Variety and Music-hall Comedians
- Chesney Allen (1893–1982)
- Arthur Askey (1900–1982)
- Michael Barrymore (born 1957)
- Billy Bennett (1887–1942)
- Max Bygraves (1922-2012)
- Frank Carson (born 1926)
- Roy Castle (1932–1994)
- Tommy Cooper (1922–1984)
- Jimmy Cricket (born 1945)
- Leslie Crowther (1933–1996)
- Les Dawson (1931–1993)
- Ken Dodd (born 1927)
- Charlie Drake (1925–2006)
- Sid Field (1904–1950)
- Bud Flanagan (1896–1968)
- Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005)
- George Formby (1904–1961)
- Bruce Forsyth (born 1928)
- Jimmy James (1892–1965)
- Roy Jay (d. 2008)
- Max Miller (1894–1963)
- Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
- Bob Monkhouse (1928–2003)
- Morecambe and Wise (Eric Morecambe 1926–1984; Ernie Wise 1925–1999)
- Des O'Connor (born 1932)
- Tom O'Connor (born 1939)
- Edmund Payne (1863 - 1914)
- Frank Randle (1901–1957)
- Ted Rogers (1935–2001)
- George Roper (1934–2003)
- Tommy Trinder (1908–1989)
- Max Wall (1908–1990)
- Charlie Williams (1927–2006)
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