Jewish Comedians
- Dan
Ahdoot Finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004
- Jason Alexander, comedic actor
- Woody Allen (1935–) Academy
Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian
- Morey Amsterdam (1908–1996)
television actor and comedian
- Tom Arnold, comedian, actor
(converted to Judaism though his grandmother is Jewish)
- Ed Asner, comedic actor
- Dave Attell (1965–) stand-up
comedian and host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell
- Roseanne Barr (1952–) American
actress, writer, talk-show host and comedian
- Jack Benny (1894–1974) comedian,
vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor
- Milton Berle (1908–2002) comedian
and actor
- Shelley Berman (1926–) comedian,
writer, teacher, and actor
- Sandra Bernhard (1955–) actress
and comedian
- Lewis Black (1948–) stand-up
comedian, author, playwright, and actor
- Victor Borge (1909–2000)
humorist, entertainer and concert pianist
- Alex Borstein (1971–) actress,
writer and comedian
- David Brenner (1936–) stand-up
comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker
- Fanny Brice (1891–1951) popular
and influential comedian, singer, and entertainer
- Albert Brooks, comedian, actor
- Mel Brooks, comedian
- Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) stand-up
comedian, writer, social critic and satirist
- George Burns, entertainer, actor
- Red Buttons (1919–2006) Academy
Award-winning comedian and actor
- Eddie Cantor (1892–1964)
comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, one of the most popular
entertainers in the U.S. in the early and middle 20th century
- Sid Caesar, actor, writer
- Andrew Dice Clay, comedian
- Myron Cohen, comedian
- "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian
- David Cross, comedian, actor
- Billy Crystal (1947–) actor,
writer, producer, comedian and film director
- Rodney Dangerfield, comedian
- Larry David, comedian, actor,
writer, producer
- Bob Einstein, comedian, writer,
Super Dave Osborne
- Wayne Federman, comedian, actor,
writer
- Larry Fine, the Three Stooges
- Al Franken (1951–) comedian,
actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator and radio
host
- Jeff Garlin, comedian, producer
- Andrew Ginsburg (1979–) comedian,
actor, and three time champion bodybuilder
- Elon Gold, comedian, actor
- Judy Gold (1962–) stand-up
comedian and actress
- Gilbert Gottfried, comedian,
actor
- Shecky Greene, comedian
- Charles Grodin, comedian, actor
- Christopher Guest, comedic actor
- Buddy Hackett, comedian
- Chelsea Handler (1975–)
actress/comedian
- Goldie Hawn, comedic actress on
tv show Laugh-In
- Steve Hofstetter (1979-)
- Moe, Shemp & Curly Howard, the
Three Stooges
- George Jessel, comedian
- Al Jolson, comedian
-
Soupy Sales (1926 - 2009)
- Mickey Katz, comedian
- Danny Kaye (1913–1987) film
actor, singer and comedian
- Alan King, comedian
- Robert Klein, comedian
- John Lehr (1967–) actor and
comedian
- Tom Lehrer, satirist, musician
- Oscar Levant, comedian
- "The Reverend" Bob Levy, stand-up
comedian and frequent Howard Stern guest
- Jerry Lewis (1926–) comedian,
actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick
humor and his charity fund-raising telethons
- Richard Lewis, comedian
- Jon Lovitz (1957-) comedian,
actor best recognized for his work on Saturday Night Live
- Marc Maron, comedian, radio host
- The Marx Brothers, (Chico, Harpo,
Groucho, Zeppo, Gummo), comedians
- Jackie Mason (1931–) stand-up
comedian
- Anne Meara (1929–) [Converted to
Judaism] Comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry
Stiller
- Lorne Michaels, Canadian creator
of Saturday Night Live
- Bette Midler (1945–) singer,
actress, and comedian, also known as The Divine Miss M
- Larry Miller (1953–) stand-up
comedian, actor
- Jan Murray (1916–2006) stand-up
comedian, actor
- Gilda Radner, (1946-1989) comedic
actress
- Harold Ramis (1944-) comedic
actor, writer, producer
- Carl Reiner, comedian, actor
- Paul Reiser, comedian, actor
- Paul Reubens, comedian, actor aka
Peewee Herman
- Don Rickles, comedian, actor
- Ritz Brothers (1901-1965,
1904-1985, 1907-1986) comedy team
- Joan Rivers (1933–) comedienne,
actress, talk show host, and celebrity
- Jeffrey Ross, comedian
- Rita Rudner, comedian
- Adam Sandler (1966–) actor,
comedian, producer, and musician
- Andy Samberg (1978-) actor,
comedian
- Robert Schimmel (1950–) stand-up
comedian whose material is often X-rated and controversial
- Sam Seder (1966–) actor,
comedian, writer, producer, director
- Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor
- Gary Shandling, comedian, actor
- Al Shean, comedian, actor
- Allan Sherman, satirist, musician
- Pauly Shore, comedian
- Sarah Silverman, comic
- Phil Silvers, comedic actor
- Randy and Jason Sklar, comedians,
hosts of Cheap Seats
- Bobby Slayton, comedian, The Pit
Bull of Comedy
- Kira Soltanovich, comedian,
actress, writer. Star of "Girls Behaving Badly" recurring on "The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
- Ben Stein (born 1944-), an
American writer and commentator, Emmy Award-winning actor, comedian,
and game show host
- David Steinberg (1942–)
Canadian/American comedian, actor, author, writer and director.
- Jon Stewart, comic, TV host
- Ben Stiller (1965–) comedian,
actor, and film director
- Jerry Stiller (1927–) comedian
and actor
- Rich Vos, Comic
- Marc Weiner (1952-) comedian,
puppeteer best known for his tv show Weinerville and his act Rockin
Rocko and Tony on the Bizarre Show
- Gene Wilder, comedic actor
- Ed Wynn (1886–1966) comedian and
actor
- Henny Youngman, comedian
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