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Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is a Jewish American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, and stand-up comedian. He is best known as the host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program airing on Comedy Central.
Stewart, birth name Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, was born on November 28, 1962 in New York City to a Jewish family and grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His mother Marian is an educational consultant and teacher and his father Donald is a physics professor at The College of New Jersey. They divorced when Stewart was eleven and he is now estranged from his father. Stewart attended a yeshiva kindergarten in Trenton before transferring to the local public school where he remembers being made fun of for being Jewish. His family attended high holiday services at the Conservative movement affiliated Princeton Jewish Center, which is also where both Jon and his older brother, Larry, became b’nai mitzvah.
Following graduation from Lawrence High School, where he was third in his class and voted as having the “Best Sense of Humor,” Stewart attended the College of Wil
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Jon Stewart
Award-winning comedian Jon Stewart is best known for his long-running stint as the host of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.’
By 1989, comedian Jon Stewart was hosting the Comedy Central series Short Attention Span Theater. In 1993, he launched MTV’s first talk show, The Jon Stewart Show. Throughout the 1990s, Stewart appeared on several television programs. In 1999, he became anchorman of The Daily Show (later renamed The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), announcing his departure in 2015 after a highly esteemed run. He is also a film and TV actor, appearing in the comic films Half Baked (1998) and Big Daddy (1999), among a variety of other productions.
Early Years
Jon Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28, 1962, in New York City. (He later legally changed his last name to Stewart.) His family later relocated to Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where Stewart spent most of his youth.
In 1984, Stewart graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he studied psychology and played on the men’s soccer team.
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Jon Stewart
| Jon Stewart | |
|---|---|
Stewart performing at a 2008 USO show | |
| Birth name | Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz |
| Born | (1962-11-28) November 28, 1962 (age 62) New York City, New York, United States |
| Medium | stand-up, television, movies, books |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | William & Mary |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Genres | Satire/political satire/news satire, observational comedy |
| Subject(s) | The media (esp. news media), American politics, current events, religion, Jewish culture, race relations, human sexuality, self-deprecation |
| Influences | George Carlin,[1]Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce,[2]David Letterman,[3]Steve Martin[source?] |
| Influenced | Stephen Colbert,[4]Lewis Black |
| Spouse | Tracey McShane, 2 children |
| Notable works and roles | Host of The Daily Show America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 The Daily Show 2003, 2004, Copyright ©bilders.pages.dev 2025 | |