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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...
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William 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, philosophy and...
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| x 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 distinctively loud, rasping, grating voice that has been described as "eternally obnoxious". He has played...
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| x 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, and as an MTV personality in the late 1980s.
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| x Jerry Seinfeld |
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Person | Observational comedy | Caroline's |
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is often described as an observational comedian. He is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the...
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| x 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. Hedberg's comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-liners, and observational comedy,...
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| x Zach Galifianakis |
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Zacharius Knight Galifianakis (pronounced [ˈzæk ˌgælɨfəˈnækɨs]; 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...
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| x 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 Jane Handler (born February 25, 1975) is a stand-up comedienne, humorist, television host, author, and actress. She currently has her own television program, Chelsea Lately, on the E! Cable Television Network.
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| x 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 in...
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| x Ellen DeGeneres |
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Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an eleven-time Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, television hostess and actress. She hosts the award winning syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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| x 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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| x Janeane Garofalo |
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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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| x 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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| x Judy Gold |
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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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| x 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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| x 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 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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| x 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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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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| x 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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| x Lea DeLaria | Musical Artist |
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedienne, actress, and jazz musician. The "famously controversial" DeLaria was "the first openly gay comic to break the late-night talk-show barrier" with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show....
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| x Lily Tomlin |
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Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin (born September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who has won several Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, plus a Grammy Award. During her 40-year career she has also been nominated...
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| x 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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