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Estonia

Daniel Veinbergs

Daniel Veinbergs is an Estonian stand-up comedian, podcast presenter and entrepreneur.He first took the stage in Comedy Estonia’s comedy group and was one of the founders of the Humor Club.

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Bolivia

David Santalla, born Walter David Santalla Barrientos, was a Bolivian comic actor whose career on radio, stage, television and film spanned five decades and who created a gallery of comic characters drawn from Bolivian life. He was born in La Paz on 16 August 1939, the son of General Alfredo Santalla Estrella, an air force officer, and grew up in the Miraflores district. A lonely child, he amused himself by painting faces on stones and giving each one a different voice, which, he said, trained his throat and his imagination. At ten he set off alone by ship to join his father in exile in Chile, and he stayed in Santiago for a decade, finishing secondary school at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana. He first went on stage at school in Molière's The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and in 1957 was part of Chile's national squad in gymnastics and swimming. Drawn to radio, he worked at the stations La Reina, Magallanes and Bienvenida, where he worked with, and imitated, Raúl Matas. Back in Bolivia he looked at the country with fresh eyes and set out to master the accents of its regions. He also graduated as a civil engineer from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz. Working at Radio Méndez, where he started out playing records, he once entertained the studio audience with jokes during a power cut, and the owner put him to work as a host and introduced him to the humorist Hugo Eduardo Pol. In 1962 the two formed Alí y Babá, a duo that made history on radio, in theatre and on early Bolivian television. From those years came his alter ego Toribio, a poor, tearful young man in a worn striped shirt who strives to better himself without losing his honesty. When the partnership ended he went solo with Santallazos, adding characters such as the grumpy Enredoncio, inspired by his brother Alfredo, the frail old lady Doña Liboria, inspired by his grandmother, and Salustiana, a maid who was at once shy and daring. In 1977 he surprised audiences with a dramatic role in Antonio Eguino's Chuquiago, playing a grey bureaucrat counted among the best characters of Bolivian cinema, and he also starred in Mi socio. He later celebrated his career at the Teatro Municipal with Cincuentallazos, alongside Hugo Pozo, Daniel Travesí, Cacho Mendieta and Ramiro Serrano. He won several awards and was honoured by the Bolivian Senate for his contribution to national culture. David Santalla died in Sucre on 21 February 2026.

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Serbia

Dejan Ćirjaković

Državni posao je srpska komična TV serija u kojoj u glavnim ulogama nastupaju Dimitrije Banjac, Nikola Škorić i Dejan Ćirjaković, koji su, uz to, i autori emisije. Premijerno je prikazana u septembru 2012. godine i smatra se jednim od najgledanijih programa Radio Televizije Vojvodine.

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United States

Dennis Allen

Dennis Roy Allen pursued careers as an actor and a comedian. He regularly appeared on the television series Rowan and Martin's Laugh‑In and also showed up on Love American Style. On Broadway, he performed alongside Ruth Buzzi in Gene Kelly’s production titled ClownAround. Allen succumbed to lung cancer in 1995, when he was 55 years old.

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Greece

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, born on July 12, 1912, in Diakopto, Achaea, was a beloved Greek actor. Throughout his career, he appeared in theatre, film, and television, becoming one of the most prominent figures in Greek comedy while also distinguishing himself in dramatic roles. His versatility made him a treasured figure in Greek cinema and theater. Papagiannopoulos’s formal training began at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece, where he studied. He made his stage debut in 1938 as the Knight in Shakespeare's King Lear , and later portrayed the Grave Digger in Hamlet . He remained with the National Theatre until 1941, performing with many major theatre companies over a span of 46 years. During World War II, he served in the Greek armed forces, with notable action on the Albanian front as a second lieutenant. His early film work included Children of Athens in 1947 and he appeared in over 133 films throughout his career, including A Knight for Vasilia , The Villa of Orgies , Kyri-Giorgis is Trained , and Fouskothalassies . He portrayed General Solon Karaleon in Dimitris Psathas’ Fonazei o Kleftis , Theodoros Kolokotronis, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Karagiozis in To Megalo mas Tsirko , and appeared in Theo Angelopoulos' Voyage to Cythera . Giorgis in the television show Louna Park , where he portrayed Barba-Giorgis, which established him in popular consciousness. He also appeared in Gorgones kai magkes , filmed on the island of Hydra, alongside Martha Karagianni and Mary Hronopoulou. He received several awards for his work, including an acting award for 'The Cannon and the Nightingale'. A statue was erected in his memory in Diakopto, placed on the beach near the start of the Diakofto-Kalavryta rack railway. He performed many charitable acts, primarily in the area where he was born.

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Syria

Duraid Lahham

Duraid Lahham is a Syrian comedian, actor and director, famous above all for the character Ghawwar El Toshe, whom he played in a long series of films and television series. He was born in Damascus in 1934 to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. Throughout his career his co-star was Nehad Qalei, who played Husni Al Borazan opposite his Ghawwar. From 1960 to 1976 the two performed as "Duraid and Nihad" and became hugely successful and famous with audiences across the Arab world. In 1976 Qalei had to retire because of illness, and from then on Lahham wrote, acted in and directed his own work. His plays and films were strongly influenced by political events in the Arab world. His films have been described as dealing with the artificiality and impracticality of borders between Arab states and with the abuse of human rights in the region. Among his films are Al-Hudood (1984), Al-Taqreer, Kafroun, Al-Sadeeqan, Al-Aba'a Al-Sighar and Damascus Aleppo (2019), along with Sah Al-Noum, Al-Tha'lab, Fendooq Al-Ahlam, Ghriam Fee Istanbul and the musical Celina. On television he starred in series such as Sah Elnoum, Hammam El-Hana, Melh ou Sukar, Wayn El Ghalat, Al Doughri, Aoudat Ghawar, Maa'leb Ghawwar, Al Kherbeh, Ahlam Abu Al Hana and Aaelati wa ana. In 1999 Lahham was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa. During a visit to southern Lebanon in 2004 he gave a press conference speech criticising the US and Israeli leaders of the time; Israel protested to UNICEF about his language, and UNICEF ended his role as ambassador. He has received several honours for his work: the Syrian Order of Civil Merit, Excellence Class, in 1976; medals from Tunisia in 1979 and Libya in 1991; and the Lebanese Order of Merit in 2000.

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United Kingdom

Dustin Demri-Burns

Dustin Demri‑Burns is a UK‑based actor, comedian and scriptwriter. He gained prominence through the sketch show Cardinal Burns (2012‑2014), appeared in the espionage series Slow Horses (2022), and is set to feature in the 2026 production Criminal Record.

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