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Neil Patrick Harris
American actor (born 1973)
David Ogden Stiers
American actor (1942–2018)
Paul Reubens
American actor and comedian (1952–2023)
Kal Penn
American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration
Sean Hayes
American actor (born 1970)
James Adomian
American comedian and actor
Jim Nabors
American actor and singer (1930-2017)
Leslie Jordan
American actor (1955–2022)
Lucas Cruikshank
American actor
Trixie Mattel
American drag queen
John Roberts
American actor and comedian
David Sedaris
American author (born 1956)
Sherman Hemsley
American actor (1938–2012)
Billy Eichner
American comedian and actor
Bowen Yang
Bowen Yang is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. Yang was a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2018, and a cast member for seven seasons from 2019 until his departure in 2025. He became the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021, the same year he was promoted to repertory status.
Taylor Negron
American actor (1957–2015)
Charles Nelson Reilly
American comedian and actor (1931–2007)
Jerrod Carmichael
American comedian, actor, writer and director
Bianca Del Rio
American Drag Queen
John Tartaglia
American actor
Dave Rubin
American political commentator (born 1976)
Katya Zamolodchikova
American drag queen
Daniel Franzese
American actor
Paul Lynde
American comedian and actor (1926–1982)
Kevin Meaney
American actor and comedian
Shangela Laquifa Wadley
Chantaize Darius Jeremy Pierce, better known by the stage name Shangela Laquifa Wadley or simply as Shangela (born November 22, 1981), is an American drag queen, reality television personality, TV producer, and actor best known for competing on ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Shangela was the first contestant eliminated in season two, and returned as a surprise contestant in the series' third season, placing sixth. She returned once again for the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' where she finished in joint-third/fourth place alongside winner of the first season, BeBe Zahara Benet. Shan
Tim Bagley
American actor and comedian
Jinkx Monsoon
American drag performer
Glenn Shadix
American actor (1952-2010)
Paul Iacono
American actor
Joel Kim Booster
South Korean-American actor, comedian, and writer
Bruce Vilanch
American comedy writer, head writer for the Oscars
Paul Vogt
American actor and comedian
Buddy Handleson
American actor
Nik Dodani
American actor and comedian
John Early
American comedian and actor
Alec Mapa
American actor, comedian and writer
Rickey Thompson
American actor
Nico Santos
Filipino actor
Jeff Hiller
American actor
Jason Stuart
American comedian
Ross Mathews
American television personality
Jaboukie Young-White
American comedian
Brandon Rogers
American sketch comedian, actor, and writer
David Rakoff
Canadian-American humorist and essayist (1964–2012)
Kevin Allison
American actor
Benny Drama
American comedian and actor
Jon Lovett
American screenwriter, speechwriter, and television producer
Joseph Herscher
YouTube personality
Stephen Guarino
actor
Todd Glass
American comedian
Eugene Lee Yang
Korean American film director, producer, actor, and online personality
Brandon Scott Jones
American actor and writer
Drew Droege
actor
Pandora Boxx
American drag queen
Miss Coco Peru
American actor
MODI Rosenfeld
American comedian & actor
Jasmine Masters
American drag performer
Alan Sues
American actor (1926–2011)
Matteo Lane
American comedian