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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.
Hannah Einbinder
Hannah Marie Einbinder (born 1995), American stand-up comedian and actress, daughter of Laraine Newman; plays Ava Daniels on Hacks, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, debut special Everything Must Go (2024, Max).
Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Buress (born 1983, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his laid-back delivery, SNL and 30 Rock writing, The Eric André Show and Broad City, and the viral 2014 Cosby routine; he raps as Eshu Tune.
Hari Kondabolu
Hari Kondabolu (born 1982) is a Brooklyn-based Indian American stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster known for political comedy and for the 2017 truTV documentary The Problem with Apu, which critiqued The Simpsons' Apu stereotype and preceded the character's long absence and 2026 return.
Harris Wittels
Harris Lee Wittels (April 20, 1984 – February 19, 2015), American comedy writer, producer, and stand-up; Parks and Recreation writer and executive producer, animal-control character Harris; coined "humblebrag"; Comedy Bang! Bang! Foam Corner and Analyze Phish podcasts.
Heather McDonald
Heather McDonald, born 1970, is an American comedian and writer known for Chelsea Lately and for hosting the pop culture podcast Juicy Scoop, launched 2015, with over 1,200 episodes and stand-up specials on Showtime, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.
Heather McMahan
Heather McMahan (born 1987, Atlanta) is an American stand-up comedian, host of the Dear Media podcast Absolutely Not, and actress from Love Hard; her specials Son I Never Had (Netflix) and Breadwinner (Hulu) followed a pandemic Instagram breakout.
Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman (Henry Youngman, 1906-1998), British-born American comedian and violinist, the "King of the One-Liners," famous for "Take my wife, please," rapid-fire delivery of 250 jokes in 45 minutes, and a career from the Borscht Belt to Goodfellas.
Hodgetwins
The Hodgetwins, also known as the Conservative Twins, are Keith and Kevin Hodge, twin brothers from Virginia who work in stand-up comedy and conservative political commentary.
Ify Nwadiwe
Ify Nwadiwe (Ifechukwude Nwadiwe), born 1988 in Los Angeles, is an American comedian, actor, and writer, host of Dropout's Um, Actually, writer on Twisted Metal, Grand Crew, and Apex Legends.
Ike Barinholtz
Ike Barinholtz (born 1977, Chicago) is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for MADtv, Morgan Tookers on The Mindy Project, co-writing Central Intelligence, directing The Oath, and Emmy-nominated Sal Saperstein in The Studio.
Iliza Shlesinger
Iliza Shlesinger (born 1983), also Iliza Vie Shlesinger, is an American comedian, actress, and host who won Last Comic Standing season 6 in 2008, released six Netflix specials plus A Different Animal (2025), and wrote Good On Paper.
Irwin Corey
Irwin Corey (1914-2017), born Irwin Eli Cohen, American comedian billed as "Professor" Irwin Corey, the World's Foremost Authority, known for double-talk routines, the 1974 Pynchon National Book Award stunt, and a 70-plus-year career.
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.
Jaboukie Young-White
Jaboukie Young-White (born 1994), also known mononymously as Jaboukie, is an American comedian, actor, and writer from Harvey, Illinois; Daily Show correspondent 2018-2021, writer on Big Mouth, and Interscope debut album All who can't hear must feel (2023).
Jack Benny
Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894-1974), American comedian and violinist whose The Jack Benny Program ran on radio 1932-1955 and TV 1950-1965, pioneering the sitcom with his stingy, eternally 39 persona.
Jack Burns
Jack Burns (John Francis Burns, 1933-2020), American comedian, actor, writer: comedy partner of George Carlin then Avery Schreiber, Deputy Warren Ferguson on The Andy Griffith Show, first head writer of The Muppet Show, co-writer of The Muppet Movie.
Jack Carter (comedian)
Jack Carter (born Jack Chakrin) was an American comedian and actor whose brash stand-up style made him a star of early television, from 1948 until 2015.
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.
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.
Jackie Mason
Jackie Mason (Yacov Moshe Maza), American stand-up comedian and actor, 1928-2021; rabbi-turned-comic from the Borscht Belt, Broadway's The World According to Me!, Special Tony, two Emmys, Simpsons voice role.
James Adomian
James Adomian (born 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist known for Trump vs. Bernie, his viral Bernie Sanders impression, The Underculture podcast, voice roles in Harley Quinn and Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, and his 2024 special Path of Most Resistance.
James Murray (comedian)
James "Murr" Murray (born 1976, per IMDb), Staten Island comedian, Tenderloins member, Impractical Jokers star, author of the Awakened trilogy, and president of Impractical Productions.
James Tom
James Tom (formerly Jes Tom, born 1990/1991) is an American comedian, actor, and writer in New York City, known for the Off-Broadway show Less Lonely, Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda on Netflix, and Our Flag Means Death.
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.
Janelle James
Janelle James (born 1979, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer known for Principal Ava Coleman on Abbott Elementary, Emmy-nominated 2022–2026, NAACP Image Award winner, and Netflix's Strip Law.
Jay Pharoah
Jay Pharoah (Jared Antonio Farrow, born 1987) is an American comedian and impressionist from Chesapeake, Virginia, an SNL cast member 2010–2016 known for Obama, Jay-Z, and Denzel impressions, later White Famous and the 2024 special JARED.
Jeff Arcuri
Jeff Arcuri is an American stand-up comedian known for crowd work and viral clips, a Michigan native who came up in Chicago and New York, and star of the 2026 Netflix debut special Nice to Meet You.
Jeff B. Davis
Jeff B. Davis (Jeffrey Bryan Davis, born 1973, Los Angeles) is an American actor, comedian, and singer, a recurring guest on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, star of Drew Carey's Green Screen Show and Improv-A-Ganza, Harmontown podcast comptroller, and Whose Live Anyway? touring improviser, known for Walken and Goldblum impressions.
Jeff Dye
Jeff Dye is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host from Kent, Washington, a third-place finalist on Last Comic Standing Season 6, host of MTV's Money From Strangers and Girl Code, star of NBC's Better Late Than Never, and a recurring Gutfeld! guest.