Curated category
American male comedians
- Woody AllenAllan Stewart Konigsberg was born on the 30th of November 1935 at Mount Eden Hospital in Bronx, New York City. He grew up in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood…
- Kevin SmithKevin Patrick Smith was born on the 2nd of August 1970, in Red Bank, New Jersey. He grew up in the nearby clamming town of Highlands as the son of Grace and…
- Johnny CarsonJohn William Carson entered the world on the 23rd of October 1925, in Corning, Iowa. He grew up moving between small towns like Avoca and Clarinda before…
- Stephen ColbertOn the 11th of September 1974, a ten-year-old boy named Stephen Colbert stood in the living room of his family home on James Island.
- Jim HensonJames Maury Henson was born on the 24th of September 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. He grew up as the younger of two children to Betty Marcella and Paul…
- Ryan ReynoldsRyan Rodney Reynolds was born on the 23rd of October 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father James Chester Reynolds worked as a Royal Canadian…
- Buster KeatonJoseph Frank Keaton arrived in Piqua, Kansas on the 4th of October 1895. His father Joe ran a traveling medicine show called the Mohawk Indian Medicine…
- Robert Downey Jr.Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York City, on the 4th of April 1965. His father Robert Downey Sr. worked as a filmmaker while his mother…
- David LettermanDavid Michael Letterman was born on the 12th of April 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father worked as a florist and his mother served as a church…
- Conan O'BrienConan Christopher O'Brien was born on the 18th of April 1963, in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father Thomas Francis O'Brien worked as a physician and…
- Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was born on the 21st of December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the…
- Robin WilliamsRobin McLaurin Williams was born at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on the 21st of July 1951. His father Robert Fitzgerald Williams served as a…
- Donald GloverDonald McKinley Glover Jr. arrived at Edwards Air Force Base in California on the 25th of September 1983. His father worked as a postal worker stationed…
- Lorne MichaelsLorne David Lipowitz entered the world on the 17th of November 1944 in Toronto, Ontario. His parents were Florence and Abraham Lipowitz, a man who worked as…
- Kelsey GrammerAllen Kelsey Grammer was born on the 21st of February 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. His mother Sally Cranmer worked as a dancer under the name…
- Bruce VilanchBruce Gerald Vilanch arrived in the world on the 23rd of November 1948. He spent his earliest days in New York City before moving to Paterson, New Jersey.
- Jon FavreauJonathan Kolia Favreau was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, on the 19th of October 1966. He grew up as the only child of Madeleine, an elementary school…