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Tom Lehrer

1928 - 2025

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Thomas Andrew Lehrer ( ; April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy, humorous, and often political songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs often parodied popular musical forms, though they usually had original melodies. An exception is "The Elements", in which he set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Lehrer is the 1,551st most popular singer (down from 1,498th in 2024), the 8,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,734th in 2019) and the 417th most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Tom Lehrer ranks 1,551 out of 4,381. Before him are Ray Wilson, Sainkho Namtchylak, Fausto Leali, TobyMac, Mandy Moore, and David Alexandre Winter. After him are Jackie DeShannon, Jean Vallée, Elvir Laković Laka, Jean de Reszke, Richard Hell, and Hironobu Kageyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tom Lehrer ranks 454. Before him are Kiyonori Kikutake, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Aleksandr Ivanov, Vasile Tiță, Angélica Gorodischer, and Surya Bahadur Thapa. After him are Kenny Drew, Hebe de Bonafini, Bano Qudsia, Martin Turnovský, Frigyes Hidas, and Joseph Vissers. Among people deceased in 2025, Tom Lehrer ranks 345. Before him are Julio César Cortés, Gérard Hausser, Mark Snow, Edu Manga, Natalya Shikolenko, and June Lockhart. After him are Andrija Delibašić, Frank Mill, Rudolf Belin, Levan Gachechiladze, Xabier Azkargorta, and Peter Yarrow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Lehrer ranks 8,462 out of 20,380. Before him are Erik King (1963), William Chittick (1943), William L. Marcy (1786), Julie Bowen (1970), Jared Martin (1941), and June Lockhart (1925). After him are Mike D'Antoni (1951), George Murdock (1897), Andrew Cuomo (1957), Frank Hussey (1905), Darryl Jones (1961), and Kenny Drew (1928).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tom Lehrer ranks 417. Before him are Frederica von Stade (1945), Steve Lawrence (1935), Candice Night (1971), Toni Basil (1943), TobyMac (1964), and Mandy Moore (1984). After him are Jackie DeShannon (1941), Richard Hell (1949), Marlena Shaw (1939), Betty Davis (1945), Ben Harper (1969), and Frankie Lymon (1942).

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