Jon Stewart » Trivia

Very good friends with comedians Dennis Miller and Ricky Gervais.

Original major in college was Chemistry.

Wife Tracey gave birth to their first child, a boy, Nathan Thomas Stewart on July 3, 2004.

Had a small part in The First Wives Club (1996) but it was left on the cutting room floor.

His favorite musician is Tom Waits.

Attended the College of William and Mary, where he was on the soccer team.

In 1995, he optioned the rights to Jack Finney's 1977 book "The Night People". He planned to produce and star in the film version for Miramax but the project never came to fruition.

The College of William and Mary soccer team still gives out an award called the "Liebo", named after Jon's birth name of "Liebowitz". It is given to the clown/sweetheart of the team.

Decided to quit smoking on Dec. 28, 2000, after being encouraged by the CGL Foundation.

Was voted the second funniest person in America by Entertainment Weekly in 2004, behind Chris Rock.

Did uncredited writing work for "Caroline's Comedy Hour" (1989).

On September 24, 2004, the online "Campaign Desk: Critique and analysis of 2004 campaign coverage from Columbia Journalism Review" published what they called "A Campaign Desk Honor Roll, of Sorts", offering "a short list of reporters who consistently rise above the superficial to do original and often insightful work". #4 on the list of 20 journalists was Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" (1996) on Comedy Central - coming in ahead of many writers for The New York Times, the Washington Post, and other highly rated periodicals and newspapers.

Longtime friends with Arizona senator John McCain, a frequent guest on his show.

Both he and his wife legally changed their last names to Stewart when they were married.

Was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity for six months. During that time, he felt that fraternities had no point and dropped out. He feels no allegiance to PiKA at all.