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The following is a series of lists of Saturday Night Live hosts who meet various additional criteria. The hundreds of episodes of Saturday Night Live (SNL) have featured hundreds of hosts, who most often come to the show as

• comedians, like Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Eric Idle, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore and George Carlin;
• actors, like Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Charlize Theron and Charlton Heston; or
• musicians, like Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears.

The following lists focus on hosts with less typical backgrounds. Some are known from their accomplishments in sports, like Peyton Manning, Deion Sanders, Michael Phelps, Derek Jeter, Wayne Gretzky and Tom Brady. Others are political figures, like former Vice-President Al Gore, U.S. Senate members John McCain and George McGovern and New York City Mayors (Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani), or political leaders like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Ralph Nader.

SNL has also invited people with various connections to the show to host, particularly former cast members, like Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey, Chris Rock, Norm Macdonald and Will Ferrell.

A separate list of Five-Timers Club members—those who have hosted five or more times— is also available.

Host backgrounds

The following are lists of hosts based on their career or age.

Sports figures

As of 2010, there have been 31 sports figures who have hosted SNL. These sport figures include athletes, coaches, one team owner, and sports commentators. The following is a list of such hosts.

Political figures

As of March 2007, there have been 11 political figures who have hosted SNL. These public figures include elected officials and/or political activists. The following is a list of such hosts.

Oldest hosts

This is a list of the oldest people to host the show. Inorder to make this list a person must be over the age of 65 when they hosted the show at any giving time.

Youngest hosts

This is a list of the youngest people to host the show. In order to make this list a person must be under the age of 18 when they hosted the show at any giving time.

SNL affiliation

The following are lists of hosts based on their prior affiliation with Saturday Night Live, including those who had been cast members, those who audition or were offered the opportunity to join the cast, and those who hosted after having had a previous appearance canceled.

Cast members

As of March 2009, there have been 25 performers who have hosted SNL who, at one point in their careers, were either a repertory or featured member of the SNL cast. The following performers have hosted SNL either before, during or after their tenure as a member of the SNL cast.

Potential cast members

The following is a list of guest hosts who had either unsuccesfully auditioned for the show earlier in their careers, or had turned down offers to join the cast. This list does not include the names of hosts, like Billy Crystal, who were rejected but eventually joined the cast at a later date. The list of the hosts and dates of their auditions are as follows:

Hosts with canceled appearances

The following list does not include the hosts with canceled appearances that returned to host or hosts who have already hosted.

References

Chevy Chase's guest appearances