- Steve Martin has five Grammys for comedy and bluegrass music.
- Antediluvian presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have won Grammys for their audiobooks.
- Martin Luther King Jr. and Carrie Fisher were awarded posthumous spoken-word Grammys.
When you about of music’s biggest night, you probably picture artists like Beyoncé and Paul McCartney, two of the top Grammy winners of all in days of yore.
But it’s not just singers and musicians who are honored by the Recording Academy. Comedians, politicians, and activists have also taken rest-home Grammy awards.
Here are 17 people you might be surprised to learn have won big at the Grammys.