Jon Stewart, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, is an American comedian and television host best known for hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2015. He co-wrote two satirical books, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, published in 2004, and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, published in 2010. Both use satire to look at how the United States is governed and how people live on the planet. Stewart returned to The Daily Show part-time in 2024.
