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Stephen Schwartz

1948 - Today

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Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics to a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998, music and lyrics), Enchanted (2007), Disenchanted (2022), and the two-part adaptation of Wicked (2024-2025, music and lyrics). Schwartz has earned numerous accolades including three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Schwartz is the 303rd most popular composer (up from 1,362nd in 2019), the 1,612th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,928th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Stephen Schwartz ranks 303 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonio Soler, Louis-Claude Daquin, Johann Jakob Froberger, Francesco Geminiani, Martin Agricola, and Johann Baptist Wanhal. After him are Dimitri Tiomkin, Gustave Charpentier, Pierre De Geyter, Max Steiner, Niccolò Jommelli, and Gustav Leonhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Stephen Schwartz ranks 95. Before him are Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dominique Sanda, René Arnoux, Beppe Grillo, Alan Parsons, and Chris de Burgh. After him are Rory Gallagher, Pim Fortuyn, Steven Chu, Agnieszka Holland, Jerzy Kukuczka, and Mahesh Bhatt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Schwartz ranks 1,612 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Satriani (1956), Walter Lippmann (1889), Janet Mills (1947), Buck Henry (1930), Guy Williams (1924), and Martha Nussbaum (1947). After him are Kelly Lynch (1959), George Clinton (1739), Frank Drake (1930), Lil Wayne (1982), William Miller (1782), and Paul Greengard (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Stephen Schwartz ranks 14. Before him are Henry Mancini (1924), Scott Joplin (1868), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), and Steve Reich (1936). After him are Charles Ives (1874), Alan Silvestri (1950), Aaron Copland (1900), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Cole Porter (1891), and Richard Rodgers (1902).

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