Recipients of The Mark Twain Prize
- 1998 – Richard Pryor
- 1999 – Jonathan Winters
- 2000 – Carl Reiner
- 2001 – Whoopi Goldberg
- 2002 – Bob Newhart
- 2003 – Lily Tomlin
- 2004 – Lorne Michaels
- 2005 – Steve Martin
- 2006 – Neil Simon
- 2007 – Billy Crystal
- 2008 – George Carlin
- 2009 – Bill Cosby
- 2010 – Tina Fey
- 2011 – Will Ferrell
- 2012 – Ellen DeGeneres
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