Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Recipients

Historical Accolades

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24

0

Mark Twain

Author

0% (0 of 32 votes)

18

1998

Richard Pryor

Comedian

27.27% (6 of 22 votes)

14

1999

Carl Reiner

Comedian

31.78% (34 of 107 votes)

22

2000

Jonathan Winters

Comedian

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

1

2001

Whoopi Goldberg

Actress

69.13% (842 of 1218 votes)

21

2002

Bob Newhart

Comedian

20.0% (2 of 10 votes)

20

2003

Lily Tomlin

Comedienne

22.22% (2 of 9 votes)

2

2004

Lorne Michaels

TV Executive

63.64% (7 of 11 votes)

12

2005

Steve Martin

Comedian

33.64% (37 of 110 votes)

25

2006

Neil Simon

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

2007

Billy Crystal

Comedian

59.77% (104 of 174 votes)

11

2008

George Carlin

Comedian

33.83% (45 of 133 votes)

7

2009

Bill Cosby

Comedian

58.99% (397 of 673 votes)

5

2010

Tina Fey

Comedienne

59.55% (106 of 178 votes)

19

2011

Will Ferrell

Comedian

24.11% (54 of 224 votes)

13

2012

Ellen DeGeneres

Comedienne

33.59% (86 of 256 votes)

23

2013

Carol Burnett

Comedienne

12.50% (2 of 16 votes)

16

2014

Jay Leno

Comedian

29.58% (42 of 142 votes)

3

2015

Eddie Murphy

Comedian

61.48% (75 of 122 votes)

15

2016

Bill Murray

Comedian

31.48% (17 of 54 votes)

8

2017

David Letterman

Comedian

47.37% (81 of 171 votes)

9

2018

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Comedienne

44.75% (81 of 181 votes)

17

2019

Dave Chappelle

Comedian

29.57% (34 of 115 votes)

10

2022

Jon Stewart

Comedian

35.92% (125 of 348 votes)

6

2023

Adam Sandler

Comedian

59.30% (290 of 489 votes)