comedian

person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh
Occupation occupation Q245068
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Summary

comedian is an occupation[1]. comedian ranks in the top 1% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,798 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: profession[3], circus profession[4]
  • Subclass of: artist[5], actor[6], circus performer[7]
  • Commons category: Comedians[8]
  • Field of this occupation: comedy[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Comedians[10]
  • Facet of: humour[11], satire[12], laughter[13], smirk[14], comicality[15]
  • Described by source: National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Myggans nöjeslexikon: 10 Komi–Mach[18]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox comedian[19]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Comic[20]
  • Different from: humorist[21]
  • Has list: list of comedians[22]
  • Female form of label: komička[23], فنانة كوميدية[24], comediant[25], komiķe[26], Komikerin[27], komikistino[28], komediistino[29], humoriste[30], comedianta[31], קומיקאית[32], komičarka[33], Mchekeshaji wa Kike[34], комичарка[35], komikarka[36]
  • Male form of label: комичар[37], fer aitt[38], comico[39], komik[40], komikas[41], فنان كوميدي[42], Komiker[43], umorist[44]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for comedian include Comedian[45], a work of art[46], in Italy[47], founded in 2019[48].

Why It Matters

comedian has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] comedian is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for comedian include Comedian[45], a work of art[46], in Italy[47], founded in 2019[48].

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  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Horcrux · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → humour, satire, laughter +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facet of: comicality"
  2. 17d ago · LearnKnowGive1 · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Field of work: circus"
  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → comedian, comedians
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: comedians, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921648|comedians (#289921648)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  4. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → comedian, comedians
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: comedian, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921647|comedian (#289921647)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  5. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Emblem of Guinea-Bissau
    Bncf thesaurus id → 2004, 80495
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q321317, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  6. 13w ago · Tiziana Deluca · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label → комичар, fer aitt, comico +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Bncf thesaurus id: 2004"
  7. 16w ago · WikiBunny2K1 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → komička, فنانة كوميدية, comediant +27
    Svkkl authority id → 0445190-komicky, 0440395-komici
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: gesyores"
  8. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label → комичар, fer aitt, comico +9
    Svkkl authority id → 0445190-komicky, 0440395-komici
    Female form of label → komička, فنانة كوميدية, comediant +27
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0445190-komicky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  9. 18w ago · Flipping Switches · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → komička, فنانة كوميدية, comediant +27
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: комічка"
  10. 20w ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85028844
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh85028844"
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