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Woody Allen (born 1935)
film director, comedian, film actor, film producer, clarinetist, playwright, jazz musician, character actor, journalist, composer, director, actor
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
John Leguizamo (born 1960)
comedian, voice actor, playwright, painter, stage actor, television actor, film actor, film producer, film director, television presenter, actor
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
actor, comedian, banjoist, stand-up comedian, film actor, stage actor, singer, composer, guitarist, television actor
- St. Gerard's RC Secondary, St Peter's Boys School, Stewartville St, Glasgow
Trevor Noah (born 1984)
actor, television presenter, film producer, disc jockey, presenter, film actor, stand-up comedian, television actor, television producer, philanthropist, podcaster, television maker, satirist, autobiographer
- Maryvale College
Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962)
actor, television presenter, voice actor, blogger, television actor, stage actor, film actor, singer, manufacturer, television producer, stand-up comedian
- Dickinson College, Boston University College of Fine Arts
Frankie Boyle (born 1972)
comedian, autobiographer, journalist, stand-up comedian, television presenter
- University of Sussex, Aston University
Henfil (1944-1988)
comedian, cartoonist, comics artist, film director, playwright, humorist
John Belushi (1949-1982)
comedian, television actor, film actor, musician, voice actor
- University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, College of DuPage