# List of stand-up comedians

The following is a list of notable stand-up comedians by nationality.

## Argentina

* Tato Bores
* Antonio Gasalla
* Jorge Guinzburg
* Enrique Pinti

## Australia

* Wil Anderson
* Carl Barron
* Anh Do
* Randy Feltface
* Kitty Flanagan
* Hannah Gadsby
* Peter Helliar
* Adam Hills
* Dave Hughes
* Jim Jefferies
* Judith Lucy
* Paul McDermott
* Tim Minchin
* Julia Morris
* Rodney Rude
* Akmal Saleh
* Vince Sorrenti
* Kevin Bloody Wilson
* Rebel Wilson
* Paul Hogan

## Austria

* Alfred Dorfer
* Karl Farkas
* Josef Hader
* Michael Niavarani
* Alf Poier
* Helmut Qualtinger
* Lukas Resetarits

## Bangladesh

* Naveed Mahbub

## Belgium

* Alex Agnew
* Els de Schepper
* Wouter Deprez
* Bert Gabriëls
* Geert Hoste
* Bert Kruismans
* Urbanus
* Philippe Geubels

## Brazil

* Rafinha Bastos
* Oscar Filho
* Luiz França
* Danilo Gentili
* Fábio Porchat

## Colombia

* Andrés López

## Cuba

* Joey Diaz
* Leopoldo Fernández
* Guillermo Álvarez Guedes

## Denmark

* Casper Christensen
* Elias Ehlers
* GEO
* Jan Gintberg
* Sofie Hagen
* Lars Hjortshøj
* Martin Høgsted
* Frank Hvam
* Rune Klan
* Anders Matthesen
* Lasse Rimmer
* Simon Talbot
* Mikael Wulff

## Finland

* Sami Hedberg
* Ismo Leikola
* Jope Ruonansuu
* Stan Saanila
* Jaakko Saariluoma
* Krisse Salminen
* Markku Toikka
* André Wickström

## France

* 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

* 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

* Jami Gong
* Michael Hui
* Vivek Mahbubani
* Cheuk Wan Chi
* Dayo Wong
* Jimmy O Yang

## Hungary

* Sándor Fábry
* Géza Hofi

## Iceland

* Jón Gnarr

## India

* 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

* Pandji Pragiwaksono
* Raditya Dika
* Rizky Firdaus Wijaksana, a.k.a. Uus

## Ireland

* 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

* Adir Miller
* Naor Zion

## Italy

* Roberto Benigni
* Maurizio Crozza
* Fiorello
* Dario Fo
* Beppe Grillo
* Daniele Luttazzi
* Giorgio Panariello
* Franca Rame
* Franca Valeri
* Bice Valori

## Malawi

* Daliso Chaponda

## Malaysia

* Hannan Azlan
* Douglas Lim
* Harith Iskander
* Jason Leong
* Kavin Jayaram
* Nigel Ng
* Patrick Teoh
* Ronny Chieng

## Mexico

* Cantinflas
* Chespirito
* Luis de Alba
* Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
* Polo Polo
* Adal Ramones

## Middle East

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

* Thomas Acda
* Najib Amhali
* Herman Finkers
* Ronald Goedemondt
* Javier Guzman
* Raoul Heertje
* Youp van 't Hek
* Freek de Jonge
* Paul de Leeuw
* Theo Maassen
* Patrick Meijer
* Hans Teeuwen
* Micha Wertheim

## New Zealand

* Jarred Christmas
* Rose Matafeo
* Jemaine Clement
* Jeremy Corbett
* Benjamin Crellin
* Rhys Darby
* Dai Henwood
* Ben Hurley
* Billy T. James
* Mike King
* Brendhan Lovegrove
* Bret McKenzie
* Cal Wilson
* Ewen Gilmour

## Nigeria

* Akpororo
* Ali Baba
* Basketmouth
* Bovi Ugboma

## Norway

* 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

* Khalid Abbas Dar
* Sohail Ahmed
* Moin Akhter
* Amanullah
* Rauf Lala
* Kumail Nanjiani
* Umer Sharif
* Shakeel Siddiqui
* Tariq Teddy
* Naseem Vicky

## Philippines

* Jose Manalo
* Wally Bayola
* Ai-Ai delas Alas
* K Brosas
* Allan K.
* John Lapus
* Rex Navarette
* Pokwang
* Tim Tayag
* Dolphy
* Panchito Alba
* Vic Sotto
* Vice Ganda
* Redford White
* Babalu
* Benjie Paras
* Vhong Navarro
* Jhong Hilario

## Portugal

* Herman José
* Nuno Markl
* Bruno Nogueira
* Ricardo Araújo Pereira
* Zé Diogo Quintela
* Raúl Solnado

## Russia

* 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

* Saluche

## Singapore

* Fakkah Fuzz
* Jocelyn Chia
* Kumar (Singaporean entertainer)
* Rishi Budhrani
* Sam See
* Umar Rana

## Slovenia

* Tin Vodopivec

## South Africa

* Alan Committie
* Deep Fried Man
* Loyiso Gola
* Barry Hilton
* Vittorio Leonardi
* Marc Lottering
* Mel Miller
* Riaad Moosa
* Trevor Noah
* Joe Parker
* Pieter-Dirk Uys
* John Vlismas
* Casper de Vries
* Celeste Ntuli
* Mpho Popps
* Trevor Gumbi

## Spain

* 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

* Kodjo Akolor
* David Batra
* Magnus Betnér
* Johannes Brost
* Jonas Gardell
* Johan Glans
* Björn Gustafsson
* Robert Gustafsson
* Michael Halvarson
* Soran Ismail
* Babben Larsson
* Lasse Lindroth
* Fredrik Lindström
* Jesper Odelberg
* Johan Rheborg
* Henrik Schyffert

## Turkey

* Beyaz
* Ata Demirer
* Cem Yılmaz
* Doğu Demirkol

## Venezuela

* Luis Chataing
* Erika de la Vega
* Laureano Márquez
* Elías Muñoz
* Benjamin Rausseo