This is a list of notable German-language comedians. * Alfons (born 1967) * Enissa Amani (born 1981) *

Ingo Appelt Ingo Appelt (born 11 December 1961 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to early 1992. He was Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's champion in 1987–8, and four-man champion in 1987-8 and 1988–9. Com ...

(born 1967) *

Eddi Arent Gebhardt Georg Arendt (5 May 1925 – 28 May 2013) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1956 and 2002. He was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and died in ...

(1925-2013) *

Fips Asmussen Rainer Pries (30 April 1938 – 9 August 2020), better known by his stage name Fips Asmussen, was a German comedian and entertainer, known for his rapid delivery of puns and deliberately unfunny jokes. Life and career Born Rainer Pries in Ham ...

(1938-2020) * Django Asül (born 1972) *

Dirk Bach Dirk Bach (23 April 1961 – 1 October 2012) was a German actor, comedian and television presenter, best known as the co-host of ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'', the German version of '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''. C ...

(1961–2012) *

Hugo Egon Balder Hugo Egon Balder (born Egon Hugo Balder; 22 March 1950) is a German television presenter, producer, and comedian. Early life Balder was born in West Berlin to Egon Friedrich Balder (1904–1970) and Gerda Balder (née Schure; 1910–1997). Ger ...

(born 1950) * Badesalz *

Mario Barth Mario Wolfgang Barth (born 1 November 1972) is a German comedian who mainly deals with the interactions between men and women. Early life Barth was one out of six children born to a family in Berlin- Mariendorf. Raised Catholic, he served as a ...

(born 1972) *

Frank-Markus Barwasser Frank-Markus Barwasser (born 16 February 1960 in Würzburg) is a German political satirist and journalist. On stage, he almost always acts as the character of Erwin Pelzig, wearing a corduroy hat. Barwasser grew up in Würzburg, Lower Franconi ...

(born 1960) * Jürgen Becker (born 1959) * Hennes Bender (born 1968) *

Ilka Bessin Ilka Bessin (born 18 November 1971) is a German comedian and actress, best known for her role as Cindy aus Marzahn (German for "Cindy from Marzahn"). Early life Ilka Bessin was born in Luckenwalde, East Germany. After finishing school, she st ...

(born 1971) *

Mirja Boes Mirja Boes (born 13 September 1971 in Viersen), also known under her stage name Möhre (German for "carrot"), is a German comedian, actress, and singer. Boes produces comedic party music, and also has released tracks of spoken comedy. She has rele ...

(born 1971) *

Wigald Boning Wigald Boning (born 20 January 1967) is a German comedian, television presenter, actor, and author. Boning has appeared in different TV and film productions in Germany. He became famous as an actor in the television comedy programme ''RTL Sams ...

(born 1967) *

Elmar Brandt Elmar Brandt (born 20 September 1971) is a German impressionist, best known for his imitations of politicians. He was born in Düsseldorf. His most famous series is '' The Gerd Show'', in which actual events are lampooned using an imitation of f ...

(born 1971) *

Vicco von Bülow Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow (12 November 1923 – 22 August 2011), known as Vicco von Bülow or Loriot (), was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer. He was best known for his cartoons, the s ...

(1923-2011) *

Jochen Busse Jochen Busse (born 28 January 1941 in Iserlohn) is a German television actor. He began work as a stage actor at the Kammerspiele in Munich in 1960 and made his TV debut the same year. He has made 80 appearances in television since 1960. Joc ...

(born 1941) * Bülent Ceylan (born 1976) * Özcan Coşar (born 1981) *

Eberhard Cohrs Eberhard Cohrs (4 January 1921 – 17 August 1999) was a German comedian and actor. A short man, he was frequently known as " erKleene mit der großen Gusche", a Saxon dialect epithet which loosely translates as "the little guy with the big mouth ...

(1921-1999) *

Karl Dall Karl Bernhard Dall (, 1 February 1941 – 23 November 2020) was a German comedian, singer, and television presenter. His distinctive 'hanging' eye was caused by a congenital ptosis. Family Karl Dall was born in Emden, Germany, the son of ...

(1941–2020) *

Olli Dittrich Oliver Michael Dittrich (born 20 November 1956) is a German television personality, comedian, actor, and musician. Life Dittrich completed a three year-education as a theatre painter in the Hamburg State Opera (1975–1978). At the same time, ...

(born 1956) *

Alfred Dorfer Alfred Dorfer (; 11 October 1961) is an Austrian comedian, writer, and actor. He is one of the most well-known cabaret artists and comedians in Austria, not least due to his commitment to numerous Austrian film productions. After initial success ...

(born 1961) *

Sammy Drechsel Sammy Drechsel (25 April 1925, in Berlin – 19 January 1986, in Munich), born Karl-Heinz Kamke, was a German political comedian, journalist and sports reporter. In 1956, together with Dieter Hildebrandt, he founded the Münchner Lach- und Schie� ...

(1925-1985) *

Klaus-Jürgen Deuser Klaus-Jürgen "Knacki" Deuser (born 28 May 1962) is a German presenter and comedian. He is known for his comedy show ''NightWash''. Biography Deuser was born in 1962 in Kaiserslautern and grew up in Koblenz. After being involved in competitive s ...

(born 1962) *

Gerd Dudenhöffer Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 13 October 1949 in Bexbach, Saarland) is a German cabaret artist and writer. Life Dudenhöffer studied graphic and design in Munich. Since 1977, he works in Germany as a cabaret artist. His most famous role is ''Heinz ...

(born 1949) *

Christian Ehring Christian Ehring (born 18 September 1972 in Duisburg) is a German comedian and author. Life Ehring works as a comedian at German theatres, and has appeared on a variety of television programs broadcast by German outlets. He has written several ...

(born 1972) *

Anke Engelke Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early ...

(born 1965) *

Elton Elton may refer to: Places England * Elton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), a village ** Elton Hall, a baronial hall * Elton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish * Elton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Elton, Derbyshire ...

(born 1971) *

Heinz Erhardt Heinz Erhardt (; 20 February 1909 – 5 June 1979) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet. Life Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustav Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his g ...

(1909-1979) *

Helga Feddersen Helga Feddersen (; 14 March 1930 – 24 November 1990) was a German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director. Biography Feddersen was born and died in Hamburg. She took up acting early in her life, first being cast for minor par ...

(1930-1990) *

Herbert Feuerstein Herbert Feuerstein (15 June 1937 – 6 October 2020) was a German journalist, comedian and entertainer of Austrian descent. He was known as a publisher of the ''pardon'' satire magazine, as the editor of the German version of '' Mad'', and for co ...

(1937-2020) *

Werner Finck Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German ''Kabarett'' comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the co ...

(1902-1978) *

Ottfried Fischer Ottfried Fischer (; born 7 November 1953) is a retired German actor and Kabarett artist best known for his role as Benno Berghammer in the popular German TV series '' Der Bulle von Tölz''. He is a supporter of the Social Democratic Party of Ger ...

(born 1953) *

Peter Frankenfeld Peter Frankenfeld (born ''Willi Julius August Frankenfeldt'' on 31 May 1913 in Berlin – 4 January 1979 in Hamburg) was a German comedian, radio and television personality. After World War II he became an interpreter with the U.S. military gover ...

(1913–1979) *

Annette Frier Annette Frier (born 22 January 1974) is a German actress and comedian. Early life She has a younger sister, Caroline (born 1983) and an older sister. After the Abitur she studied classical acting at the school of the German theater "Der Kelle ...

(born 1974) *

Tom Gerhardt Tom Gerhardt (born 12 December 1957) is a German actor and comedian. Life Gerhardt was born in Cologne, and studied German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and lit ...

(born 1957) *

Max Giermann Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

(born 1975) *

Simon Gosejohann Simon Gosejohann (born 9 January 1976) is a German comedian, television presenter and actor. In 2008, Gosejohann won the "Deutscher Comedypreis" (German Comedy Award) in the category "Best Comedy Show" for his role in ''Elton vs. Simon '' El ...

(born 1976) * Sascha Grammel (born 1974) *

Monika Gruber Monika Gruber (born 29 June 1971 in Wartenberg, district Erding) is a German cabaret artist and actress. Life and career Youth and education Monika Gruber was raised with her two younger brothers on their parental farm in Tittenkofen, U ...

(born 1971) *

Dieter Hallervorden Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden (born 5 September 1935) is a German comedian, actor, singer, and cabaret artist. He achieved great popularity in German-speaking countries in the mid-1970s with the slapstick series Nonstop Nonsens and his character Did ...

(born 1935) *

Evelyn Hamann Eveline Braun, (née Hamann; 6 August 1942 – 28 October 2007) commonly known as Evelyn Hamann, was a German actress best known for her work with popular German comedian Loriot as well as for her appearances in television series such as ''The ...

(1942-2007) *

Klaus Havenstein Klaus Havenstein (7 April 1922 in Wittenberge, Germany – 19 March 1998 in Munich), was a German actor, cabaret artist, dubbing artist and television presenter. Biography Klaus Havenstein grew up in Hamburg, where he started an apprenticeship as ...

(1922-1998) *

Michael "Bully" Herbig Michael Herbig (born 29 April 1968) is a German comedian and actor. His nickname "Bully" (in German commonly associated with the VW Bully, rather than the English term) became part of his stage name as a comedian. Career His career began in ...

(born 1968) *

Christoph Maria Herbst Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time ...

(born 1966) *

Thomas Hermanns Thomas Hermanns (born 5 March 1963) is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''. Early life Hermanns was born in Bochum. During his childhood he lived in Nuremberg. A ...

(born 1963) *

Rolf Herricht Rolf Oskar Ewald Günter Herricht (October 5, 1927 – August 23, 1981) was an East German comedian. Biography Early life Herricht graduated from school in 1943 after passing a ' War Abitur', a form of an Abitur designated to free school pu ...

(1927-1981) *

Dieter Hildebrandt Dieter Hildebrandt (23 May 1927 – 20 November 2013) was a German Kabarett artist. Biography Hildebrandt was born in Bunzlau, Lower Silesia, Weimar Germany (now Boleslawiec, Poland) where he attended school. In World War II he became a Flakh ...

(1927-2013) *

Martina Hill Martina Hill (born 14 July 1974) is a German actress and comedian. She has been awarded the German Comedy Award, the German TV Award, as well as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis and the Bambi Award. Biography Hill was born in Berlin-Wedding. Her moth ...

(born 1974) *

Eckart von Hirschhausen Eckart von Hirschhausen (born 25 August 1967) is a German physician, talk show host and comedian. Academic career Born in Frankfurt, von Hirschhausen studied medicine, supported by a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (G ...

(born 1967) *

Bernhard Hoëcker Bernhard Hoëcker (; born Bernhard Hoecker-von Mühlenfels; 20 March 1970) is a German comedian, actor and television presenter. He is best known for the spoof show Switch, as well as being a permanent member of the previous Genial guessing team ...

(born 1970) * Rüdiger Hoffmann (born 1964) *

Hanns Dieter Hüsch Hanns Dieter Hüsch (6 May 1925, in Moers – 6 December 2005, in Windeck-Werfen) was a German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator. With a working life of more than 53 years on the German cabaret stage and 70 of his o ...

(1925-2005) * Gerburg Jahnke (born 1955) *

Bruno Jonas Bruno Jonas (born in Passau, Germany, on 3 December 1952) is a German Kabarett artist and actor. Education Many people predicted he would become a priest, but he prefers to pray from the Kabarett stage. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied German, ...

(born 1952) *

Harald Juhnke Harald Juhnke () (born Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, 10 June 1929 – 1 April 2005), was a German actor, comedian, and singer. Life and career Juhnke was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg. His father was a police officer and his mother came from a ...

(1929-2005) *

Oliver Kalkofe Oliver Lars Fred Kalkofe (born 12 September 1965) is a German satirist, columnist, book author, actor, voice actor, writer and audiobook narrator. Life and career Kalkofe was born in Hanover. He grew up in Engelbostel and Peine. After passing t ...

(born 1965) *

Rick Kavanian Richard "Rick" Horatio Kavanian (born 26 January 1971) is a German actor, comedian, author and voice actor and dubber. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, e.g. ''Manitou's ...

(born 1971) *

Carolin Kebekus Carolin Kebekus (born 9 May 1980) is a German comedian and television personality. Biography Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Kebekus grew up as daughter of a social education worker and a banker in Köln Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kö ...

(born 1980) *

Hape Kerkeling Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor. Career At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meani ...

(born 1964) *

Michael Kessler Michael Kessler (born 24 June 1967) is a German actor, comedian and author. Career Theater Kessler had his acting training at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992. Afterwards he began acting roles at Schauspielhaus ...

(born 1967) * Martin Klempnow (born 1973) * Dennie Klose (born 1979) *

Piet Klocke Piet Klocke (born 20 December 1948) is a German musician, cabaret artist, author and actor. He studied philosophy and German language, but quit his studies to dedicate himself to free music theater. He has played in various blues, punk and Neue D ...

(born 1957) * (born 1972) *

Gaby Köster Gabriele Wilhelmine "Gaby" Köster () is a German actress and comedian. Life Köster was born in Cologne, West Germany. Following secondary school, Köster began training to become a nursery-school teacher, which she broke off three weeks prior ...

(born 1961) *

Diether Krebs Diether Krebs (11 August 1947 in Essen, Germany – 4 January 2000 in Hamburg) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. Life and career Youth and initial success Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a stat ...

(1947-2000) * Markus Krebs (born 1970) *

Kurt Krömer Kurt Krömer (stage name for ''Alexander Bojcan'') (born 20 November 1974) is a German television presenter, comedian and actor. Life Krömer was born in Berlin. He works as actor and comedian in German television and film. From 2003 to 2005 ...

(born 1974) *

Mike Krüger Michael Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (born 14 December 1951 in Ulm) is a German comedian, actor and singer. Filmography * ''Piratensender Powerplay'' (1981) * ''Die Supernasen ''Die Supernasen'' is a 1983 West German comedy film featuring Thom ...

(born 1951) *

Sarah Kuttner Sarah Kuttner (born 29 January 1979) is a German television presenter and author. Biography Kuttner was born in Berlin. Her father is famed radio host Jürgen Kuttner. She has regularly appeared on the music television channel VIVA since Nove ...

(born 1979) *

Jürgen von der Lippe Hans-Jürgen Hubert Dohrenkamp (born 8 June 1948), better known by his stage name Jürgen von der Lippe, is a German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian. His stage name comes from the fact that he was born near the source of the ...

(born 1948) * Felix Lobrecht (born 1988) *

Lore Lorentz Lore Lorentz (12 September 1920 – 22 February 1994) was a German Kabarett artist and standup comedian. She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (today Ostrava in the Czech Republic) as Lore Schirmer. She studied history, German liter ...

(1920-1994) *

Loriot Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow (12 November 1923 – 22 August 2011), known as Vicco von Bülow or Loriot (), was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer. He was best known for his cartoons, the sk ...

(1923-2011) *

Ingolf Lück Ingolf Lück (born 26 April 1958) is a German actor, comedian and television host. Lück was born in Bielefeld. He hosted several sketch comedy shows; the best known, ''Die Wochenshow'', aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2002. He also hosted '' ...

(born 1958) * Uwe Lyko (born 1954) *

Markus Majowski Markus Majowski (29 April 1964 in West Berlin) is a German actor and comedian. Today he lives in Berlin. Career Theatre and Television His first television appearance was 1988 in the television series ''The Black Forest Clinic''. Later, he had ...

(born 1964) *

Jürgen von Manger Jürgen von Manger-Koenig (6 March 1923 – 15 March 1994) was a German actor and comedian. Early life Manger was born Jürgen Julius Emil Fritz Koenig in the Koblenz district of Ehrenbreitstein. His stage pseudonym as comedian was ''Adol ...

(1923-1994) *

Tetje Mierendorf Tetje Mierendorf (born 18 April 1972) is a German comedian, musical theatre actor and voice actor. Biography Mierendorf was born in Hamburg. After his ''Abitur'', he completed an apprenticeship as bank teller. In 2004, he played the leadin ...

(born 1972) *

Michael Mittermeier Michael Fritz Mittermeier (born 3 April 1966) is a German comedian. Early life Mittermeier was born in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria. During his childhood he lived in Bavaria. After school he studied theatre. Career In 1996, Mittermeier started t ...

(born 1966) * Luke Mockridge (born 1989) * Petra Nadolny (born 1960) *

Dieter Nuhr Dieter Herbert Nuhr (born 29 October 1960) is a German kabarett artist, comedian, author and television presenter. Nuhr's stage program ''nuhr in Berlin'' (the title is a pun; for explanation, see below) is the first German stand-up comedy whi ...

(born 1960) *

Hans Werner Olm Hans Werner Olm (Born Hans Olm, 1 February 1955 in Bochum) is a German television and film comedian.Römhild, Gerhard (2011)Ickern sagt herzlich willkommen, derwesten.de, 12 July 2011, retrieved 2011-07-31 His career began in 1975, when Olm tr ...

(born 1955) *

Anne Onken Anne Onken (born 1977 in Oldenburg) is a German radio presenter and comedian. Onken was born the daughter of a priest in Oldenburg and started to imitate voices from an early age. Her first successful radio programme was ''Die Pisa-Polizei'' with ...

(born 1977) * Ingo Oschmann (born 1969) *

Bastian Pastewka Bastian Pastewka (born 4 April 1972) is a German actor and comedian. In Bochum, he first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show ''Die Wochenshow'' (engl.: The Weekly Show), essential ...

(born 1972) * Volker Pispers (born 1958) *

Oliver Pocher Oliver Pocher (born 18 February 1978) is a German comedian, entertainer, television personality and host. Early life and professional training Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher; he was born and grew up in Hanover, West Germany. Hi ...

(born 1978) * Kalle Pohl (born 1951) *

Alf Poier Alf Poier (born 22 February 1967 in Judenburg, Styria) is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian. Biography Born in Judenburg in Styria, he started doing cabaret in 1995 in Graz, and has won several prizes for his work, including the in 19 ...

(born 1967) *

Gerhard Polt Gerhard Polt (born 7 May 1942 in Munich) is a German writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist from Bavaria. Gerhard Polt's main topics are Bavarian people, culture and politics. On stage he often plays the role of an ignorant Bava ...

(born 1942) * Hans-Joachim Preil (1923-1999) *

Urban Priol Urban Priol (born 14 May 1961) is a German Kabarett artist and comedian. Life Urban Priol was born on 14 May 1961, in Aschaffenburg. He spent his childhood in Obernburg am Main. In 1980, he made his abitur at the Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenbu ...

(born 1961) *

Markus Maria Profitlich Markus Maria Profitlich (born 25 March 1960 in Bonn) is a German comedian, actor and voice actor who was a cast member of '' Die Wochenshow'' between 1999 and 2001. He also hosted his own show, '' Mensch Markus'', from 2002 to 2007. Biography ...

(born 1960) * Sebastian Pufpaff (born 1976) *

Stefan Raab Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) is a German television producer, businessman, musician, and former entertainer and television host. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night comedy talk show '' TV total'' and has also created a numb ...

(born 1966) *

Andreas Rebers Andreas Rebers (born 7 January 1958) is a Kabarett artist, author and musician from Munich. His shows often incorporate performances on the accordion or the piano. Early life Rebers was born in Westerbrak in Lower Saxony. By the age of 15, Rebe ...

(born 1958) *

Lukas Resetarits Lukas Resetarits (born 14 October 1947, in Stinatz) is an Austrian cabaret artist and actor, best known for playing police inspector Kottan in the Austrian TV series '' Kottan ermittelt''. Resetarits was born in the Austrian state Burgenland, b ...

(born 1947) *

Hagen Rether Hagen Rether (born 8 October 1969 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-born German political cabaret artist and musician. The most remarkable features in his performance are usually the presence and use of a grand piano. He was a frequent contributor to ...

(born 1969) *

Otto Reutter Otto is a masculine German given name and a Otto (surname), surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name ...

(1870-1931) *

Mathias Richling Mathias Richling (born 24 March 1953 in Waiblingen) is a German actor, author, comedian and Kabarett artist. Richling studied literature, music and theatre. From 1989 to 1996 he had a program called ''Jetzt schlägt's Richling'' on the German TV ...

(born 1953) *

Beatrice Richter Beatrice Richter (; born 20 December 1948 in Munich) is a German TV actress, comedian, cabaret artist and jazz singer. Beatrice Richter concluded an acting education at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, which was foll ...

(born 1948) * Hannes Ringlstetter (born 1970) *

Richard Rogler Richard Rogler (born 19 September 1949, in Selb) is a German Kabarett artist and professor of Kabarett at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Early life Rogler studied French and sport at the University of Würzburg. From 1974 to 1978 he was a ...

(born 1949) *

Helmut Ruge Helmut Ruge (7 February 1940 – 8 October 2014) was a German comedian, author, director and actor. He was born in Stuttgart. Ruge was originally a graduate sociologist and psychologist. He wrote 37 cabaret programs and ten plays. Special recogni ...

(1940-2014) * Christian Schiffer (born 1985) * Wilfried Schmickler (born 1954) *

Harald Schmidt Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows. Early and private life A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now Cz ...

(born 1957) *

Ralf Schmitz Ralf Schmitz (born 3 November 1974 in Leverkusen) is a German comedian and actor. Life Schmitz works as an actor in German television. Filmography * since 2003: Genial daneben – Die Comedy Arena * 2004–2006: Schillerstraße * 2002 ...

(born 1974) *

Helge Schneider Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German entertainer, comedian, musician, author, film and theatre director, and actor. He frequently appears on German television and is probably best known for his song "Katzeklo ...

(born 1955) *

Martin Schneider Martin Schneider (born 25 May 1964), often just called "Maddin", is a German comedian, cabaret artist and actor. Biography Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Schneider grew up in Burgholzhausen, a district of Friedrichsdorf. He has a twin si ...

(born 1964) *

Olaf Schubert Olaf Schubert (real name Michael Haubold, born November 7, 1967 in Plauen) is a German comedian and musician. Life Schubert works as comedian and musician on German broadcasters and radios. Discography by Olaf Schubert * Bestandsaufnahme ...

(born 1967) *

Georg Schramm Georg Schramm (born 11 March 1949) is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows '' Scheibenwischer'' and '' Neues aus der Anstalt''. Biography Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the So ...

(born 1949) *

Atze Schröder Hubertus Albers (born 27 September 1965), better known under his pseudonym Atze Schröder, is a German comedian.Esther Schweins (born 1970) * Christoph Sieber (born 1971) *

Hella von Sinnen Hella Kemper (born 2 February 1959), known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen (lit. ''Hella out of her mind'', making pun of the aristocratic " von"), is a German entertainer and television presenter. She has been a regular on several TV shows ...

(born 1959) *

Hans Söllner Johann Michael Söllner (born 24 December 1955), better known as Hans Söllner, is a German singer-songwriter, who sings in Bavarian-German. Throughout German-speaking countries, especially in Bavaria and Austria, he is famous for publicly cr ...

(born 1955) *

Martin Sonneborn Martin Hans Sonneborn (born 15 May 1965) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a founder and federal chairman of Die PARTEI. He was editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine ''Titanic'' from 2000 to 2005 and w ...

(born 1965) *

Ingrid Steeger Ingrid Steeger (; born 1 April 1947) (as ''Ingrid Anita Stengert'') is a German actress and comedian. Life Steeger was born in Berlin. She works as a comedian and actress in Germany. She became famous in her role of comedy show ' in the 1970s ...

(born 1947) * Emil Steinberger (born 1933) *

Bernd Stelter Bernd Stelter (born 19 April 1961 in Unna) is a German comedian, a writer and a television presenter. Life As a writer, Stelter has published several books. On German radio and television he has been working as comedian and presenter. In the ...

(born 1961) *

Wolfgang Stumph Wolfgang Stumph (born 31 January 1946) is a German actor and cabaret artist. Early life Stumph was born in Wünschelburg, Lower Silesia (Poland) in 1946 to German parents. He was expelled from his hometown and grew up without a father in Dre ...

(born 1946) *

Cordula Stratmann Cordula Stratmann (born 10 November 1963) is a German comedian. Life After taking the ''Abitur'' school-leaving examination, Stratmann studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia, in Cologne. D ...

(born 1963) * Tahnee (born 1992) * Chris Tall (born 1991) * Murat Topal (born 1976) *

Nora Tschirner Nora Marie Tschirner (born 12 June 1981) is a German film actress, musician and former television and radio presenter. Early life Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin (then East Germany) to the documentary film director and the radio journa ...

(born 1981) *

Christian Tramitz Christian Tramitz (born 29 July 1955) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Born in Munich, Bavaria, Tramitz is the grandson of Austrian actor Paul Hörbiger and first cousin once removed of actress Christiane Hörbiger. His parents are f ...

(born 1955) *

Karl Valentin Karl Valentin (born Valentin Ludwig Fey, 4 June 1882 in Munich – 9 February 1948 in Planegg) was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on Germany, German Weimar Republic, Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the ...

(1882-1948) *

Jan van Weyde Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

(born 1979) *

Elisabeth Volkmann Elisabeth Volkmann (; 16 March 1936 – 27 July 2006) was a German actress and comedian, best known for her part in the German absurd comedy series ' (1973–1979), which was watched by millions of viewers in Germany Antonia von Romatowski Antonia may refer to: People * Antonia (name), including a list of people with the name * Antonia gens, a Roman family, any woman of the gens was named ''Antonia'' * Antônia (footballer) * Antônia Melo Entertainment * ''Antonia's Line'', origi ...

(born 1976) *

Otto Waalkes Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948) is a German comedian, actor, and musician. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films. His best known trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like c ...

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Claus von Wagner Claus von Wagner (born 28 November 1977) is a German Kabarett artist, a stand-up observational comic and political satirist. Early life Born in Munich, von Wagner grew up in Miesbach, south-east of Munich. His father, originally from Pruss ...

(born 1977) *

Lilo Wanders Ernst-Johann "Ernie" Reinhardt (born 22 September 1955), better known as Lilo Wanders, is a German transvestite actor, comedian and theatre/television host. Born in Celle, Reinhardt attended the Gymnasium Walsrode and went on to become an enter ...

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Henning Wehn Henning Wehn (; born 10 April 1974) is a German stand-up comedian based in the UK. Career Wehn studied Business Administration in Münster and worked in customer relations. In 2002, he moved to the United Kingdom to work in the marketing de ...

(born 1974) *

Kaya Yanar Kaya Yanar (born 20 May 1973) is a German (formerly Turkish) comedian, best known for his comedy show ''Was guckst du?!'' (Whatcha lookin' at?!). Early life Yanar was born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, to Turkish-Arabic immigrants fro ...

(born 1973)

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