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Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin, American standup comedian, writer, and visual artist; Perrier Award 2003 for If I...; Daily Show youth correspondent; creator of Important Things; Netflix special Demetri Deconstructed (2024).
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.
Don Rickles
Don Rickles (Donald Jay Rickles, 1926-2017), American insult comic and actor nicknamed Mr. Warmth and Merchant of Venom; ad-libbed nightclub roasts, Tonight Show regular, Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story, Emmy winner 2008.
Donnell Rawlings
Donnell Rawlings, American comedian, actor, and podcaster born in Washington, D.C.; Ashy Larry on Chappelle's Show, Day-Day on The Wire, Netflix special A New Day, weekly podcast.
Doug Benson
Doug Benson (born 1962, San Diego) is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster known for marijuana humor, Super High Me, Last Comic Standing season 5, Doug Loves Movies, and Getting Doug with High.
Doug Stanhope
Doug Stanhope (born 1967) is an American stand-up comedian from Worcester, Massachusetts, based in Bisbee, Arizona, known for confrontational libertarian, autobiographical comedy, festival wins, The Man Show, and over a dozen specials.
Duncan Trussell
Duncan Trussell (born 1974, Asheville, NC) is an American comedian, actor, and podcaster, host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour and co-creator and voice of Clancy in Netflix's The Midnight Gospel with Pendleton Ward.
Dustin Nickerson
Dustin Nickerson, American stand-up comedian and author of How to Be Married (To Melissa); Seattle native in Southern California; specials Overwhelmed (2020) and Runs in the Family (2023); hosts Don't Make Me Come Back There podcast. Not the Dustin comic strip.
Eddie Griffin
Eddie Griffin (born 1968, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of Malcolm & Eddie and Undercover Brother, a Def Comedy Jam alum with a Las Vegas residency.
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy (Edward Regan Murphy, born 1961, Brooklyn) is an American comedian and actor who joined SNL at 19, starred in 48 Hrs., Beverly Hills Cop, and Shrek, recorded Delirious and Raw, and won an Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
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.
Eric André
Eric Samuel André (born 1983, Boca Raton, Florida) is an American comedian, actor, and Berklee-trained bassist, creator and host of Adult Swim's The Eric André Show since 2012, star of Bad Trip and Man Seeking Woman, Blarf musician, and 2024 Creative Arts Emmy winner.
Esther Povitsky
Esther Povitsky (Esther Lauren Povitsky, born 1988), also known as Little Esther, is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and podcast host from Skokie, Illinois, known for co-creating Freeform's Alone Together, starring in Hulu's Dollface, and her 2020 Comedy Central special Hot for My Name.
Foster Brooks
Foster Brooks (Foster Murrell Brooks, 1912-2001), American comedian and former newscaster famous as the 'Lovable Lush' drunk act on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts; quit drinking himself in the 1960s.
Frank Caliendo
Frank Caliendo (born 1974) is an American comedian and impressionist, born in Chicago and raised in Wisconsin. Known for John Madden, Bush, and Trump impressions; MADtv cast member 2001-2006, Fox NFL Sunday, TBS's Frank TV, ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown.
Fred Stoller
Fred Stoller (Frederick Stoller) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Chicago, best known as Gerard, Ray's cousin, on Everybody Loves Raymond, with over sixty sitcom guest appearances.
Gabriel Iglesias
Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, American stand-up comedian and voice actor from Long Beach; clean storytelling with character voices, Hot and Fluffy (2007), Dodger Stadium 2022, The 1976 Tour.
Gary Gulman
Gary Gulman (born 1970, Peabody, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian known for wordplay and specials about depression, including The Great Depresh (HBO, 2019), the memoir Misfit (2023), Born on 3rd Base (Max, 2023), and the solo show Grandiloquent.
Gary Morton
Gary Morton (Morton Goldaper), American stand-up comedian and television producer, second husband of Lucille Ball from 1961; warm-up comic and executive producer of The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy; died 1999. Distinct from the British union official and other namesakes.
Gary Owen (comedian)
Gary Owen (born 1974, Cincinnati) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, first white host of BET's ComicView, known for Think Like a Man, Ride Along, Daddy Day Care, and his No Hard Feelings theater tour.
George Carlin
George Carlin (1937–2008), American stand-up comedian and social critic, famed for the 'Seven Dirty Words' routine, FCC v. Pacifica, 14 HBO specials, 22 albums, 4 Grammys.
George Gobel
George Gobel (1919–1991), American comedian George Leslie Goebel, nicknamed Lonesome George; deadpan host of The George Gobel Show (NBC 1954–1959, CBS 1959–1960), catchphrases 'Well, I'll be a dirty bird,' later a Hollywood Squares panelist.
George Lopez
George Lopez, born 1961 in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, is a Mexican-American stand-up comedian and actor whose ABC sitcom George Lopez (2002-2007) and TBS show Lopez Tonight made him a leading Latino figure in US television.
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.
Godfrey (comedian)
Godfrey (Godfrey C. Danchimah Jr., born 1969) is a Nigerian American stand-up comedian and actor from Chicago, known for Zoolander, Soul Plane, his specials Black By Accident, Regular Black, and Rebel With a Cause, and the podcasts In Godfrey We Trust and One 54.
Greg Giraldo
Greg Giraldo (1965-2010) was an American stand-up comedian, Columbia and Harvard Law graduate, and former Skadden Arps lawyer, known for Comedy Central celebrity roasts, Last Comic Standing judging, and albums Good Day to Cross a River and Midlife Vices.