2003 Bob Hope, comedian, road movies, dies at 100
2003 Buddy Hackett, American Comedian
2003 Buddy Hackett, comedian/actor, The Music Man, dies at 78
2002 Barry Took, Comedian
2002 "Milton ""Mr. Television"" Berle", comedian, The Milton Berle Show, dies at 93
2002 Milton Berle, American Comedian
2000 Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91
1999 Joey Adams, American Comedian
1999 Senor Wences, comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, dies at 103
1998 Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92
1998 Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91
1998 Henry Youngman, American Comedian
1997 Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian, dies at 68
1997 Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33
1997 Red Skelton, comedian (Red Skelton Show), dies at 84
1997 Brenda Carlin, TV producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57
1997 Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69
1996 Michael Bentine, British author/comedian (Reluctant Jester), dies at 74
1996 Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87
1996 Ray Combs, American Comedian
1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
1996 George Burns, American Comedian
1995 Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82
1995 Jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
1995 Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
1995 George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey), dies at 71
1995 Phil Harris, Linton In, actor/comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 89
1995 Gale Gordon, comedian (Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy), dies at 89
1995 Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65
1995 Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92
1995 Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75
1995 Eddie Williams Wiggins, alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78
1995 William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71
1994 Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54
1994 Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48
1994 V, comedian/actor, dies at 48
1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
1994 William "Bill" M Hicks, comedian, dies at 32
1994 Bill Hicks, American Comedian
1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41)
1993 Borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
1992 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
1992 Teddy Turner, comedian, dies at 75
1992 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52
1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
1992 Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka
1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
1991 Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
1991 Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37)
1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies
1991 Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
1991 Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74
1991 George Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71
1991 Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
1991 George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
1990 Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies of cancer at 72
1990 Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68
1989 Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48
1988 Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71
1988 Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at 80
1987 Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56
1987 Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners), dies at 71
1987 Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71
1987 Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57
1987 Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74
1986 Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
1986 Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
1986 Harry Ritz, comedian/actor (Ritz Brothers), dies at 79
1986 Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
1985 Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87
1985 E. B. White, American Comedian
1985 Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72
1985 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72
1984 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
1984 Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 58
1984 Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35
1984 Tommy Cooper, comedian, dies at 61
1984 Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage
1984 Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39
1983 Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71
1983 Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones and City Slickers), dies at 71
1982 Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49
1982 Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82
1982 Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77
1982 Ace Goodman, Kansas City, Missouri, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83
1982 John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33
1982 Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
1982 Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
1981 Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1981 Justin Jud Strunk Jr, comedian (Laugh In), dies at 48
1981 Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48
1980 Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77
1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
1980 Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81
1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1980 Jimmy Durante, New York City, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
1977 Groucho Martin, New York City, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
1977 Groucho Marx, American Comedian
1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1977 Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico and the Man), shoots himself at 22
1976 Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
1975 Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 77
1975 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77
1974 Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80
1974 Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74
1974 Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68
1974 Jimmy Fallon, American Comedian
1974 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78
1974 Ed Helms, American Comedian
1973 Stringbean, [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1973 Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1973 Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
1973 Dave Chappelle, American Comedian
1973 Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80
1973 Jack E Leonard, Chicago, Illinois, comedian, dies at 62
1972 Marlon Wayans, comedian, Wayans Bros, In Living Color
1972 Wayne Brady, American Comedian
1971 Charlie Dell, comedian, dies at 90
1971 Amy Poehler, American Comedian
1971 Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67
1971 Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian
1970 Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
1970 Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
1970 Tina Fey, American Comedian
1970 Debra Wilson, American Comedian
1970 Simon Pegg, British Comedian
1970 Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72
1970 Chris Kattan, American Comedian
1970 Mike Epps, American Comedian
1970 Sarah Silverman, American Comedian
1969 Rick Mercer, Canadian Comedian
1969 Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever
1968 Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club
1968 Orlando Jones, American Comedian
1968 Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian
1968 Pauly Shore, Hollywood, comedian, Totally Pauly, Encino Man
1968 Rodney Carrington, American Comedian
1967 Jamie Foxx, comedian, In Living Color
1967 Will Ferrell, American Comedian
1967 Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
1967 Ana Gasteyer, American Comedian
1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69
1967 Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70
1966 Adam Sandler, actor - comedian, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SNL
1966 Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67
1966 Lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39
1966 Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
1966 Kamal Ahmed, American Comedian
1966 Marc Price, actor/comedian, Skippy-Family Ties
1966 Chris Rock, comedian, SNL, CB4, Boomerang
1965 Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1965 Kevin James, American Comedian
1965 Martin Lawrence, comedian, Martin
1965 Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School
1965 Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, Amer Comedy Award-1994
1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
1965 Dave Attell, American Comedian
1965 Steve Coogan, British Comedian
1965 Julius Tannen, comedian, dies at 84
1964 Eddie Cantor, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
1964 Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
1964 Bonnie Hunt, actress/comedian, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire
1964 Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen), dies at 62
1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed
1964 David Spade, comedian, SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep
1964 Laura Kightlinger, American Comedian
1964 Stephen Colbert, American Comedian
1964 Caroline Rhea, Canadian Comedian
1964 Todd Barry, American Comedian
1964 Wanda Sykes, American Comedian
1963 Mike Myers, Comedian
1963 Anthony Clark, comedian, Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common
1963 John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70
1963 Dave Foley, actor/comedian, Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson-NewsRadio
1962 Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1962 Jack Dee, British Comedian
1962 Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86
1962 Bob[cat] Goldthwait, Syracuse, New York, comedian, Police Academy
1962 Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian
1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70
1962 Eddie Izzard, British Comedian
1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42
1961 Bill Hicks, American Comedian
1961 Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74
1961 William M "Bill" Hicks, comedian
1961 Harry Enfield, comedian, Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live
1961 Drew Carey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor/comedian, Drew-Drew Carey Show
1961 Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian
1961 George Lopez, American Comedian
1961 Byron Allen, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Real People, Byron Allen Show
1961 George Formby, British singer/comedian, dies at 56
1961 Tim Meadows, American Comedian
1961 Julia Sweeney, American Comedian
1960 Michael Winslow, born in Spokane, Washington, actor/comedian, Police Academy
1960 Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
1960 Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman
1960 Chris Elliott, actor/comedian, Get a Life, David Letterman Show
1960 Andrew Denton, Australian Comedian
1960 Terry Sweeney, born in St. Albans, New York, writer/comedian, SNL
1960 Jenny Eclair, Malaysian Comedian
1959 Mark McKinney, Canadian Comedian
1959 Scott Thompson, comedian, Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show
1959 Colin Quinn, American Comedian
1959 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69
1959 Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex
1959 Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 52
1959 Al Yankovic, American Comedian
1958 Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men
1958 Jeff Foxworthy, comedian, Jeff Foxworthy-The Jeff Foxworthy Show
1958 Lenny Henry, British comedian, 3 of a Kind
1958 Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color
1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian
1958 Lea DeLaria, American Comedian
1958 Brad Hall, born in Santa Barbara, California, comedian, SNL
1958 Rik Mayall, comedian, Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises
1957 Andrew "Dice" Clay, [Silverstien], comedian, Adv of Ford Fairlane
1957 Stephen Fry, British Comedian
1957 Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65
1957 Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire
1957 Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian, Ronald Reagan, George Bush
1957 Gary Kroeger, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, comedian, SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog
1957 Robert Townsend, Chicago, comedian/actor, Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy
1957 Paul Merton, British Comedian
1956 Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress, I Madman, Happily Ever After
1956 Rhonda Shear, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comedian, Up All Night
1956 Sinbad, comedian/actor, Different World, At the Apollo
1956 Carol Leifer, American Comedian
1956 David Alan Grier, comedian, In Living Color, Boomerang
1956 Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video
1956 Ray Combs, American Comedian
1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
1956 Emo Philips, American Comedian
1956 Bill Maher, comedian, Politically Incorrect
1956 Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor, Mr Bean, Blackadder
1955 Steven Wright, droll comedian, Steven Wright Live
1955 Howie Mandel, born in Toronto, Canada, comedian, Dr. Wayne Fiscus-St. Elsewhere
1955 Paul O'Grady, English Comedian
1955 Dana Carvey, born in Missoula, Montana, comedian, SNL, Garth-Wayne's World
1955 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor, Jerry-Seinfeld
1955 Dana Carvey, comedian, SNL, Wayne's World
1955 Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, Beverly Hills Cop
1955 Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66
1955 Arsenio Hall, comedian, Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America
1955 Paul Rodriguez, Mexican Comedian
1955 Darrell Hammond, American Comedian
1954 Tony Rosato, Naples Italy, comedian, SCTV, SNL, Amanda's
1954 Freddie Prinze, New York City, comedian/actor, Chico and the Man
1954 James Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Sat Night Live, Trading Places
1954 Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
1954 Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress, Roz-Night Court
1953 Larry Miller, comedian, Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover
1953 Dennis Miller, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian/TV host, SNL, Dennis Miller Show
1953 Larry Miller, New York City, comedian/actor, Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness
1953 Tim Allen, born in Denver, Colorado, comedian, Tim-Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle
1953 Victoria Wood, British Comedian
1953 Ruby Wax, American Comedian
1953 Mary Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/comedian, SNL, Club Paradise, Feds
1953 Louie Anderson, born in Minnesota, comedian, Ratboy, Wrong Guys
1953 Carl Wolfson, born in Washington D.C., comedian, Thicke of the Night
1953 Bill Kirchenbauer, actor/comedian, Coach-Just the 10 of Us
1953 Brett Hudson, born in Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
1952 Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor, Back to School, Charlie Hoover
1952 Paul Reubens, American Comedian
1952 Alexei Sayle, British Comedian
1952 Robin Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Mork and Mindy, Awakenings
1952 A. Whitney Brown, American Comedian
1952 Dan Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, Canada, comedian/actor, SNL, Dragnet
1952 Darrow Igus, Newark, New Jersey, comedian, Fridays, Roll Out
1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
1952 Massimo Lopez, Italian comedian
1951 Mark Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
1951 Jeff Altman, comedian/actor, Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man
1951 Joe Piscopo, born in Passaic, New Jersey, comedian, SNL, Miller Lite commercials
1951 Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor, SNL, Stuart Saves His Family
1951 Denny Dillon, comedian, SNL, Dream On
1951 Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
1951 Yakov Smirnoff, born in Russia, comedian, It's a wonderful country
1950 John Candy, Ontario Canada, comedian, SCTV, Uncle Buck
1950 Bill Murray, born in Evanston, Illinois, comedian, SNL, What About Bob, Stripes
1950 Charles Fleischer, Washington D.C., comedian, Roger Rabbit
1950 Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host, Tonight Show
1950 Martin Short, born in Hamilton, Ontario, comedian, SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos
1950 Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
1950 Tim Kazurinsky, born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, comedian, SNL, Police Academy 2, 3, 4
1949 Garry Shandling, Arizona, comedian, Garry Shandling, Larry Sanders Show
1949 Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
1949 Michael Richards, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld
1949 Jimmie Walker, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, JJ-Good Times, At Ease
1949 Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash
1949 John Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, SNL, Blues Brothers
1949 Andy Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian/actor, Latka Gravas-Taxi
1948 Lewis Black, American Comedian
1948 Dave Thomas, St. Catherines Ontario, comedian, SCTV, Grace Under Fire
1948 Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People
1948 Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin'
1948 Jackie Martling, "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian, Howard Stern Show
1947 P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian
1947 Russ Abbott, British TV comedian, September Song
1947 Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America
1947 Larry David, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, Seinfeld
1947 Richard Lewis, born in New York City, comedian, Marty Gold-Anything But Love
1947 David Letterman, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, comedian, Late Night
1947 Billy Crystal, born in Long Beach, New York, comedian, Soap, SNL, City Slickers
1946 W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67
1946 W. C. Fields, American Comedian
1946 Eugene Levy, born in Hamilton, Canada, comedian/writer, SCTV
1946 Cheech Marin, comedian, Cheech and Chong-Up in Smoke
1946 Stuart Pankin, born in Philadelphia, comedian, Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs
1946 Gabe Kaplan, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Welcome Back Kotter
1946 Jasper Carrott, English comedian, Jane and the Lost City, Detectives
1945 Steve Landesberg, born in Bronx, New York, comedian/actor, Barney Miller
1945 Robert Benchley, American Comedian
1945 David Brenner, born in Philadelphia, comedian/TV talk show host, Nightlife
1944 Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place
1944 Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], born in Toronto, Ontario, comedian, SNL
1944 Coluche, [Michel Colucci] France, comedian, My Best Friend's Girl
1944 Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian, Neerlands Hoop
1944 Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian, How to be a Stand Up
1944 Bill Rafferty, comedian, Real People, Laugh-in '77
1944 Bill Rafferty, born in Queens, New York, comedian, Laugh-In, Real People
1944 Paul Sands, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian/actor, SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere
1943 Chevy Chase, born in New York City, comedian/actor, SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack
1943 Martin Mull, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/comedian, Bad Manners, Flick, Serial
1943 Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian, Roll Out, Harris and Company
1943 Michael Palin, England, comedian, Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda
1943 Eric Idle, born in England, comedian and actor, Monty Python
1943 Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian
1942 Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor, Blue Money
1942 Fred Travalena, New York City, comedian/impressionist, Buy and Cell
1942 Tom Dreesen, comedian, Tim Ried's partner
1942 David Steinberg, Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director, End
1942 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields), dies at 74
1942 Phil Austin, comedian, Firesign Theater
1942 Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor, Hooper, Deadly Rivals
1942 Terry Jones, Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian, Monty Python
1942 Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL
1941 Graham Chapman, England, comedian, Monty Python's Flying Circus
1940 Richard Pryor, Illinois, comedian/actor, Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy
1940 Bob Einstein, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne
1940 Phil Proctor, comedian, Firesign Theater
1940 Joe Flaherty, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian, SCTV, Blue Monday
1940 Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People
1939 Dick Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brothers' Show
1939 John Cleese, Weston-Super-Mare England, comedian, Monty Python
1939 Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian, Fernwood 2 Night, Real People
1939 Bert Berdis, born in Pittsburgh, comedian, Tim Conway Show
1939 John Schuck, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo
1938 David Ossman, comedian, Firesign Theater
1938 Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor, Cheech and Chong
1938 Carl Gottlieb, comedian, Ken Berry Wow Show
1937 Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian, Bedazzled
1937 Bill Cosby, born in Philadelphia, actor/comedian, I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6
1937 Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams
1937 George Carlin, Bronx, comedian, 7 dirty words, AM and FM, Carwash
1937 Tom Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brother Show, Serial
1936 Art Metrano, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi
1936 Roy Hudd, comedian, Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood
1936 Marty Ingels, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, I'm Dickens He's Fenster
1936 Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes
1935 Henry Gibson, Germantown, Pennsylvania, comedian, Nashville, Laugh-In's poet
1935 Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian, Aladdin, Cinderella
1935 Len Weinrib, New York City, comedian, Spike Jones Show
1935 Avery Schreiber, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, My Mother the Car
1935 Barry Cryer, comedian/writer, Goodies Rule-OK, All You Need is Cash
1935 Jane Wagner, American Comedian
1934 Pat McCormick, comedian, Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show
1934 Pete Barbutti, Scranton, Pennsylvania, comedian, Garry Moore Show
1934 Rip Taylor, comedian, Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show
1933 Flip Wilson, [Clerow], born in Jersey City, New Jersey, comedian, Flip Wilson Show
1933 Jack Burns, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Burns and Schreiber
1933 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
1933 Dom DeLuise, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, End, Cannonball Run, Fatso
1933 Marty Feldman, born in London, England, comedian, Young Frankenstein
1933 Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian
1933 Jud Strunk, born in Jamestown, New York, singer/comedian, Laugh-In
1933 Carol Burnett, born in San Antonio, Texas, comedian/actress, Annie, 4 Seasons
1933 Frank Gorshin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian and impersonator, Riddler-Batman
1933 Les Dawson, English Comedian
1932 Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician, Bahamian Diet
1931 Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World
1931 Bernard Manning, British comedian
1931 Jackie Mason, born in Wisconsin, comedian, World According to Me, Chicken Soup
1930 Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart
1930 Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian, 2 Ronnies
1930 Doyle Holly, comedian/country performer, Buckaroos
1930 Scoey Mitchill, born in Newburgh, New York, comedian, Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda
1929 Ken Dodd, British Comedian
1929 Ronnie Barker, British comedian, 2 Ronnies
1929 Anne Meara, Brooklyn, New York comedian/actress, Stiller and Meara, Archie's Place
1929 Bob Newhart, born in Oak Park, Illinois, comedian, Bob Newhart Show, Newhart
1929 Dave King, born in Twickenham, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall
1929 Ronald Clive Williams, actor and comedian
1929 Arte Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie
1928 Orson Bean, Burlington, Vermont, actor/comedian, To Tell the Truth
1928 Barry Took, Comedian
1928 Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian, Bonkers
1928 Stanley Baxter, British comedian, Joey Boy, Fast Lady
1928 Jimmy Logan, British comedian, Mad Death
1928 Bruce Forsyth, born in London, England, comedian/TV host, Generation Game
1927 Alan King, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me
1927 Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club
1927 Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/president candidate, Smothers Bros Show
1927 Jerry Stiller, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank Constanza-Seinfeld
1927 Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party
1927 Jack Douglas, comedian, My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show
1927 Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians
1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road
1926 Mel Brooks, born in New York City, comedian/actor and director, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs
1926 Paul Lynde, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, comedian, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched
1926 Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian
1926 Eric Morecambe, London, comedian, Morecambe and Wise, Picadilly Palace
1926 Don Rickles, Queens, New York, comedian, Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey
1926 Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out
1926 Jerry Lewis, comedian and fund raiser, MDA, loved in France
1926 Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian, Son of Blob, Love American Style
1926 Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], North Carolina, comedian, Soupy Sales Show
1926 Frank Carson, Irish Comedian
1925 Ernie Wise, England, comedian, Morecambe and Wise
1925 Jonathan Winters, born in Dayton, Ohio, comedian on the J Winters Show, Mork and Mindy
1925 Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust
1925 Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider], comedian, arrested on obsenity
1925 Arnold Stang, Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat
1925 Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat
1924 Nipsey Russell, comedian, Car 54 Where Are You?, Barefoot in the Park
1924 Bill Dana, Quincy Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Jose Jimenez
1924 Buddy Hackett, American Comedian
1924 George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show
1924 Benny Hill, born in Southampton, England, comedian, Benny Hill Show
1923 Larry White Grayson, British comedian, Generation Game
1923 Jack Carter, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Amazing Dobermans, Octagon
1923 Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life
1923 Larry Storch, New York City, comedian, F Troop, Larry Storch Show
1922 Redd Foxx, born in St. Louis, Missouri, comedian, Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show
1922 Sid Caesar, Yonkers, New York, comedian, Your Show of Shows
1922 Dan Rowan, born in Beggs, Oklahoma, comedian, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
1922 Marty Allen, born in Pittsburgh, comedian, Allen and Rossi, "Hello Dere"
1922 Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show
1922 Ray Goulding, born in Lowell Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray
1922 Frankie Howerd, British actor/comedian, A Funny Thing Happened
1922 Dick Martin, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor/comedian, Laugh-In, Carbon Copy
1922 Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian, Reluctant Jester
1921 Steve Allen, New York City, comedian/TV host, Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show
1921 Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen], Babylon, New York, comedian, Caddyshack
1921 Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian
1921 Calvert DeForest, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Larry "Bud" Melman
1921 Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again
1920 Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park
1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim
1919 Dayton Allen, New York City, comedian, Steve Allen Show
1919 George Gobel, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/TV personality, I Love My Wife
1919 Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove
1919 Eddie Lawrence, comedian
1919 Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx New York City, comedian/actor, Sayonara
1919 Ernie Kovacs, born in Trenton, New Jersey, comedian, Ernie Kovacs' Show
1918 Spike Milligan, born in India, actor/comedian, Digby, 3 Musketeers
1918 Norman Wisdom, born in London, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall
1917 Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1917 Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian, Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy
1917 Stanley Prager, New York City, comedian, College Bowl
1916 Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian, Percy-Coronation Street
1916 Jackie Gleason, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners
1915 Peter Lind Hayes, born in San Francisco, California, comedian/singer, Peter Lind Hayes Show
1915 Stringbean, [David Akeman], Kentucky, banjoist/comedian, Hee Haw
1915 Henry Morgan, born in New York City, comedian/TV panelist, I've Got a Secret, Arena
1914 Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tennessee, comedian, Hee Haw
1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian, Car Wash
1914 Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die
1914 Danny Thomas, born in Deerfield, Michigan, comedian, Danny Thomas Show
1913 Lou Jacobi, born in Toronto, Ontario, comedian, Dean Martin Show, Melba
1913 Arthur Mullard, comedian
1913 Red Skelton, born in Vincennes, Indiana, comedian, Red Skelton Show
1913 Phil Foster, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley
1913 Danny Kaye, born in Brooklyn, New York, UNICEF/comedian/actor, Danny Kaye Show
1912 Morey Amsterdam, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show
1912 Jimmy Jewel, comedian
1912 Foster Brooks, born in Louisville, Kentucky, comedian/actor, Miles-Mork and Mindy
1912 Phil Silvers, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show
1912 "Professor" Irwin Corey, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Car Wash, Doc
1911 Doodles Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Spike Jones and City Slickers
1911 Jack E. Leonard, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Disorderly Orderly
1911 Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], born in New York City, comedian, Village Barn
1911 Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact
1909 Joey Faye, born in New York City, comedian, Joey Faye's Follies
1909 Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian
1908 Milton Berle, born in Harlem, New York City, comedian, Uncle Miltie, Mr. Television
1908 Cal Tinney, Oklahoma, comedian, Stop Me If You Heard This One
1907 Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer, Ritz Brothers
1906 Pigmeat Markham, Durham, North Carolina, comedian, Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In
1906 Henny Youngman, born in London, England, comedian, Take my wife please
1906 Henry Youngman, American Comedian
1906 Lou Costello, born in Paterson, New Jersey, comedian and actor, Abbott and Costello
1906 Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian, Kay Kyser's Kollege
1906 Henny Youngman, England, comedian, Take my wife please...
1905 Cliff Arquette, born in Toledo, Ohio, comedian, Charlie Weaver
1905 Joe E. Ross, comedian, Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show
1904 Dan Leno, English Comedian
1903 Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show
1903 Ken Murray, born in New York City, comedian, Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show
1903 Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef
1903 Harold Berens, comedian
1902 Larry Fine, Pennsylvania, comedian, 3 Stooges
1902 Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth
1902 Gracie Allen, born in San Francisco, California, Mrs. George Burns/comedian, Burns and Allen
1901 [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, New York City, comedian/actor, Marx Brothers
1899 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64
1899 Benny Rubin, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor/comedian, Benny Rubin Show
1899 Ace Goodman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, Easy Aces
1898 Lou Holtz, comedian/actor, Follow the Leader
1897 Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian, Devil's Brother
1897 Moe Howard, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, 3 Stooges
1896 Jim Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedian, Fibber McGee
1896 Phil Baker, Philadelphia, comedian, Who's Whose
1896 George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God
1895 Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk, New Jersey, comedian, Abbott and Costello
1895 Stan Laurel, comedian, Laurel and Hardy
1895 Lew Lehr, Philadelphia, comedian, Stop Me if I heard this One
1894 James Thurber, American Comedian
1894 Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show
1894 Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress, Around World in 80 Days
1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
1893 Jimmy Durante, New York City, long-nosed comedian, and goodnight Mrs. Calabash
1892 John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Wabash, Indiana, comedian, Olsen and Johnson
1892 Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour
1892 Eddie Cantor, New York City, comedian, Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
1891 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Olsen and Johnson
1891 "Chico" Marx, New York City, actor/comedian, Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers
1890 Groucho Marx, New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life
1890 Stan Laurel, born in England, comedian, Laurel and Hardy
1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up
1889 Charlie Chaplin, Tramp, comedian, City Lights, IBM salesman
1888 Harpo Marx, [Adolph] New York City, actor/comedian, Marx brothers
1887 Bobby Watson, born in Springfield, Illinois, comedian
1887 Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian
1887 Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], New York City, comedian, Marx Brothers
1886 Ed Wynn, [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedian, Ed Wynn Show
1885 Josh Billings, American Comedian
1880 Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment
1880 W. C. Fields, Philadelphia, actor
1876 Victor Moore, Hammonton, New Jersey, comedian, Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch
1871 Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian
1870 Harry Lauder, born in Scotland, comedian/singer, Roman in the Gloamin
1867 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer, Weber and Lewis Fields
1867 Lew Fields, comedian, of Weber and Fields
1864 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian, Peerless Quartet
1860 Dan Leno, English Comedian
1845 Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian
1818 Josh Billings, American Comedian
1788 Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian
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