1. Dan Emmett (1815)

American Entertainer

Best known for composing songs like Dixie. He founded the first blackface minstrel troupe.

2. Donald Brian (1877)

American Entertainer

Stage actor and tenor who starred in more than twenty Broadway musicals, including Little Johnny Jones, The Siren, and No, No, Nanette.

3. Al Jolson (1886)

American Entertainer

Star of the first talking movie, 1927's The Jazz Singer. He was known for entertaining troops overseas during WWII.

4. Blossom Seeley (1891)

American Entertainer

American jazz and ragtime singer who was well-known on the vaudeville circuit. She was called the "Queen of Syncopation."

5. Gene Autry (1907)

American Entertainer

Actor and singer known as The Singing Cowboy for his appearances in ninety-three movies and ninety-one TV productions. His roles as honest American heros earned him a reputation as one of...

6. Bob Dyer (1909)

American Entertainer

Quiz show host known for the radio and television game show Pick a Box.

7. Scatman Crothers (1910)

American Entertainer

Drummer, scat singer, and actor who appeared in the 1980 horror film The Shining and did voice-overs for animated shows like Transformers and The Harlem Globetrotters.

8. Carl Ballantine (1917)

American Entertainer

Comedy magician who became Lester Gruber on the 60s sitcom McHale's Navy.

9. Nipsey Russell (1918)

American Entertainer

Actor who starred in The Wiz and was popular as a panelist on several TV game shows including: Match Game, Hollywood Squares, and Pyramid. 

10. Joey Bishop (1918)

American Entertainer

Comedian, TV star, and member of the Rat Pack who starred in the sitcom The Joey Bishop Show from 1961 to 1965. He also had a prominent role in the...

11. Jacob Latimore (1996)

American Entertainer

R&B singer turned actor whose 2012 mixtape titled "This is Me" featured the OMG Girlz. In 2018, he began starring as Emmett Washington in the Showtime drama The Chi. Other film credits...

12. Todrick Hall (1985)

American Entertainer

Texas-born singer who rose to fame after auditioning for the ninth season of American Idol. He is an immensely popular social media star and is known for viral parody hits like...

13. Larry Kert (1930)

American Entertainer

American musical theater performer who starred as Tony in the original Broadway production of West Side Story. He also appeared in the first production of Stephen Sondheim's Company.

14. Mallory Ervin (1985)

American Entertainer

Former beauty pageant contestant who first rose to fame for competing in the reality show The Amazing Race 17. She came in 4th place in the 2010 Miss America pageant....

15. Wavy Gravy (1936)

American Entertainer

Known for his comic hippie and clown personas and for his peace activism, this American counterculture figure founded a non-profit healthcare group called the Seva Foundation; a circus program called...

16. Jamie Walters (1969)

American Entertainer

Actor and musician who played the role of Ray Pruit on the television series, Beverly Hills 90210.

17. Kevin Federline (1978)

American Entertainer

Dancer who became best known as the husband of Britney Spears. After the couple divorced, he and Spears got into a much-publicized custody battle for their two kids and he...

18. Baayork Lee (1946)

American Entertainer

Actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in the Broadway productions of A Joyful Noise, Promises, Promises, and Seesaw.

19. Terry Fator (1965)

American Entertainer

Famous ventriloquist who won the second season of America's Got Talent and performed at The Mirage in Las Vegas. He mastered over 100 ventriloquial impersonations and had 16 different puppet...

20. David Strassman (1957)

American Entertainer

Ventriloquist who performs a side-splitting comedic act with his dummy's Chuck Wood and Ted E. Bare. In 1980 he acted in Roger Corman's horror movie Humanoids from the Deep.

21. Mary Birdsong (1968)

American Entertainer

Actress who is best known as portraying Deputy Cherisha Kimball on the Comedy Central TV series Reno 911! She began her tenure during Season 3 of the show, before leaving...

22. Carlucci Weyant (1983)

American Entertainer

American actor and producer of the film Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale. He also played a role in the 2012 film Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story.

23. Ashley Tesoro (1983)

American Entertainer

Following her Young Artist Award-nominated performances as Kimberly Fairchild on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and Liz Miller on the NBC series Saved by the Bell: The New...

24. Carrie Ann Inaba (1968)

American Entertainer

American dancer and choreographer who served as a judge on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

25. Michael Copon (1982)

American Entertainer

Actor and model best known for his roles as Felix on the series One Tree Hill and Vin Keahi on Beyond the Break. He is the co-creator and producer of the series...

26. Steve Burns (1973)

American Entertainer

Co-creator and original host of Nickelodeon's children's program Blue's Clues, starring in over 100 episodes of the popular animated show.

27. BeBe Zahara Benet (1981)

American Entertainer

Drag queen known for winning the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She released her first single, "I'm the Sh*t," in 2009. She also appeared on RuPaul's Drag U in 2011...

28. Sabrina Bryan (1984)

American Entertainer

Singer and actress who was a member of The Cheetah Girls and played Dorinda Thomas in three Cheetah Girls films. She also appeared as a correspondent for several seasons of Dancing with the...

29. Ahmet Zappa (1974)

American Entertainer

Son of rock 'n' roll icon Frank Zappa who published a children's book, judged Star Search, and produced The Odd Life of Timothy Green from 2012.

30. Brandy Norwood (1979)

American Entertainer

Brandy Rayana Norwood also known as Brandy or Bran'Nu is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born into a musical family in McComb Mississippi and raised in Carson California she...

31. Jahna Steele (1958)

American Entertainer

Jahna Erica Steele was an American transgender entertainer and Las Vegas showgirl who was voted Las Vegas' Sexiest Showgirl on The Strip in 1991 Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year...

32. Richmond Shepard (1929)

American Entertainer

Richmond Shepard is an American writer director producer and mime with a 50 year history in entertainment. He built owned and operated his own theaters in Los Angeles on Theatre...

33. Jeffrey Vinokur (1990)

American Entertainer

Jeffrey Vinokur who also goes by the stage name The Dancing Scientist is an American science educator known for combining the hip hop dance genre of popping with live science...

34. Odain Watson (1987)

American Entertainer

Odain Wason is an American entertainer singer-songwriter and businessman. He began his career professionally at the age of 14 in upstate New York performing in various Capital Region productions. He...

35. Altovise Davis (1943)

American Entertainer

Altovise Davis was an American entertainer best known as Sammy Davis Jr. 's third wife. Born in Charlotte North Carolina as Altovise Joanne Gore she was raised in Brooklyn New...

36. Morganna (1954)

American Entertainer

Morganna Roberts is an entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1970 through the 1990s. She was also billed as...

37. Brad Byers (1959)

American Entertainer

Brad Byers is an American entertainer known for his extreme performances including sword swallowing lying on beds of nails and inserting various tools in his nasal cavity. For the latter...

38. Michael Earl (puppeteer) (1959)

American Entertainer

Michael Earl is an American puppeteer actor writer singer and songwriter. A 4-time Emmy Award-winner whose credits include Mr. Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street and Dr.

39. Victoria Chaplin (1951)

American Entertainer

Victoria Chaplin is an Anglo-American circus performer. She is the daughter of comedian Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife Oona O'Neill and the granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Chaplin was...

40. Octavia St. Laurent (1964)

American Entertainer

Octavia St. Laurent was an American trans woman and performer featured in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning. Octavia was also a very talented and soulful singer and had some...

41. Trav S.D. (1965)

American Entertainer

Donald Travis Stewart is a leading figure in the New Vaudeville and Indie Theater movements an author journalist playwright and stage performer.

42. Holly Butler (1957)

American Entertainer

Holly Butler born October 19 1957 is an American actress singer/songwriter dancer and former aerobics instructor who appeared in the :20 Minute Workout Television Show's first season.

43. David Liebe Hart (1955)

American Entertainer

David Nkrumah Liebe Unger Hart is an outsider musician street performer sign painter artist puppeteer and actor. He is best known for his appearances on Adult Swim's Tim and Eric...

44. Baruch Levine (1977)

American Entertainer

Baruch Levine Born December 28 1977 in Canada is an Orthodox Jewish American composer and singer whose songs have become popular and classical throughout the Orthodox Jewish world. One of...

45. Lyn Moran (1978)

American Entertainer

Lyn Moran is an American entertainer best known for being a cast member of the children's performing group The Wiggles.

46. Ben Seidman (1984)

American Entertainer

Ben Seidman is an American sleight-of-hand performer actor comedian and creative consultant. He is the only person in history to be named the Resident Magician at Mandalay Bay Resort &...

47. PJ Loughran (1973)

American Entertainer

PJ Loughran is an American illustrator musician and entrepreneur.

48. Samwell (entertainer) (1979)

American Entertainer

Sam Norman better known by his stage name Samwell is an entertainer whose hit video What What made him an Internet celebrity. He is openly gay.

49. Sam Bartlett (1961)

American Entertainer

Sam Bartlett is an American performer author and musician.

50. Bruce Sarafian (1966)

American Entertainer

Bruce Sarafian is an American juggler and unicyclist from Florida. He performs in venues such as theme parks festivals fairs and also for corporate clients. He began juggling at the...