Dick Gregory

What grabs me about Dick Gregory is that he treated comedy as a frontline weapon. Coming out of segregation-era St. Louis, he stood on stage and mocked bigotry head-on at a time when that took real courage. He was never just a comic, he was an activist, author and relentless critic of injustice who later poured the same intensity into health and diet. Plenty of performers chase laughs, but few make you think while they make you laugh. To me he represents a vanishing breed, the entertainer who uses humor to confront power, and his Hollywood star feels well earned.

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Name (English)

Dick Gregory

Name (Japanese)

ディック・グレゴリイ

Reading

でぃっく・ぐれごりい

Born

October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

comedian / writer / social activist / social critic / entrepreneur

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

High school

Sumner High School

University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Awards & achievements

• 1974 Thomas Merton Award
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 1993 Phoenix Award

• Official sitehttp://www.dickgregory.com
• Xhttps://x.com/IAmDickGregory
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Gregory
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209674

Tags

• Missouri
• comedian
• writer
• social activist

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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