NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central has named Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa, as Jon Stewart’s replacement on “The Daily Show.”
Noah, who was recently brought aboard as an on-air contributor, was chosen two months after Stewart unexpectedly announced he was leaving “The Daily Show” after 16 years as its host and principal voice.
Noah replaces the New Jersey-born Stewart as a biracial comic with an international perspective.
In the network’s one-hour late-night comedy block, Noah joins Larry Wilmore, an African-American writer-comedian who in January stepped into Stephen Colbert’s half-hour slot following “The Daily Show.”
Noah has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Show with David Letterman.”
No official date for Stewart’s departure or Noah’s debut has been disclosed.
SWIRLED: Our Favorite Black & White Celebs
SWIRLED: Our Favorite Black & White Celebs
1. Singer KeKe Wyatt's mother is white and her father is African-American.
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2. Alicia Keys has an Italian mom and an African- American dad. (PR)
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3. Actor Boris Kodjue's father is Ghanaian and his mother German. (PR)
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4. Athlete Lolo Jones birth mother is white and her dad is black. (PR)
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5. "Criminal Minds" actor has a white mom and a black dad. (PR)
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6. Rashida Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones, who is Black and mom, Peggy Lipton is White. (PR)
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7. Singer Lenny Kravitz has a Black mom and a Caucasian-Jewish father. (PR)
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8. Amber Rose has an Italian father and a Creole Mother. (PR)
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9. Drake's mother is Jewish-Canadian and his father is Black. (PR)
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10. Jordin Sparks is bi-racial too. (PR)
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11. J.Cole's mother is caucasian and his dad is African- American. (PR)
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12. Singer Mya's father is Italian and her mother is Black. (PR)
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13. NBA player Kris Humphries has a white mom and black dad. (PR)
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14. Actress Halle berry's mother is Causcasian and her father is Black. (PR)
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15. President Barack Obama has a Kenyan father and a Caucasian mother. (AP)
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16. Tracee Ellis Ross' mom is the the legendary Diana Ross and her dad is white. (PR)
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17. Derek Jeter has a black dad and white mother. (PR)
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18. Actor Wentworth Miller is half White and Black. (AP)
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19. Maya Rudolph has a black mother, Minnie Rippleton and a white father. (PR)
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20. Actress Lauren London has a Black mom and a Caucasian- Jewish father. (PR)
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21. Actor Vin Diesal is black and Italian but he has never met his biological father. (PR)
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22. Singer Leona Lewis has white mom and black dad. (PR)
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23. Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown's mother is white and her dad is black. (PR)
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24. Actor Jesse Williams has a Swedish mom and an African-American dad. (PR)
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25. Twins actresses Tia Mowry-Hardict and Tamara Mowry-Housley are Black and Italian. (PR)
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26. Faith Evans has a black mother and an italian father, but the singer chooses not to claim her white ancestry. (PR)
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27. Singer Craig David has a grenadian dad and white-british mom. (PR)
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28. Actress Tamara Taylor has a black father and a Scottish mother. (PR)
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29. The tall red-head Blake Griffin has a white mom and black dad. (PR)
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30. Michael Ealy (PR Photos)
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31. Colin Kaepernick father is African American and his mother White.
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32. Ballerina Misty Copeland's father is German American anad African American and her mother ins African American and Italian American. (PR Photos)
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33. Paula Patton's mother is white and her father is Black. (PR Photos)
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34. Jussie Smollett's father is Jewish and his mother is African American. (AP)
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