List of comedians
One who entertains through comedy: jokes and other forms of humor.
Famous comedians
- Arthur Askey
- Rowan Atkinson
- Ronnie Barker
- Lenny Bruce
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- John Belushi
- George Carlin
- Charlie Chaplin
- Graham Chapman
- John Cleese
- Billy Connolly
- Peter Cook
- Ronnie Corbett
- Bill Cosby
- Harry Enfield
- Marty Feldman
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Tony Hancock
- Goldie Hawn
- Bill Hicks
- Bob Hope
- Eric Idle
- Hattie Jacques
- Spike Jones
- Tom Lehr
- Groucho Marx
- Max Miller
- Spike Milligan
- Dudley Moore
- Michael Palin
- Harry Secombe
- Peter Sellers
- Pamela Stephenson
- Lily Tomlin
- Barry Took
- Tracey Ullman
- Stanley Unwin
- Johnny Vegas
- Kenneth Williams
- Robin Williams
Groups of comedians:
- Abbott and Costello
- Beyond the Fringe
- Cheech and Chong
- The Comic Strip
- The Goons
- Laurel and Hardy
- The Marx Brothers
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Morecambe and Wise
- Pete and Dud
- Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
- The Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Not Ready for Prime-Time Players
- The Three Stooges
Comedy writers: