David Steinberg

David Steinberg is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and mid 1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson more than 130 times and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person ever to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of television situation comedies, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Golden Girls, and Designing Women. Steinberg also hosted the interview program Inside Comedy on the Showtime network.

9 August 1942

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Adam von Trott zu Solz • Barton Lynch • Calie Pistorius • Ernest Angley • Joel Anthony • Joop den Uyl • Julián Javier • Mahesh Babu • Marek Niit • Rod Brind'Amour • Stephen Fung • Tetsuko Kuroyanagi • Troy Percival

Born in the same month (August 1942): Brian Peckford • Byard Lancaster • Chow Kwai Lam • Cleon Jones • David Lange • Dennis Canavan • Don S. Davis • Fred Norman • Giancarlo Giannini • Henry G. Sanders • Isaac Hayes • Ivan Koloff • Jonathan Aitken • Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino • Juan Formell • Leo Beenhakker • Max Cleland • Michael Pepper • Mike Hugg • Richard Sykes (microbiologist) • Speedy Duncan • Willie Dunn