List of stand-up comedians
The following is a list of notable stand-up comedians by nationality.
Argentina
[edit]Australia
[edit]Austria
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Canada
[edit]Colombia
[edit]Cuba
[edit]Denmark
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]- Kev Adams
- Édouard Baer
- Guy Bedos
- Malik Bentalha
- Jean-Marie Bigard
- Éric Blanc
- Dany Boon
- Michel Boujenah
- Bourvil
- Nicolas Canteloup
- Alain Chabat
- Coluche
- Jamel Debbouze
- Pierre Desproges
- Raymond Devos
- Dieudonné
- Albert Dupontel
- Gad Elmaleh
- Florence Foresti
- Les Inconnus
- Thierry Le Luron
- Valérie Lemercier
- Pierre Palmade
- Anne Roumanoff
- Tomer Sisley
- Jean Yanne
Germany
[edit]- Mario Barth
- Bülent Ceylan
- Anke Engelke
- Paco Erhard
- Heinz Erhardt
- Michael Herbig
- Eckart von Hirschhausen
- Hape Kerkeling
- Jürgen von der Lippe
- Felix Lobrecht
- Michael Mittermeier
- Dieter Nuhr
- Oliver Pocher
- Helge Schneider
- Martin Schneider
- Atze Schröder
- Hella von Sinnen
- Otto Waalkes
- Henning Wehn
- Kaya Yanar
Hong Kong
[edit]Hungary
[edit]Iceland
[edit]India
[edit]- Abish Mathew
- Ali Asgar
- Alexander Babu
- Anubhav Singh Bassi
- Appurv Gupta
- Atul Khatri
- Bhagwant Mann
- Bharti Singh
- Biswa Kalyan Rath
- Chandan Prabhakar
- Daniel Fernandes
- Govinda
- Gursimran Khamba
- Jamie Lever
- Johnny Lever
- Kanan Gill
- Kaneez Surka
- Kapil Sharma
- Kenny Sebastian
- Krushna Abhishek
- Kunal Kamra
- Manish Paul
- Munawar Faruqui
- Navin Prabhakar
- Palaniappan Manickam (Dr. Pal)
- Papa CJ
- Paresh Ganatra
- Preeti Ganguly
- Raju Srivastava
- Rakesh Bedi
- Ramesh Pisharody
- Rehman Khan
- Rohan Joshi
- Samay Raina
- Sanjay Rajoura
- Siddharth Sagar
- Sorabh Pant
- Sudesh Lehri
- Sumeet Raghavan
- Sumukhi Suresh
- Sunil Grover
- Sunil Pal
- Tanmay Bhat
- Urooj Ashfaq
- V.I.P.
- Vipul Goyal
- Vir Das
- Zakir Khan
Indonesia
[edit]- Pandji Pragiwaksono
- Raditya Dika
- Rizky Firdaus Wijaksana, a.k.a. Uus
Ireland
[edit]- Yasmine Akram
- Dave Allen
- Aisling Bea
- Des Bishop
- Blindboy Boatclub
- Catherine Bohart
- Robbie Bonham
- Robert Broderick
- Peadar de Burca
- Ed Byrne
- Jason Byrne
- Dave Callan
- Oliver Callan
- Fred Cooke
- Gary Cooke
- Risteárd Cooper
- Francis Cronin
- Jack Cruise
- Neil Delamere
- Aoife Dooley
- Gearoid Farrelly
- Tara Flynn
- PJ Gallagher
- Conal Gallen
- Brendan Grace
- Maeve Higgins
- Sharon Horgan
- Sean Hughes
- Jimeoin
- Mel Kelly
- Jon Kenny
- Patrick Kielty
- Michael Legge
- Katherine Lynch
- Ian Macpherson
- Andrew Maxwell
- Kevin McAleer
- Patrick McDonnell
- Joanne McNally
- David McSavage
- Spike Milligan
- Patrick Monahan
- Dylan Moran
- Dermot Morgan
- Barry Murphy
- Colin Murphy
- Graham Norton
- Dara Ó Briain
- Brendan O'Carroll
- Jimmy O'Dea
- David O'Doherty
- Chris O'Dowd
- Ardal O'Hanlon
- Deirdre O'Kane
- Bernard O'Shea
- Abie Philbin Bowman
- Al Porter
- Maureen Potter
- Jarlath Regan
- Hal Roach
- Joe Rooney
- Mario Rosenstock
- Cecil Sheridan
- Pat Shortt
- Karl Spain
- Alison Spittle
- Andrew Stanley
- Tommy Tiernan
- Niall Tóibín
- Paul Tylak
- Dermot Whelan
- Paul Woodfull
Israel
[edit]Italy
[edit]Malawi
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]- Hannan Azlan
- Douglas Lim
- Harith Iskander
- Jason Leong
- Kavin Jayaram
- Nigel Ng
- Patrick Teoh
- Ronny Chieng
Mexico
[edit]Middle East
[edit]The first country listed is that of origin; the second is that in which the comedian achieved notability or most commonly performs.
- Ahmed Ahmed (Egypt; US)
- Nawaal Akram (Qatar)
- Imran Al Aradi (Bahrain)
- Fahad Albutairi (Saudi Arabia)
- Max Amini (Iran; US)
- Wonho Chung (Saudi Arabia)
- Omid Djalili (Iran; UK)
- Bassem Feghali (Lebanon)
- Ray Hanania (Palestine)
- Maz Jobrani (Iran; US)
- Aron Kader (Palestine; US)
- Ronnie Khalil (Egypt; US)
- Shappi Khorsandi (Iran; UK)
- Mina Liccione (US; UAE)
- Najee Mondalek (Lebanon)
- Dean Obeidallah (Palestine; US)
- Omar 'The White Sudani' Ramzi (Ireland/Sudan; Saudi Arabia)
- Ali Al Sayed (Dubai; UAE)
- Maysoon Zayid (Palestine; US)
Netherlands
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]Nigeria
[edit]Norway
[edit]- Zahid Ali
- Atle Antonsen
- Arthur Arntzen
- Øivind Blunck
- Espen Eckbo
- Harald Eia
- Åsleik Engmark
- Shabana Rehman Gaarder
- Johan Golden
- Hans Morten Hansen
- Harald Heide-Steen jr.
- Espen Beranek Holm
- Otto Jespersen
- Bård Tufte Johansen
- Leif Juster
- Are Kalvø
- Trond Kirkvaag
- Knut Lystad
- Lars Mjøen
- Bjørn Sand
- Hege Schøyen
- Linn Skåber
- Per Inge Torkelsen
- Kristian Valen
- Rolv Wesenlund
Pakistan
[edit]Philippines
[edit]Portugal
[edit]Russia
[edit]- Arkady Arkanov
- Maxim Galkin
- Mikhail Galustyan
- Gennady Khazanov
- Garik Martirosyan
- Sergei Svetlakov
- Klara Novikova
- Yevgeny Petrosyan
- Arkady Raikin
- Aleksandr Revva
- Timur Rodriguez
- Yakov Smirnoff
- Efim Shifrin
- Semyon Slepakov
- Kira Soltanovich
- Pavel Volya
- Vladimir Vinokur
- Ivan Urgant
- Leonid Yarmolnik
- Mikhail Yevdokimov
- Mikhail Zadornov
- Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[edit]Singapore
[edit]Slovenia
[edit]South Africa
[edit]Spain
[edit]- Rober Bodegas
- David Broncano
- Andreu Buenafuente
- Chiquito de la Calzada
- Raúl Cimas
- Patricia Conde
- Florentino Fernández
- Ángel Garó
- Miguel Gila
- El Gran Wyoming
- Eva Hache
- Ángel Martín
- Dani Mateo
- Ana Morgade
- Pablo Motos
- Miki Nadal
- Gorka Otxoa
- Paz Padilla
- Pamela Palenciano
- Luis Piedrahita
- Yolanda Ramos
- Joaquín Reyes
- Pedro Reyes
- Berto Romero
- Dani Rovira
- Antonia San Juan
- Santiago Segura
- Ernesto Sevilla
- Roberto Vilar
- Pepe Viyuela
Sweden
[edit]Turkey
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]Venezuela
[edit]See also
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References
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