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2013 Event - The U.S. TV network NBC announces Jay Leno, host of 'The Tonight Show' will leave in the spring of 2014, and be replaced by comedian Jimmy Fallon

2005 Death - Mitch Hedberg, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown', dies at age 37, in Livingston, New Jersey

2003 Death - Bob Hope, comedian, road movies, dies at 100

2003 Death - Buddy Hackett, American Comedian

2003 Death - Buddy Hackett, comedian/actor, The Music Man, dies at 78

2002 Death - Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman

2002 Death - Milton Berle, comedian, 'The Milton Berle Show', dies at 93

2000 Death - Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91

1999 Death - Joey Adams, American Comedian

1999 Death - Senor Wences, comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, dies at 103

1998 Death - Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92

1998 Death - Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91

1998 Death - Henny Youngman, American Comedian, dies at age 91 in New York City

1997 Death - Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian, dies at 68

1997 Death - Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33

1997 Death - Red Skelton, comedian (Red Skelton Show), dies at 84

1997 Death - Brenda Carlin, TV producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57

1997 Death - Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69

1996 Death - Michael Bentine, British author/comedian (Reluctant Jester), dies at 74

1996 Death - Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87

1996 Death - Ray Combs, comedian, host of 'Family Feud' television game show, dies in Glendale, California, at age 40, by suicide

1996 Death - George Burns, American Comedian

1995 Death - Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82

1995 Death - Jimmy Jewel, comedian, television, film actor, dies at 82

1995 Death - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74

1995 Death - George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey), dies at 71

1995 Death - Phil Harris, Linton In, actor/comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 89

1995 Death - Gale Gordon, comedian (Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy), dies at 89

1995 Death - Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65

1995 Death - Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92

1995 Death - Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75

1995 Death - Eddie Williams Wiggins, alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78

1995 Death - William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71

1994 Death - Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54

1994 Death - Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48

1994 Death - V, comedian/actor, dies at 48

1994 Event - Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show

1994 Death - Bill Hicks, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand', dies of pancreatic cancer and liver cancer

1993 Event - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41)

1993 Death - Borolas, Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71

1992 Death - Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, English comedian (Alfie), dies at 75

1992 Death - Teddy Turner, comedian, dies at 75

1992 Death - Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52

1992 Death - Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67

1992 Death - Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38

1992 Event - Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka

1992 Event - Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident

1991 Death - Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68

1991 Event - Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37)

1991 Death - Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies

1991 Death - Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88

1991 Death - Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74

1991 Death - George Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71

1991 Death - Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79

1991 Death - George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71

1990 Death - Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies of cancer at 72

1990 Death - Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41

1990 Death - Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68

1989 Death - Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48

1988 Death - Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS

1988 Death - Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71

1988 Death - Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at 80

1987 Death - Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56

1987 Death - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners), dies at 71

1987 Death - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71

1987 Death - Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57

1987 Death - Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74

1986 Death - Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87

1986 Death - Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71

1986 Birthday - Shia LaBeouf, born in Los Angeles, California, voice actor, actor, comedian, appeared in Disney's 'Even Stevens' television series, film debut, 'Holes', appeared in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

1986 Death - Harry Ritz, comedian/actor (Ritz Brothers), dies at 79

1986 Death - Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82

1985 Death - Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87

1985 Death - E. B. White, American Comedian

1985 Death - Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72

1985 Death - Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72

1984 Death - Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74

1984 Death - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 58

1984 Death - Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35

1984 Death - Tommy Cooper, comedian, dies at 61

1984 Death - Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage

1984 Death - Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39

1983 Death - Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71

1983 Death - Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones and City Slickers), dies at 71

1982 Death - Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49

1982 Death - Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82

1982 Death - Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77

1982 Death - Ace Goodman, Kansas City, Missouri, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83

1982 Death - John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33

1982 Death - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91

1982 Death - Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55

1981 Death - Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75

1981 Death - Justin Jud Strunk, Jr., comedian (Laugh In), dies at 48

1981 Death - Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48

1980 Death - Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77

1980 Death - Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84

1980 Death - Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81

1980 Event - Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine

1980 Death - Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86

1980 Death - Jimmy Durante, New York City, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86

1979 Death - Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51

1977 Death - Groucho Martin, New York City, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86

1977 Death - Groucho Marx, American Comedian

1977 Death - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71

1977 Death - Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico and the Man), shoots himself at 22

1976 Death - Willy Alfredo, Willem Jue, Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77

1976 Birthday - Andy Milonakis, born in Katonah, New York, actor, comedian, uses comedy to deflect from his congenital growth-hormone condition, giving him the voice, appearance of an adolescent boy, appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live television show

1975 Death - Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 77

1975 Death - Moe Howard, Moses Horowitz, comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77

1974 Death - Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80

1974 Death - Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74

1974 Death - Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68

1974 Birthday - Jimmy Fallon, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, actor, television host of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon', appeared on 'Saturday Night Live' television show

1974 Death - Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78

1974 Birthday - Matt Lucas, born in Paddington, England, comedian, actor, known for 'Little Britain' television show

1974 Birthday - Ed Helms, American Comedian

1973 Death - Stringbean, David Akeman, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58

1973 Death - Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58

1973 Death - Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71

1973 Birthday - Dave Chappelle, American Comedian

1973 Death - Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80

1973 Death - Jack E Leonard, Chicago, Illinois, comedian, dies at 62

1972 Birthday - Marlon Wayans, comedian, Wayans Bros, In Living Color

1972 Birthday - Wayne Brady, American Comedian

1972 Birthday - Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl'

1971 Death - Charlie Dell, comedian, dies at 90

1971 Birthday - Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

1971 Death - Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69

1971 Birthday - Johnny Knoxville, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, born Philip John Clapp, actor, comedian, co-creator of MTV television series, 'Jackass', appeared in film, 'The Ringer'

1971 Death - Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67

1970 Birthday - Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

1970 Birthday - Mike Epps, American Comedian

1970 Birthday - Chris Kattan, American Comedian

1970 Birthday - Jay Mohr, born in Verona, New Jersey, actor, stand-up comedian, executive producer, NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program

1970 Death - Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60

1970 Death - Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78

1970 Birthday - Debra Wilson, American Comedian

1970 Birthday - Simon Pegg, British Comedian

1970 Death - Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72

1970 Birthday - Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings

1969 Birthday - Rick Mercer, born in St. John's, Canada, comedian, satirist, television personality, created television show, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', trademark routine titled, 'Talking to Americans'

1969 Birthday - Patton Oswalt, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, comedian, employs observational comedy, black comedy, surreal humor in his acts, wrote for MADtv, played Spence Olchin on 'The King of Queens' television show, voice of Remy in 'Ratatouille'

1969 Birthday - Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever

1968 Birthday - Owen Wilson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, writer, comedian, appeared in film, 'You, Me and Dupree', 'Starsky & Hutch', 'I Spy', 'Night at the Museum', 'The Darjeeling Unlimited'

1968 Birthday - Rodney Carrington, American Comedian

1968 Birthday - Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club

1968 Birthday - Orlando Jones, American Comedian

1968 Birthday - Mitch Hedberg, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown'

1968 Birthday - Pauly Shore, Hollywood, comedian, Totally Pauly, Encino Man

1967 Birthday - Jamie Foxx, comedian, In Living Color

1967 Death - Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77

1967 Death - Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69

1967 Birthday - Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour

1967 Death - Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70

1966 Birthday - Adam Sandler, actor - comedian, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SNL

1966 Death - Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67

1966 Death - Lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39

1966 Death - Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79

1966 Birthday - Kamal Ahmed, American Comedian

1966 Birthday - Alan Davies, born in Loughton, England, actor, writer, comedian, star in 'Jonathan Creek' television series

1966 Birthday - Marc Price, actor/comedian, Skippy-Family Ties

1966 Birthday - Chris Rock, comedian, SNL, CB4, Boomerang

1965 Birthday - Steve Coogan, British Comedian

1965 Death - Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77

1965 Birthday - Kevin James, born in Stony Brook, New York, actor, comedian, appeared on ''The Late Show with David Letterman', films include, 'Hitch', 'Grown Ups', '50 First Dates'

1965 Birthday - Martin Lawrence, born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, comedian, actor, producer, director, appeared in his own hit series, Martin on FOX

1965 Birthday - Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School

1965 Birthday - Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, American Comedy Award-1994

1965 Death - Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74

1965 Birthday - Dave Attell, born in Queens, New York, comedian, host, appeared on television show, 'The Gong Show with Dave Attell' and 'Insomnia with Dave Attell'

1965 Death - Julius Tannen, comedian, dies at 84

1964 Death - Eddie Cantor, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72

1964 Death - Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75

1964 Death - Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen), dies at 62

1964 Event - Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed

1964 Birthday - David Spade, comedian, SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep

1964 Birthday - Laura Kightlinger, American Comedian

1964 Birthday - Stephen Colbert, born in Washington D.C., American Comedian

1964 Birthday - Caroline Rhea, Canadian Comedian

1964 Birthday - Todd Barry, American Comedian

1964 Birthday - Wanda Sykes, American Comedian

1963 Birthday - Steve Carell, born in Concord, Massachusetts, actor, comedian, producer, known as Michael Scott on 'The Office' television show, films include, 'Evan Almighty'

1963 Birthday - Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek'

1963 Birthday - Anthony Clark, comedian, Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common

1963 Death - John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70

1963 Birthday - Dave Foley, actor/comedian, Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson-NewsRadio

1962 Death - Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56

1962 Birthday - Jack Dee, British Comedian

1962 Birthday - Craig Kilborn, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, actor, original host of 'The Daily Show', anchor for ESPN's 'Sports Center', host 'The Late Late Show'

1962 Death - Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86

1962 Birthday - Bob[cat] Goldthwait, Syracuse, New York, comedian, Police Academy

1962 Birthday - Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian

1962 Death - Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70

1962 Birthday - Eddie Izzard, born in Colony of Aden, Yemen, actor, comedian, standup sets include, 'Stripped', 'Dress to Kill', 'Glorious', appeared in films, 'Ocean's Twelve', 'Mystery Men'

1962 Death - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42

1962 Death - Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42

1961 Death - Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74

1961 Birthday - Bonnie Hunt, actress/comedian, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire

1961 Birthday - Bill Hicks, born in Valdosta, Georgia, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand'

1961 Birthday - Harry Enfield, comedian, Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live

1961 Birthday - Drew Carey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor/comedian, Drew-Drew Carey Show

1961 Birthday - Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian

1961 Birthday - George Lopez, American Comedian

1961 Birthday - Byron Allen, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Real People, Byron Allen Show

1961 Birthday - Rory Bremner, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressionist, political satirist, comedian, appeared on Channel 4 with 'Rory Bremner, Who Else?', host of award-winning show, 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune'

1961 Death - George Formby, British singer/comedian, dies at 56

1961 Birthday - Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show

1961 Birthday - Tim Meadows, born in Highland Park, Michigan, actor, comedian, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', films include, 'Coneheads', Wayne's World 2', 'Mean Girls'

1960 Birthday - Michael Winslow, born in Spokane, Washington, actor/comedian, Police Academy

1960 Death - Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65

1960 Birthday - Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman

1960 Birthday - Chris Elliott, actor/comedian, Get a Life, David Letterman Show

1960 Birthday - Andrew Denton, Australian Comedian

1960 Birthday - Terry Sweeney, born in St. Albans, New York, writer/comedian, SNL

1960 Birthday - Jenny Eclair, Malaysian Comedian

1959 Birthday - Julia Sweeney, American Comedian

1959 Birthday - Mark McKinney, Canadian Comedian

1959 Birthday - Scott Thompson, comedian, Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show

1959 Birthday - Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House

1959 Birthday - Colin Quinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', host of 'Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'

1959 Birthday - Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour'

1959 Death - Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69

1959 Birthday - Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex

1959 Death - Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 52

1958 Birthday - Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men

1958 Birthday - Jeff Foxworthy, comedian, Jeff Foxworthy - The Jeff Foxworthy Show

1958 Birthday - Lenny Henry, British comedian, 3 of a Kind

1958 Birthday - Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color

1958 Birthday - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian

1958 Birthday - Brad Hall, born in Santa Barbara, California, comedian, SNL

1958 Birthday - Rik Mayall, comedian, Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises

1957 Birthday - Bernie Mac, born in Chicago, American actor, comedian, sketch writer

1957 Birthday - Andrew "Dice" Clay, Silverstien, comedian, Adv of Ford Fairlane

1957 Birthday - Stephen Fry, born in Hampstead, England, actor, comedian, film director, starred in comedy series, 'Absolute Power', film 'Wilde'

1957 Birthday - Dennis Leary, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, writer, director, comedian, co-creator of Rescue Me television show, known for sharp comedic style and chain smoking

1957 Birthday - Denis Leary, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, actor, writer, comedian, co-creator of 'Rescue Me' television show

1957 Death - Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65

1957 Birthday - Paul Merton, born in Parsons Green, London, writer, actor, comedian, known for deadpan, dark comedic style, appeared in BBC's, 'Have I Got News for You'

1957 Birthday - Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire

1957 Birthday - Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian, Ronald Reagan, George Bush

1957 Birthday - Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism

1957 Birthday - Gary Kroeger, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, comedian, SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog

1957 Birthday - Robert Townsend, Chicago, comedian/actor, Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy

1956 Birthday - David Sedaris, born in London, England, writer, comedian, published, 'Barrel Fever', 'Naked', 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'

1956 Birthday - Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress, I Madman, Happily Ever After

1956 Birthday - Rhonda Shear, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comedian, Up All Night

1956 Birthday - Sinbad, comedian/actor, Different World, At the Apollo

1956 Birthday - Carol Leifer, American Comedian

1956 Birthday - David Alan Grier, comedian, In Living Color, Boomerang

1956 Birthday - Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video

1956 Birthday - Ray Combs, born in Hamilton, Ohio, comedian, host of 'Family Feud' television game show

1956 Death - Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61

1956 Birthday - Emo Philips, American Comedian

1956 Birthday - Bill Maher, comedian, Politically Incorrect

1956 Birthday - Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor, Mr Bean, Blackadder

1955 Birthday - Steven Wright, droll comedian, Steven Wright Live

1955 Birthday - Howie Mandel, born in Toronto, Canada, comedian, Dr. Wayne Fiscus-St. Elsewhere

1955 Birthday - Bill Nye, born in Washington, D.C., comedian, television host, mechanical engineer, host of children's science show, 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'

1955 Birthday - Darrell Hammond, American Comedian

1955 Birthday - Paul O'Grady, English Comedian

1955 Birthday - Dana Carvey, born in Missoula, Montana, comedian, SNL, Garth-Wayne's World

1955 Birthday - Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor, Jerry-Seinfeld

1955 Birthday - Dana Carvey, comedian, SNL, Wayne's World

1955 Birthday - Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, Beverly Hills Cop

1955 Death - Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66

1955 Birthday - Arsenio Hall, comedian, Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America

1955 Birthday - Paul Rodriguez, born in Culiacan, Mexico, comedian, actor, films include, 'A Cinderella Story', 'Lonely Street', 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'

1954 Birthday - Tony Rosato, Naples Italy, comedian, SCTV, SNL, Amanda's

1954 Birthday - Freddie Prinze, New York City, comedian/actor, Chico and the Man

1954 Birthday - James Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Sat Night Live, Trading Places

1954 Birthday - Gary Wilmot, born in Lambeth, London, actor, impressionist, singer, comedian, created role of Elliot Garfield in 'The Goodbye Girl' by Neil Simon

1954 Death - Joe Laurie, Jr., comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61

1954 Birthday - Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress, Roz-Night Court

1953 Birthday - Larry Miller, comedian, Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover

1953 Birthday - Dennis Miller, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian/TV host, SNL, Dennis Miller Show

1953 Birthday - Larry Miller, New York City, comedian/actor, Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness

1953 Birthday - Tim Allen, born in Denver, Colorado, comedian, Tim-Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle

1953 Birthday - Ruby Wax, born in Evanston, Illinois, born Ruby Wachs, comedian, films include, 'Shock Treatment', 'Omen III: The Final Conflict', host of show, 'Don't Miss Wax'

1953 Birthday - Mary Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress and comedian, SNL, Club Paradise, Feds

1953 Birthday - Louie Anderson, born in Minnesota, comedian, Ratboy, Wrong Guys

1953 Birthday - Carl Wolfson, born in Washington D.C., comedian, Thicke of the Night

1953 Birthday - Bill Kirchenbauer, actor/comedian, Coach-Just the 10 of Us

1953 Birthday - Brett Hudson, born in Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show

1952 Birthday - Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor, Back to School, Charlie Hoover

1952 Birthday - Roseanne Barr, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, comedian, actress, television producer, won Emmy award for television series, 'Roseanne'

1952 Birthday - Roberto Benigni, born in Manciano, Italy, actor, comedian, screenwriter, best known for movie, 'Life Is Beautiful', Academy-Award winner for Best Actor

1952 Birthday - Paul Reubens, born in Peekskill, New York, born Paul Rubenfeld, actor, comedian, famous character, Pee-Wee Herman, creator of 'The Pee-wee Herman Show'

1952 Birthday - Alexei Sayle, born in Anfield, England, actor, comedian, author, films include, 'Gorky Park', 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', wrote, 'Mister Roberts'

1952 Birthday - Robin Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Mork and Mindy, Awakenings

1952 Birthday - A. Whitney Brown, American Comedian

1952 Birthday - Dan Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, Canada, comedian/actor, SNL, Dragnet

1952 Birthday - Darrow Igus, Newark, New Jersey, comedian, Fridays, Roll Out

1952 Event - Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller

1951 Birthday - Mark Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show

1951 Birthday - Jeff Altman, comedian/actor, Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man

1951 Birthday - Joe Piscopo, born in Passaic, New Jersey, comedian, SNL, Miller Lite commercials

1951 Birthday - Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor, SNL, Stuart Saves His Family

1951 Birthday - Denny Dillon, comedian, SNL, Dream On

1951 Death - Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54

1951 Birthday - Yakov Smirnoff, born in Russia, comedian, It's a wonderful country

1950 Birthday - John Candy, Ontario Canada, comedian, SCTV, Uncle Buck

1950 Birthday - Bill Murray, born in Evanston, Illinois, comedian, SNL, What About Bob, Stripes

1950 Birthday - Charles Fleischer, Washington D.C., comedian, Roger Rabbit

1950 Birthday - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host, Tonight Show

1950 Birthday - Martin Short, born in Hamilton, Ontario, comedian, SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos

1950 Death - Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54

1950 Birthday - Tim Kazurinsky, born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, comedian, SNL, Police Academy 2, 3, 4

1949 Birthday - Garry Shandling, Arizona, comedian, Garry Shandling, Larry Sanders Show

1949 Birthday - Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show

1949 Birthday - Michael Richards, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld

1949 Birthday - Jimmie Walker, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, JJ-Good Times, At Ease

1949 Birthday - Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash

1949 Birthday - John Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, SNL, Blues Brothers

1949 Birthday - Andy Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian/actor, Latka Gravas-Taxi

1948 Birthday - Lewis Black, American Comedian

1948 Birthday - Dave Thomas, St. Catherines Ontario, comedian, SCTV, Grace Under Fire

1948 Birthday - Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People

1948 Birthday - Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin'

1948 Birthday - Jackie Martling, "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian, Howard Stern Show

1947 Birthday - P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

1947 Birthday - Russ Abbott, British TV comedian, September Song

1947 Birthday - Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America

1947 Birthday - Larry David, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, Seinfeld

1947 Birthday - Richard Lewis, born in New York City, comedian, Marty Gold-Anything But Love

1947 Birthday - David Letterman, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, comedian, Late Night

1947 Birthday - Billy Crystal, born in Long Beach, New York, comedian, Soap, SNL, City Slickers

1946 Death - W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67

1946 Death - W. C. Fields, American Comedian

1946 Birthday - Eugene Levy, born in Hamilton, Canada, comedian/writer, SCTV

1946 Birthday - Cheech Marin, comedian, Cheech and Chong-Up in Smoke

1946 Birthday - Stuart Pankin, born in Philadelphia, comedian, Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs

1946 Birthday - Gabe Kaplan, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Welcome Back Kotter

1946 Birthday - Jasper Carrott, English comedian, Jane and the Lost City, Detectives

1945 Birthday - Steve Landesberg, born in Bronx, New York, comedian/actor, Barney Miller

1945 Death - Robert Benchley, American Comedian

1945 Birthday - Steve Martin, born in Waco, Texas, comedian, writer and actor, Parenthood, Jerk, Roxanne

1945 Birthday - David Brenner, born in Philadelphia, comedian/TV talk show host, Nightlife

1944 Birthday - Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place

1944 Birthday - Lorne Michaels, Lipowitz, born in Toronto, Ontario, comedian, SNL

1944 Birthday - Coluche, Michel Colucci, France, comedian, My Best Friend's Girl

1944 Birthday - Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian, Neerlands Hoop

1944 Birthday - Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian, How to be a Stand Up

1944 Birthday - Bill Rafferty, comedian, Real People, Laugh-in '77

1944 Birthday - Bill Rafferty, born in Queens, New York, comedian, Laugh-In, Real People

1944 Birthday - Paul Sands, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian/actor, SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere

1943 Birthday - Chevy Chase, born in New York City, comedian/actor, SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack

1943 Birthday - Martin Mull, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/comedian, Bad Manners, Flick, Serial

1943 Birthday - Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian, Roll Out, Harris and Company

1943 Birthday - Michael Palin, England, comedian, Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda

1943 Birthday - Eric Idle, born in England, comedian and actor, Monty Python

1943 Death - Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian

1942 Birthday - Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor, Blue Money

1942 Birthday - Fred Travalena, New York City, comedian/impressionist, Buy and Cell

1942 Birthday - Tom Dreesen, comedian, Tim Ried's partner

1942 Birthday - David Steinberg, Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director, End

1942 Death - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields), dies at 74

1942 Birthday - Phil Austin, comedian, Firesign Theater

1942 Birthday - Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor, Hooper, Deadly Rivals

1942 Birthday - Terry Jones, Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian, Monty Python

1942 Birthday - Don Novello, Father Guido Sarducci, Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL

1941 Birthday - Graham Chapman, England, comedian, Monty Python's Flying Circus

1940 Birthday - Richard Pryor, Illinois, comedian/actor, Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy

1940 Birthday - Bob Einstein, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne

1940 Birthday - Phil Proctor, comedian, Firesign Theater

1940 Birthday - Joe Flaherty, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian, SCTV, Blue Monday

1940 Birthday - Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People

1939 Birthday - Dick Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brothers' Show

1939 Birthday - John Cleese, born in Weston-super-Mare, England, comedian, Monty Python

1939 Birthday - Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian, Fernwood 2 Night, Real People

1939 Birthday - Bert Berdis, born in Pittsburgh, comedian, Tim Conway Show

1939 Birthday - John Schuck, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo

1938 Birthday - David Ossman, comedian, Firesign Theater

1938 Birthday - Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor, Cheech and Chong

1938 Birthday - Carl Gottlieb, comedian, Ken Berry Wow Show

1937 Birthday - Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian, Bedazzled

1937 Birthday - Bill Cosby, born in Philadelphia, actor/comedian, I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6

1937 Birthday - Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams

1937 Birthday - George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner

1937 Birthday - Tom Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brother Show, Serial

1936 Birthday - Art Metrano, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi

1936 Birthday - Roy Hudd, comedian, Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood

1936 Birthday - Marty Ingels, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, I'm Dickens He's Fenster

1936 Birthday - Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes

1935 Birthday - Henry Gibson, Germantown, Pennsylvania, comedian, Nashville, Laugh-In's poet

1935 Birthday - Rod Hull, born in Isle of Sheppey, England, Rodney Stephen Hull, entertainer, comedian, appeared on British television with puppet Emu in 1970's and 1980's

1935 Birthday - Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian, Aladdin, Cinderella

1935 Birthday - Len Weinrib, New York City, comedian, Spike Jones Show

1935 Birthday - Avery Schreiber, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, My Mother the Car

1935 Birthday - Barry Cryer, comedian/writer, Goodies Rule-OK, All You Need is Cash

1935 Birthday - Jane Wagner, American Comedian

1934 Birthday - Pat McCormick, comedian, Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show

1934 Birthday - Pete Barbutti, Scranton, Pennsylvania, comedian, Garry Moore Show

1934 Birthday - Rip Taylor, comedian, Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show

1933 Birthday - Flip Wilson, Clerow, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, comedian, Flip Wilson Show

1933 Birthday - Jack Burns, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Burns and Schreiber

1933 Death - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69

1933 Birthday - Dom DeLuise, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, End, Cannonball Run, Fatso

1933 Birthday - Marty Feldman, born in London, England, comedian, Young Frankenstein

1933 Death - Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian

1933 Birthday - Jud Strunk, born in Jamestown, New York, singer/comedian, Laugh-In

1933 Birthday - Carol Burnett, born in San Antonio, Texas, comedian/actress, Annie, 4 Seasons

1933 Birthday - Frank Gorshin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian and impersonator, Riddler-Batman

1933 Birthday - Les Dawson, English Comedian

1932 Birthday - Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician, Bahamian Diet

1931 Birthday - Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World

1931 Birthday - Bernard Manning, British comedian

1931 Birthday - Jackie Mason, born in Wisconsin, comedian, World According to Me, Chicken Soup

1931 Birthday - Charles Nelson Reilly, born in New York, American actor, director, comedian, drama teacher, game show panelist

1930 Birthday - Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart

1930 Birthday - Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian, 2 Ronnies

1930 Birthday - Doyle Holly, comedian/country performer, Buckaroos

1930 Birthday - Scoey Mitchill, born in Newburgh, New York, comedian, Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda

1929 Birthday - Ken Dodd, British Comedian

1929 Birthday - Ronnie Barker, British comedian, 2 Ronnies

1929 Birthday - Anne Meara, Brooklyn, New York comedian/actress, Stiller and Meara, Archie's Place

1929 Birthday - Bob Newhart, born in Oak Park, Illinois, comedian, Bob Newhart Show, Newhart

1929 Birthday - Dave King, born in Twickenham, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall

1929 Birthday - Ronald Clive Williams, actor and comedian

1929 Birthday - Arte Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie

1928 Birthday - Orson Bean, Burlington, Vermont, actor/comedian, To Tell the Truth

1928 Birthday - Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman

1928 Birthday - Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian, Bonkers

1928 Birthday - Stanley Baxter, British comedian, Joey Boy, Fast Lady

1928 Birthday - Jimmy Logan, British comedian, Mad Death

1928 Birthday - Bruce Forsyth, born in London, England, comedian/TV host, Generation Game

1927 Birthday - Alan King, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me

1927 Birthday - Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club

1927 Birthday - Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/president candidate, Smothers Bros Show

1927 Birthday - Jerry Stiller, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank Constanza-Seinfeld

1927 Birthday - Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party

1927 Birthday - Jack Douglas, comedian, My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show

1927 Birthday - Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians

1926 Birthday - Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

1926 Birthday - Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road

1926 Birthday - Mel Brooks, born in New York City, comedian/actor and director, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs

1926 Birthday - Paul Lynde, Mount Vernon, Ohio, comedian, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched

1926 Birthday - Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian

1926 Birthday - Eric Morecambe, London, comedian, Morecambe and Wise, Picadilly Palace

1926 Birthday - Don Rickles, Queens, New York, comedian, Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey

1926 Birthday - Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out

1926 Birthday - Jerry Lewis, comedian and fund raiser, MDA, loved in France

1926 Birthday - Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian, Son of Blob, Love American Style

1926 Birthday - Soupy Sales, Milton Hines, North Carolina, comedian, Soupy Sales Show

1925 Birthday - Ernie Wise, England, comedian, Morecambe and Wise

1925 Birthday - Jonathan Winters, born in Dayton, Ohio, comedian on the J Winters Show, Mork and Mindy

1925 Birthday - Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust

1925 Birthday - Lenny Bruce, Leonard Schneider, comedian, arrested on obsenity

1925 Birthday - Arnold Stang, Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat

1925 Birthday - Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat

1924 Birthday - Nipsey Russell, comedian, Car 54 Where Are You?, Barefoot in the Park

1924 Birthday - Bill Dana, Quincy Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Jose Jimenez

1924 Birthday - Buddy Hackett, American Comedian

1924 Birthday - George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show

1924 Birthday - Benny Hill, born in Southampton, England, comedian, Benny Hill Show

1923 Birthday - Larry White Grayson, British comedian, Generation Game

1923 Birthday - Jack Carter, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Amazing Dobermans, Octagon

1923 Birthday - Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life

1923 Birthday - Larry Storch, New York City, comedian, F Troop, Larry Storch Show

1922 Birthday - Redd Foxx, born in St. Louis, Missouri, comedian, Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show

1922 Birthday - Sid Caesar, Yonkers, New York, comedian, Your Show of Shows

1922 Birthday - Dan Rowan, born in Beggs, Oklahoma, comedian, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in

1922 Birthday - Marty Allen, born in Pittsburgh, comedian, Allen and Rossi, "Hello Dere"

1922 Birthday - Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show

1922 Birthday - Ray Goulding, born in Lowell Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray

1922 Birthday - Frankie Howerd, British actor/comedian, A Funny Thing Happened

1922 Birthday - Dick Martin, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor/comedian, Laugh-In, Carbon Copy

1922 Birthday - Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian, Reluctant Jester

1921 Birthday - Steve Allen, New York City, comedian/TV host, Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show

1921 Birthday - Rodney Dangerfield, John Cohen, Babylon, New York, comedian, Caddyshack

1921 Birthday - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian

1921 Birthday - Calvert DeForest, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Larry "Bud" Melman

1921 Birthday - Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again

1920 Birthday - Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park

1920 Birthday - Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim

1919 Birthday - Dayton Allen, New York City, comedian, Steve Allen Show

1919 Birthday - George Gobel, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/TV personality, I Love My Wife

1919 Birthday - Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove

1919 Birthday - Eddie Lawrence, comedian

1919 Birthday - Red Buttons, Aaron Chwatt, Bronx New York City, comedian/actor, Sayonara

1919 Birthday - Ernie Kovacs, born in Trenton, New Jersey, comedian, Ernie Kovacs' Show

1918 Birthday - Spike Milligan, born in India, actor/comedian, Digby, 3 Musketeers

1918 Birthday - Norman Wisdom, born in London, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall

1917 Birthday - Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear

1917 Birthday - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian, Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy

1917 Birthday - Stanley Prager, New York City, comedian, College Bowl

1916 Birthday - Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian, Percy-Coronation Street

1916 Birthday - Jackie Gleason, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Ralph Kramden on the 'Honeymooners'

1915 Birthday - Peter Lind Hayes, born in San Francisco, California, comedian/singer, Peter Lind Hayes Show

1915 Birthday - Stringbean, David Akeman, Kentucky, banjoist/comedian, Hee Haw

1915 Birthday - Henry Morgan, born in New York City, comedian/TV panelist, I've Got a Secret, Arena

1914 Birthday - Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tennessee, comedian, Hee Haw

1914 Birthday - "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian, Car Wash

1914 Birthday - Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die

1914 Birthday - Danny Thomas, born in Deerfield, Michigan, comedian, Danny Thomas Show

1913 Birthday - Lou Jacobi, born in Toronto, Ontario, comedian, Dean Martin Show, Melba

1913 Birthday - Arthur Mullard, comedian

1913 Birthday - Red Skelton, born in Vincennes, Indiana, comedian, Red Skelton Show

1913 Birthday - Phil Foster, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley

1913 Birthday - Danny Kaye, born in Brooklyn, New York, UNICEF/comedian/actor, Danny Kaye Show

1912 Birthday - Morey Amsterdam, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show

1912 Birthday - Jimmy Jewel, born in Sheffield, England, James Arthur Thomas J. Marsh, comedian, television, film actor, appeared in film 'The Krays', musical drama 'Casualty'

1912 Birthday - Foster Brooks, born in Louisville, Kentucky, comedian/actor, Miles-Mork and Mindy

1912 Birthday - Phil Silvers, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show

1912 Birthday - "Professor" Irwin Corey, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Car Wash, Doc

1911 Birthday - Anna Russell, born in London, England, possibly born in London, Ontario, birth name Maida Vale, Anna Claudia Russell-Brown, composer, singer, comedian, recording artist

1911 Birthday - Doodles Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Spike Jones and City Slickers

1911 Birthday - Jack E. Leonard, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Disorderly Orderly

1911 Birthday - Pete Piute, Morris Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian, Village Barn

1911 Birthday - Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact

1909 Birthday - Joey Faye, born in New York City, comedian, Joey Faye's Follies

1909 Birthday - Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian

1908 Birthday - Milton Berle, born in Harlem, New York City, comedian, Uncle Miltie, Mr. Television

1908 Birthday - Cal Tinney, Oklahoma, comedian, Stop Me If You Heard This One

1907 Birthday - Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer, Ritz Brothers

1906 Birthday - Pigmeat Markham, Durham, North Carolina, comedian, Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In

1906 Birthday - Henny Youngman, born in London, England, comedian, Take my wife please

1906 Birthday - Henny Youngman, American Comedian, "Take my wife - please"

1906 Birthday - Lou Costello, born in Paterson, New Jersey, comedian and actor, Abbott and Costello

1906 Birthday - Ish Kabbible, Merwyn Bogue, Penns, comedian, Kay Kyser's Kollege

1906 Birthday - Henny Youngman, England, comedian, Take my wife please...

1905 Birthday - Cliff Arquette, born in Toledo, Ohio, comedian, Charlie Weaver

1905 Birthday - Joe E. Ross, comedian, Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show

1904 Death - Dan Leno, English Comedian

1903 Birthday - Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show

1903 Birthday - Ken Murray, born in New York City, comedian, Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show

1903 Birthday - Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef

1903 Birthday - Harold Berens, comedian

1902 Birthday - Larry Fine, Pennsylvania, comedian, 3 Stooges

1902 Birthday - Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth

1902 Birthday - Gracie Allen, born in San Francisco, California, Mrs. George Burns/comedian, Burns and Allen

1902 Birthday - Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild'

1901 Birthday - [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, New York City, comedian/actor, Marx Brothers

1899 Death - Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64

1899 Birthday - Benny Rubin, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor/comedian, Benny Rubin Show

1899 Birthday - Ace Goodman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, Easy Aces

1898 Birthday - Lou Holtz, comedian/actor, Follow the Leader

1897 Birthday - Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian, Devil's Brother

1897 Birthday - Moe Howard, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, 3 Stooges

1896 Birthday - Jim Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedian, Fibber McGee

1896 Birthday - Phil Baker, Philadelphia, comedian, Who's Whose

1896 Birthday - George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God

1895 Birthday - Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk, New Jersey, comedian, Abbott and Costello

1895 Birthday - Stan Laurel, comedian, Laurel and Hardy

1895 Birthday - Lew Lehr, Philadelphia, comedian, Stop Me if I heard this One

1894 Birthday - James Thurber, American Comedian

1894 Birthday - Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show

1894 Birthday - Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress, Around World in 80 Days

1894 Event - Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing

1893 Birthday - Jimmy Durante, New York City, long-nosed comedian, and goodnight Mrs. Calabash

1892 Birthday - John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Wabash, Indiana, comedian, Olsen and Johnson

1892 Birthday - Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour

1892 Birthday - Eddie Cantor, New York City, comedian, Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

1891 Birthday - Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Olsen and Johnson

1890 Birthday - Groucho Marx, born in New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, 'You Bet Your Life'

1890 Birthday - Stan Laurel, born in England, comedian, Laurel and Hardy

1890 Birthday - Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up

1889 Birthday - Charlie Chaplin, Tramp, comedian, City Lights, IBM salesman

1888 Birthday - Harpo Marx, Adolph, New York City, actor/comedian, Marx brothers

1887 Birthday - Bobby Watson, born in Springfield, Illinois, comedian

1887 Birthday - Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian

1887 Birthday - Chico Marx, born in New York City, New York, comedian, Marx Brothers

1886 Birthday - Ed Wynn, Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedian, Ed Wynn Show

1885 Death - Josh Billings, American Comedian

1880 Birthday - Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment

1876 Birthday - Victor Moore, Hammonton, New Jersey, comedian, Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch

1871 Birthday - Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian

1870 Birthday - Harry Lauder, born in Scotland, comedian/singer, Roman in the Gloamin

1867 Birthday - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer, Weber and Lewis Fields

1867 Birthday - Lew Fields, comedian, of Weber and Fields

1864 Birthday - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian, Peerless Quartet

1860 Birthday - Dan Leno, English Comedian

1845 Death - Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian

1818 Birthday - Josh Billings, American Comedian

1788 Birthday - Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian













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