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These are mostly comedians working in the United States or comedians in other countries who have a large influence on American comedy (such as particularly notable Britons or Canadians.)
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| Bill Hicks |
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Bill Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian.
Finding moderate mainstream success in the late 1980s and early '90s, Hicks tended to balance heady discussion of religion, politics and personal issues...
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| Gilbert Gottfried |
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Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28 1955 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor whose most salient feature is a distinctive, squeaky, grating voice that is often described as loud and obnoxious. He has played numerous...
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| Colin Quinn |
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Colin Quinn (born June 6, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live.
Colin Quinn was born in Brooklyn to an Irish-American family and was raised in the Park Slope...
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| Jerry Seinfeld |
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Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld (born on April 29, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and writer. He is often described as an observational comedian. He is best known for playing a semi-fictional...
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| Mitch Hedberg |
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Person | Observational comedy | Caroline's |
Mitchell Lee Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 29, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and unconventional comedic delivery.
Remembered for his distinctive delivery, Hedberg's comedy typically featured short,...
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| Zach Galifianakis |
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Zacharius Knight Galifianakis (pronounced []; born October 1, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, and writer.
Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. His cousin Nicholas Galifianakis is a newspaper cartoonist, and his uncle Nick...
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| Adele Givens |
Adele Givens is an African American actress and comedian from Chicago, Illinois.
In 2001, she hosted The Source's Hip Hip Awards Preshow which was shown on UPN.
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| Chelsea Handler | Person |
Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American stand-up comedienne, humorist, television host, author, and actress. She currently has her own television program, Chelsea Lately, on the E! Cable Television Network.
Handler was born in...
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| Cory Kahaney | Person |
Cory Kahaney (born 1963) is an American comedian. She competed in the first season of NBC's reality television show Last Comic Standing.
Cory was a grand finalist and runner-up in season one of NBC's Last Comic Standing. She also was a contestant...
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| Ellen DeGeneres |
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Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, television host and actress. She currently hosts the Emmy Award-winning syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
She has hosted both the Academy Awards and the...
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| Heather Fink | Person |
Heather Fink is a comedy writer in New York City. She maintains the website www.heatherfink.com.Born and raised in New Jersey, she currently resides in Hoboken, NJ and hosts Hoboken Comedy Night.She attended The George Washington University and...
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| Janeane Garofalo | Person | Observational comedy |
Jane Anne (Janeane) Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, writer, and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report.
On August 20, 2007, it was announced that she will join the...
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| Joan Rivers |
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Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky; June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. Rivers is the...
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| Judy Gold | Person |
Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on the Rosie O'Donnell Show. She has also been involved in many projects in various roles,...
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| Judy Tenuta | Person |
Judy Tenuta (born November 7, 1956 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American entertainer, comedienne, and accordionist.
Tenuta's act is primarily structured around an exaggerated, offbeat persona that is referred to primarily as "The Love Goddess". ...
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| Kaitlin Colombo | Person |
Kaitlin Colombo (born 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, television personality, writer, and actress. She is perhaps best known for her brief but noteworthy audition for the fourth season of NBC's reality series Last Comic Standing, and for her...
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| Kate Clinton |
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Kate Clinton has been an American comedian for over 25 years, specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view. She was born in Buffalo, New York.
Kate Clinton is a self-described "fumerist," or feminist humorist, who has set...
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| Kathleen Madigan | Person |
Kathleen Madigan (born September 30, 1965, in Florissant, MO, USA) is an American comedian. She has appeared on Last Comic Standing, I Love the 90s: Part Deux, and Celebrity Poker Showdown. She has also starred in her own popular HBO Half-Hour...
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| Kathy Griffin |
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Kathleen "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, television personality, and actress. A self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity," Griffin gained recognition first for her supporting role on NBC's...
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| Kathy Najimy |
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Kathy Ann Najimy (born February 6, 1957) is an American actress, known as Olive Massery on the television series Veronica's Closet, Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act and the voice of Peggy Hill on the animated television series King of the Hill.
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| Lea DeLaria | Musical Artist |
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958 at Belleville, Illinois) is a US comedian, actress, and jazz musician. She has Italian origins . She attended kindergarten through 8th grade at St Mary's Elementary School in Belleville, and has referenced her Catholic...
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| Lily Tomlin |
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Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who has won several Tony Award and Emmy Award, plus a Grammy Award. During her 40-year career she was also nominated for an Academy Award.
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| Lisa Lampanelli | Person | Insult comedy |
Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Lampugnale; July 19, 1961), often called the Queen of Mean, is a Grammy-nominated American stand-up comedian and "insult comic". She is noted for her extremely racy and raunchy style of comedy, which frequently includes ...
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| Lisa Landry | Person |
Lisa Landry (born August 5, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian.
She grew up in Harvey, Louisiana. She is a Cajun and was born a Catholic, although she is now a convert to Judaism.
Landry starred in her own half-hour special "Comedy Central...
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| Lynn Lavner | Musical Artist |
Lynn Lavner is an American comedian and musician from Brooklyn, New York. Much of her material is based around the facts that she is Jewish and a lesbian. She is frequently billed as "America's Most Politically Incorrect Entertainer."
Lavner began...
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| Lynne Koplitz | Person |
Lynne Koplitz is an American stand-up comedian and actress. Born June 13, 1969 in Douglasville, TN. She was host of Telepictures' nationally syndicated dating show Change of Heart, guest host on NBC's Later, co-host of the Food Network's How to Boil...
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| Maile Flanagan | Film actor |
Maile Flanagan (born May 19, 1965) is an American actress known for her role as the protagonist ninja Naruto Uzumaki on Naruto.
Maile (pronounced My-leh) is her middle name, a Hawaiian word for the green laurel commonly used in leis. She was born...
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| Marga Gomez | Person |
Marga Gomez (b. June 19, 1960) is one of the first openly gay comedian in America. She is also a playwright and actress of Puerto Rican-Cuba descent who was born in Manhattan.
Gomez got her start in the gay comedy club of San Francisco in the mid...
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| Margaret Cho |
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Margaret Cho born Moran Cho (December 5, 1968) is an U.S. comedian, fashion designer, author and actress. Cho is known for her stage performances, recordings, and concert movies. Her shows are a mixture of her comedy stylings with strong political...
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