Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Winners List

List of Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners from every year the award has been given out. All Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners are listed below in order of popularity, but can be sorted by any column. People who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor award are listed along with photos for every Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winner that has a picture associated with their name online. You can click on the name of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor award recipients to get more information about each. People who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor are usually listed by year, but on this list you've got a complete list of Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners from all years. If this proves to not be a full list of Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners, you can help make it so by adding to this one. This list includes the most memorable and well-known Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners of all time. Anybody who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor usually has a picture associated with their name, so all the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor-winning people are listed here with photos when available. This list spans the history of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, so most of the famous Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners are here and can be a good starting point for making a list of your favorites. This list answers the question "who are all the people who have ever won Mark Twain Prize for American Humor?" If you're looking for all the nominees, you can click the links above the title of this page to the Listopedia page where you'll find a directory of award nominees, as well as the rest of the award winners lists we have. You're able to copy this fact-based list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networks you use regularly. These items, like Carl Reiner and Jonathan Winters include images when available. (13 items)

Bill Cosby

William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and activist. Cosby's start in stand-up began at the hungry i in San Francisco which was followed by landing a starring role in the 1960s show I Spy. During its first two seasons, he was a regular on the children's television series The Electric Company. Cosby is known for creating the cartoon comedy series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in an urban area. Cosby has also been a film actor. Beginning in the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in a sitcom, The Cosby Show; the show aired from 1984 to 1992 and was rated as the number one show in America for five years, 1984 ...more

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Billy Crystal

William Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally..., City Slickers, and Analyze This and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. He has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012; a record second only to that of Bob Hope, who hosted 14 times. ...more

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Bob Newhart

George Robert "Bob" Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart—it remains the 20th best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! was also a massive success, and the two albums held the Billboard number one and number two spots simultaneously. Newhart later went into acting, starring in two long-running and award-winning situation comedies, first as psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on ...more

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Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and singer. He is best known for his role in a comedy duo with Mel Brooks. He is also known for his role on Your Show of Shows, as Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Saul Bloom in the Oceans Trilogy, as the voice of Shep in Good Boy!, and the voice of Sarmoti in Father of the Pride. Reiner has won 9 Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award during his career. ...more

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