comedian
C519
concept
A comedian is a performer who creates and delivers humorous content, often through stand-up, sketches, or other media, to entertain and provoke laughter from an audience.
All labels observed (49)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| comedian canonical | 1,966 |
| stand-up comedian | 397 |
| radio personality | 255 |
| American comedian | 97 |
| vaudeville performer | 77 |
| Monty Python sketch | 18 |
| political satirist | 14 |
| British comedian | 12 |
| Filipino comedian | 5 |
| film comedian | 5 |
| slapstick comedian | 5 |
| jester | 4 |
| vaudeville comedian | 4 |
| comedic persona | 3 |
| comedienne | 3 |
| member of Monty Python | 3 |
| parodist | 3 |
| African-American comedian | 2 |
| comedy actor | 2 |
| musical comedian | 2 |
| sketch comedian | 2 |
| stage comedian | 2 |
| television comedian | 2 |
| American comedic actor | 1 |
| American stand-up comedian | 1 |
| Australian comedian | 1 |
| Belgian comedian | 1 |
| Canadian comedian | 1 |
| Chinese xiangsheng performer | 1 |
| Comedic persona | 1 |
| Egyptian comedian | 1 |
| English comedian | 1 |
| Indian comedian | 1 |
| Japanese comedians | 1 |
| South African comedian | 1 |
| Tamil comedian | 1 |
| alternative comedian | 1 |
| comedian character | 1 |
| comedian filmmaker | 1 |
| comedic alter ego | 1 |
| comedy double act | 1 |
| comic entertainer | 1 |
| comic gentleman | 1 |
| country comedian | 1 |
| member of comedy group | 1 |
| screen comedian | 1 |
| stand-up comedian persona | 1 |
| stand-up comedy persona | 1 |
| television comedy persona | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: comedian
Generated description
A comedian is a performer who creates and delivers humorous content, often through stand-up, sketches, or other media, to entertain and provoke laughter from an audience.
Instances (2,610)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Petra Mede | — |
| Greg Giraldo | stand-up comedian |
| Ivan Urgant | — |
| Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka | — |
| Siobhan Fallon Hogan | — |
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McBrayer
surface form:
Jack McBrayer
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— |
| Rose Kennedy Schlossberg | — |
| Larry Charles | — |
| Harry Shearer | — |
| Timothy Alan Dick | — |
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Timothy
surface form:
Timothy Alan Dick
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— |
| Daniel Lawrence Whitney | stand-up comedian |
| Ron White | stand-up comedian |
| Cara Whitney | radio personality |
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Nora Granville-Grossmith
surface form:
Reginald Gardiner
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— |
| Will Arnett | — |
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John
surface form:
John Herbert Gleason
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— |
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Donnell
surface form:
Donnell Rawlings
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— |
| David Herman | — |
| Hal Sparks | — |
| Andy Dick | — |
| Jennifer Irwin | — |
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Ossman
surface form:
David Ossman
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— |
| Philip Proctor | — |
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Keenen
surface form:
Keenen Ivory Wayans
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— |
| Jay Pharoah | — |
| Tim Robinson | — |
| Cicely Courtneidge | comedienne |
| Lee Evans | stand-up comedian |
|
John Munch – Richard Belzer
surface form:
Richard Belzer
|
stand-up comedian |
| Phil Austin | — |
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Crystal
surface form:
Billy Crystal
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— |
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Fey
surface form:
Tina Fey
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— |
| Ayo Edebiri | — |
| Tyler Gerald Burrell | — |
| Michael Hitchcock | — |
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The Passing Show of 1986
surface form:
Bert Kalmar
|
vaudeville performer |
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Marjorie Ann Gortner
surface form:
Pat Harrington Jr.
|
American comedian |
| Bessie McCoy | vaudeville performer |
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The Passing Show of 1988
surface form:
Bert Kalmar
|
vaudeville performer |
| Bruce Baum | stand-up comedian |
| Fuzzy Knight | — |
| Alexandra Dawn Wong | stand-up comedian |
|
Ratzenberger
surface form:
John Ratzenberger
|
— |
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IsaBell Quella
surface form:
Brad Garrett
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— |
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Thomas Black
surface form:
Jack Black
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— |
| Suzy Nakamura | — |
| Kyle Gass | — |
| JR Reed | — |
| Steve McMichael | radio personality |