Historical Jesters
- Stańczyk (c. 1480–1560), Polish jester
- William Sommers (died 1560), jester of Henry VIII of England
- Chicot (c. 1540–1591), jester of Henry III of France
- Archibald Armstrong (died 1672), jester of James I of England
- Jeffrey Hudson (1619–c. 1682), "court dwarf" of Henrietta Maria of France
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