Kevin Bleyer was an American television writer, producer, author and speechwriter who won four Emmy Awards as a writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He contributed to President Barack Obama’s speeches, including his White House Correspondents’ Dinner addresses, and wrote the bestseller Me the People. He died in a car crash near his country home in Millrift, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 2026, aged 54.

Born in Bethesda, Maryland, and raised in Seattle, he was a child actor and a Stanford University graduate. He also wrote for Politically Incorrect, Sleepy Hollow and The Right Stuff.