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{{Short description|American broadcaster (1950–2017)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Alan Colmes
| image              = Alan Colmes 2014 with backdrop.jpg
| caption            = Colmes in 2014
| birth_name         = Alan Samuel Colmes
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1950|9|24}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age |2017|2|23|1950|9|24}}
| death_place        = New York City, U.S.
| education          = [[Hofstra University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = Television and radio host, political commentator, writer, blogger
| employer           = [[Fox News Channel]]
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Jocelyn Elise Crowley]]|2003}}
| website            = {{ConditionalURL}}
| alias              = 
}}

'''Alan Samuel Colmes''' (September 24, 1950&nbsp;– February 23, 2017) was an American [[radio personality|radio]] and television host, [[Modern Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political commentator for the [[Fox News Channel]], and blogger. 

From 1996 to 2009, Colmes served as the co-host, along with [[Sean Hannity]], of ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]'', a nightly political debate show on Fox News Channel. He was the host of ''[[The Alan Colmes Show]]'', a [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] [[talk radio|talk-radio show]] distributed by [[Fox News Radio]] that was broadcast throughout the United States on [[Fox News Talk]] on [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]] and [[XM Satellite Radio|XM]]. Beginning in 2015, Colmes supplied the voice of The Liberal Panel on Fox News Channel's ''[[The Greg Gutfeld Show]]''.

In addition to broadcasting, Colmes ran the Liberaland blog and contributed to AOL News. He was the author of ''Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong'' (2003) and ''Thank the Liberals for Saving America'' (2012).