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Greg Warren (comedian)
Greg Warren, St. Louis stand-up comedian and former Procter & Gamble Jif/Pringles salesman, All-American Mizzou wrestler, specials The Salesman and The Champ, co-host of The Consumers on Nate Bargatze's Nateland.
J. B. Smoove
J. B. Smoove (Jerry Angelo Brooks, born 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, also Jerry Brooks, Emmy winner for Mapleworth Murders, best known as Leon Black on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2007–2024) and as the voice of Frank the Plant in Harley Quinn.
Jackie Hoffman
Jackie Hoffman (born 1960) is an American actress, singer, and comedian, a Second City Chicago alumna known for Broadway roles in Hairspray, Xanadu, and The Addams Family, her Emmy-nominated Mamacita in Feud, and solo kvetching shows at Joe's Pub.
Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Garofalo (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, a central figure of early-1990s alternative comedy, known for The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Reality Bites, Wet Hot American Summer, and Air America radio.
Jeff Garlin
Jeff Garlin (born 1962, Chicago) is an American comedian and actor, Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2024, also executive producer, 11 Emmy nominations), formerly Murray Goldberg on The Goldbergs until his 2021 HR-investigation exit.
Jeff Ross
Jeff Ross (Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz, born 1965), American insult comedian nicknamed the Roastmaster General by Jimmy Kimmel; Comedy Central roast fixture, Roast Battle creator, and 2025 Broadway one-man show Take a Banana for the Ride.
Jim Florentine
Jim Florentine (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, prank-call artist, and actor, voice of Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, creator of Terrorizing Telemarketers, and former co-host of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show.
Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan, American stand-up comedian and actor from Chesterton, Indiana, known for clean observational comedy about food and fatherhood, Hot Pockets bits, Georgetown finance graduate, 1999 Letterman break, and specials through The Skinny.
Jim Norton (comedian)
Jim Norton (born 1968, Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio host of Opie & Anthony, UFC Unfiltered, and The Anthony and Jim Show, known for explicit self-deprecating comedy.
Jimmy Dore
Jimmy Dore (James Patrick Anthony Dore, born 1965, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian turned political commentator hosting The Jimmy Dore Show on YouTube and Rumble; Comedy Central's Citizen Jimmy, TYT affiliation 2009–2019, force-the-vote campaign, rated hyper-partisan left by Ad Fontes.
John Fugelsang
John Fugelsang is an American actor, comedian, and broadcaster, host of SiriusXM's Tell Me Everything, former VH1 host and America's Funniest Home Videos presenter, author of Separation of Church and Hate.
John Henson (comedian)
John Morris Henson (born 1967, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American comedian and TV host, distinct from Jim Henson's puppeteer son; he hosted E!'s Talk Soup 1995-1999, ABC's Wipeout, and Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship.
John Pinette
John Pinette, American stand-up comedian and actor (1962 or 1964 to 2014), known for food-centered clean comedy, the 'Nay-nay' bit, Frank Sinatra and Hairspray, and the Seinfeld finale.
Jon Glaser
Jon Glaser (Jonathan Daniel Glaser, born 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer, a Conan O'Brien writer and Emmy nominee, creator of Delocated, Neon Joe Werewolf Hunter, and Jon Glaser Loves Gear, and Parks and Recreation's Councilman Jamm.
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962) is an American comedian who hosted Comedy Central's The Daily Show 1999-2015 and returned as Monday host in 2024, now contracted through December 2028; known for political satire, Crossfire, 9/11 advocacy, and books like America (The Book).
Josh Wolf (comedian)
Josh Wolf (comedian), also Joshua Wolf, American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Boston/Amherst, Massachusetts; Chelsea Lately roundtable regular, host of The Josh Wolf Show, author of It Takes Balls; birth year disputed (1969 vs 1974).
Judah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander, American stand-up comedian and actor from Gaithersburg, Maryland; "The World Champion" trucker-hat persona; Frank Rossitano on 30 Rock (2006–2013); American Splendor Spirit Award nominee; author of How to Beat Up Anybody.
Judy Gold
Judy Gold (born 1962, Newark, NJ) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer known for HBO, Comedy Central, and LOGO specials, three Off-Broadway solo shows including 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, two Emmys, and recent Hulu and Paramount+ roles.
Kathleen Madigan
Kathleen Madigan (born 1965, St. Louis) is an American stand-up comedian, Last Comic Standing semifinalist, winner of the 1996 American Comedy Award, creator of Madigan's Pubcast, with specials including Bothering Jesus, Hunting Bigfoot, and The Family Thread.
Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin (Kathleen Mary Griffin, born 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, two-time Emmy winner for My Life on the D-List, 2014 Grammy winner, Guinness record holder for televised stand-up specials, derailed by the 2017 Trump-head photo and touring again.
Larry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore, American comedian, writer, producer, and host, creator of The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs, Daily Show's senior black correspondent, host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show (2015-16) and the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner, co-creator of Insecure and Black-ish producer.
Laura Kightlinger
Laura Kightlinger is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for a deadpan style, for writing on Roseanne and Will & Grace, and for creating the IFC series The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman.
Lavell Crawford
Lavell Maurice Crawford, born 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American stand-up comedian and actor, runner-up on Last Comic Standing season 5 and known for playing Huell Babineaux on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Leslie Jones (comedian)
Leslie Jones (Annette Leslie Jones), American stand-up comedian and actress born 1967 in Memphis; SNL writer and cast member 2014-2019, three Emmy nominations, Ghostbusters 2016, Daily Show guest host, Paris 2024 Olympics Sports Emmy.
Lisa Lampanelli
Lisa Lampanelli, born Lisa Marie Lampugnale in Trumbull, Connecticut, is a retired American stand-up comedian known for insult comedy and celebrity roasts who retired in 2018.
Louis C.K.
Louis C.K. (born 1967, Washington, D.C.-raised partly in Mexico City) is an American stand-up comedian and creator of FX's Louie. He admitted 2017 sexual misconduct, rebuilt via self-released specials and a 2022 Grammy, and returned to Netflix in 2026 with Ridiculous.
Marc Maron
Marc Maron (born 1963, Jersey City, NJ) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host of the WTF interview podcast, started 2009; guest Obama 2015, Robin Williams episode in the National Recording Registry, ended fall 2025.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho (born 1968) is a Korean-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from San Francisco, known for politically outspoken comedy and starring in All-American Girl.
Matt Besser
Matt Besser (born 1967, Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American comedian, Upright Citizens Brigade co-founder, improv4humans podcast host, Crossballs creator, and co-author of the UCB Comedy Improvisation Manual.
Matt Walsh (comedian)
Matt Walsh (born 1964, Chicago) is the American actor and comedian, not the Daily Wire commentator, who co-founded Upright Citizens Brigade and played Mike McLintock on HBO's Veep, earning two Emmy nominations.