Here Are The Birthdays Of Your Favorite Comedians
And what to do with this information
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My birthday is on June 8th. I have always liked my birthday because it’s at the end of the school year, so I knew when my birthday came, school was almost over, which made me happy because, like plenty of kids, I kind of hated school.
It also indicates the beginning of the summer, my favorite season, when the nights are long and warm and the streets are lousy with random kids running all over the place and ice cream and swimming and reading marathons and drawing and movie watching and beach trips making up the long, lazy days. And what even was bedtime? It wasn’t a thing as a kid in the summertime, at least, not for me.
Summertime really started getting fun for me in 6th grade, and kind of never lost its magic. As I got older, summer came to mean cold, sweet drinks and summer solstice and boys and tour season (I was always kind of boy crazy). How do you feel about summer?
If you are thinking of sending me a birthday card, I’d love that! I used to ask people to write me “bad poems” for my birthday, and I think I’ll bring it back. Send bad poems via email to jessdelfino@gmail.com.
Here’s a bad poem that Sam Reich of Dropout (formerly College Humor) wrote for me years ago:
And if you’ve got money to burn and you really like me, here’s my Amazon wish list.
This year, I’ll be performing on my birthday. For many years, I made sure to perform on my birthday. I often had show-parties where all my friends would perform and I’d invite people to write and read bad birthday poems to me (like Sam’s above) and it was a blast. Later, I started the Funny Songs Fest and it ran a week or so before my birthday, so it always felt kind of like a big birthday party. But I haven’t performed on my birthday in nearly a decade.
I’m excited to revisit the tradition this year. I have a few comedian friends joining me and I expect it to be a real throw down.
Another fun fact about my birthday is that I share it with Joan Rivers and Prince, two of my favorites.
Here is a list of some of the most famous comedian’s birthdays. Do you share a birthday with any of them? I found that Ricky Gervais and Bill Burr’s birthdays are close to mine.
So what do you do with this info, besides memorize it and whip it out as a Rain Man-esque party trick? Well, send your favorite comedians a card, of course. Maybe they’ll get it, maybe they won’t, but it (probably) can’t hurt anything. I say probably, because some comedians (and people) get nervous when strangers approach them.
But if you know your heart is in the right place, send a PDF card to their publicist or agent. Just don’t forget to make it funny, or at least fun.
Here’s a sample card I made for Bill Burr, who you may notice has a birthday coming up soon (right after mine.)
List of Comedian Birthdays
Ellen DeGeneres (January 26, 1958)
Steve Harvey (January 22, 1957)
Kevin Hart (July 6, 1979)
Tiffany Haddish (December 3, 1979)
Amy Poehler (September 16, 1970)
Tina Fey (May 18, 1970)
Whoopi Goldberg (November 13, 1949)
Wanda Sykes (March 7, 1964)
Maya Rudolph (July 10, 1972)
Melissa McCarthy (August 26, 1970)
Awkwafina (August 2, 1988)
Ali Wong (April 19, 1982)
Leslie Jones (September 12, 1967)
Chelsea Handler (February 10, 1975)
Sarah Silverman (December 1, 1970)
Kristen Wiig (August 22, 1973)
Kate McKinnon (January 6, 1984)
Cecily Strong (February 8, 1984)
Pete Davidson (November 16, 1993)
John Mulaney (August 3, 1983)
Bill Burr (June 10, 1968)
Dave Chappelle (August 24, 1973)
Louis C.K. (September 20, 1967)
Jerry Seinfeld (April 29, 1954)
Ricky Gervais (June 13, 1961)
James Corden (August 22, 1978)
Trevor Noah (February 20, 1984)
John Oliver (April 23, 1977)
Samantha Bee (March 26, 1969)
Seth Meyers (December 21, 1973)
Jimmy Kimmel (November 13, 1967)
Jimmy Fallon (September 19, 1974)
Conan O'Brien (November 11, 1967)
Stephen Colbert (May 13, 1964)
Jimmy Carr (September 15, 1974)
Robin Williams (July 21, 1951)
George Carlin (May 12, 1937)
Richard Pryor (December 16, 1940)
Eddie Murphy (April 3, 1961)
Chris Rock (February 7, 1965)
Dave Attell (January 18, 1962)
Bill Hicks (December 16, 1961)
Mitch Hedberg (February 24, 1968)
Joan Rivers (June 8, 1933)
Lucille Ball (August 6, 1911)
Carol Burnett (April 26, 1933)
Marlon Wayans (July 23, 1962)
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