Famous English Comedians
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” ― Horace Walpole
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Cary Grant
British-American actor
Ricky Gervais
British comedian
Charlie Chaplin
British comic actor and filmmaker
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
Peter Sellers
British actor and comedian
Billy Connolly
Scottish actor and comedian
George Robey
English music hall singer, film & theatre actor
P. G. Wodehouse
English author
Russell Brand
British comedian, actor, and author
John Cleese
English comedian and actor
Terry-Thomas
English comedian and character actor
Peter Ustinov
British actor, filmmaker and writer
George Formby
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian
Hugh Grant
British actor
Christopher Guest
British and American screenwriter, comedian, musician, director, and actor
Victoria Wood
British comedian
Ronnie Barker
English actor, writer
Spike Milligan
British actor
Sacha Baron Cohen
English actor, comedian, producer and writer
Marie Lloyd
English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress
Bob Hope
American comedian, actor, singer and dancer
Tom Baker
British actor
Douglas Adams
English author and humourist
Terry Gilliam
British filmmaker, comedian and actor
Rik Mayall
Englush actor, comedian and writer
Little Tich
English music hall comedian
Sandi Toksvig
Danish-British comedian, writer and activist
David Walliams
English actor, comedian and writer
Emma Thompson
British actress and writer
Harry Hill
English comedian, doctor
Dan Leno
English music hall singer; comedian
Vic Reeves
English comedian
Craig Ferguson
British television host, comedian, author, and actor
Eric Idle
English actor, comedian, and writer
Olivia Colman
English actress
James Corden
English actor, comedian, singer and television host
Peter Cook
British actor, satirist, writer and comedian
Jimmy Carr
British comedian and humourist
Dawn French
British actress and comedian
Vivian Stanshall
English musician, artist and author