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Bill Burr
Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster from Canton, Massachusetts, host of the Monday Morning Podcast, star of F Is For Family and Old Dads, with eight hour-long specials including Drop Dead Years.
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 Hader
Bill Hader (born 1978, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director, an SNL cast member 2005-2013 known for Stefon, voice of Fear in Inside Out, and Emmy-winning co-creator-star of HBO's Barry (2018-2023).
Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks (William Melvin Hicks, 1961-1994), American stand-up comedian and social critic from Houston, Texas; albums Dangerous, Relentless, Arizona Bay, Revelations; cult figure in Britain, died of pancreatic cancer at 32.
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.
Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham (Robert Pickering Burnham, born 1990) is an American comedian, musician, and filmmaker who rose from teenage YouTube song parodies to stand-up specials like Make Happy, the film Eighth Grade (2018), and the Emmy-winning Netflix special Inside (2021).
Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart, born George Robert Newhart, was an American comedian and actor whose deadpan telephone routines led to sitcom stardom in The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.
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.
Bobcat Goldthwait
Bobcat Goldthwait (Robert Francis Goldthwait, born 1962, Syracuse, New York) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and film director known for his screeching 1980s persona, Zed in Police Academy, and directing Shakes the Clown and World's Greatest Dad.
Brad Garrett
Brad Garrett (Bradley Henry Gerstenfeld, born 1960) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, three-time Emmy winner as Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, voice actor, and owner of Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.
Brad Williams (comedian)
Brad Williams is an American stand-up comedian and actor with achondroplasia, 4'4" tall, known for Fun Size, The Degenerates, Starfish, Live on Short Street, and headlining Cirque du Soleil's Mad Apple.
Brent Morin
Brent Morin (born 1986, South Windsor, Connecticut) is an American comedian, actor, and writer in Los Angeles, known as Justin Kearney on NBC's Undateable, for the Netflix special I'm Brent Morin, and for Merry Happy Whatever.
Brian Posehn
Brian Posehn (born 1966, Sacramento, California) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer known for Mr. Show, Just Shoot Me's Kevin Liotta, The Sarah Silverman Program's Brian Spukowski, Bert on The Big Bang Theory and its 2026 spinoff, Comedians of Comedy, Grandpa Metal, and co-writing 45 Deadpool issues.
Brian Quinn (comedian)
Brian "Q" Quinn (born 1976) is an American comedian, actor, and producer, a member of The Tenderloins and star of truTV's Impractical Jokers, a former FDNY firefighter, and co-host of the Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! podcast.
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.
BriTANicK
BriTANicK, also BriTANick, is the American sketch-comedy duo of Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher from Atlanta, YouTube and CollegeHumor veterans, SNL and Always Sunny writers, and 2026 directors of Pizza Movie.
Brody Stevens
Brody Stevens (Steven James Brody, 1970-2019) was an American stand-up comedian and actor from the San Fernando Valley, known for energetic confrontational sets, warm-up work, Hangover roles, and the series Enjoy It!.
Brooks Wheelan
Brooks Wheelan (born 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster from Cedar Rapids, Iowa; an SNL season 39 featured player fired after one season, known for Alive in Alaska and the Entry Level podcast.
Bryan Callen
Bryan Callen, American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster; MADtv original cast member, Hangover and Goldbergs actor, co-host of The Fighter and the Kid; subject of 2020 sexual misconduct allegations he denies.
Cameron Esposito
Cameron Esposito (Cameron Anne Young Anastasia Esposito, born 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster known for Rape Jokes, Take My Wife, the memoir Save Yourself, and the 2025 Dropout special Four Pills on bipolar disorder.
Carlos Mencia
Carlos Mencia, born Ned Arnel Holness (1967, Honduras), is an American stand-up comedian who hosted Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia (2005–2008), faced joke-theft accusations after Joe Rogan's 2007 confrontation, and was charged with tax evasion in 2026.
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.
Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric the Entertainer (Cedric Antonio Kyles, born 1964, Jefferson City, Missouri), American comedian and actor; Kings of Comedy, Barbershop, The Steve Harvey Show, The Neighborhood, six NAACP Image Awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Charleston White
Charleston White (born 1977, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American comedian, motivational speaker, and internet personality; juvenile murder conviction at 14, HYPE youth nonprofit founder, and figure of recurring arrests and viral controversies.
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.
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler, American comedian, TV host, and six-time New York Times best-selling author; host of E!'s Chelsea Lately (2007-2014), the only female late-night host on air then, later Netflix specials, Dear Chelsea podcast, and Critics' Choice host.
Cheri Oteri
Cheri Oteri (Cheryl A. Oteri, born 1962), American comic actress, Saturday Night Live cast member 1995-2000 known for cheerleader characters with Will Ferrell; Groundlings alumna, films Liar Liar and Scary Movie, Emmy-nominated for Just Shoot Me, voice of Gwendolyn Zapp in Big City Greens the Movie.
Chloe Radcliffe
Chloe Radcliffe, Minnesota-born NYC standup comedian, actor, and screenwriter; Tonight Show staff writer, Command Z star and WGA nominee, creator of the Edinburgh solo show Cheat and the In Tandem bicycle interview series.
Chris D'Elia
Chris D'Elia (born 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcast host known for NBC's Whitney and Undateable, Netflix specials, and the Congratulations podcast, whose career collapsed after 2020 sexual misconduct allegations including grooming claims.
Chris Distefano
Chris Distefano (Chrissy Chaos) is a Brooklyn-raised American stand-up comedian, MTV Guy Code standout, and podcaster who left pediatric physical therapy for comedy and in 2023 sold out Radio City Music Hall and MSG's Theater on consecutive nights.