, Brooklyn) is an American observational stand-up comedian who co-created NBC's Seinfeld (1989–1998), the first actor paid $1 million per episode, later host of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Judy Tenuta
Judy Tenuta (Judy Lynn Tenuta, 1949-2022), American stand-up comedian, the accordion-playing "Love Goddess" and "Aphrodite of the Accordion"; founded the parody religion Judyism, won the 1988 American Comedy Award for best female comedy club performer, and received two Grammy nominations.
Kenny Kramer
Kenny Kramer, American comedian and entrepreneur, Larry David's neighbor at Manhattan Plaza and inspiration for Seinfeld's Cosmo Kramer; ran the Kramer Reality Tour and ran twice for NYC mayor.
Kevin Meaney
Kevin Meaney (Kevin Gerard Meaney, 1956–2016) was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for "That's not right," his mother impression, HBO's 1986 special, CBS's Uncle Buck, and Broadway's Hairspray.
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon (born 1953, Bridgeport, Connecticut), American comedian and actor; SNL cast member 1986–1995 and Weekend Update anchor 1991–1994; also Doug Wilson on Weeds, host of Hiking with Kevin, and author of I Exaggerate.
Larry Miller (comedian)
Larry Miller (born 1953, Valley Stream, NY) is an American stand-up comedian and character actor, the toadying store manager in Pretty Woman, Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor, and a Christopher Guest ensemble regular.
Lenny Clarke
Lenny Clarke, American stand-up comedian and actor born 1953 in Boston, rose from hosting open mikes at Cambridge's Ding Ho to TV roles as Uncle Teddy on Rescue Me, Officer Adam Hampton on The John Larroquette Show, and his own CBS sitcom Lenny.