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Tom Lehrer

1928 - Today

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Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy and humorous, 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 Pirates of Penzance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Lehrer is the 1,548th most popular singer (down from 1,497th in 2019), the 8,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,736th in 2019) and the 416th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tom Lehrer ranks 1,548 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Lehrer ranks 8,458 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 416. 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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