Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.

31 August 1918

Born on the same birth day (31 August): Athena (wrestler) • Bob Welch (musician) • Cédric Soares • Greg Mulholland • Ido Pariente • Jaime Sin • Richard Basehart • Wilton Felder

Born in the same month (August 1918): C. Buddingh' • Cisco Houston • Eddie Jefferson • Evelyn Ankers • Frederick Sanger • Giles Cooper (playwright) • Guy Gibson • James MacGregor Burns • Jimmy Rowles • Kermit Beahan • L. B. Cole • Larry Haines • Mary McGrory • Michael John Wise • Noor Hassanali • Norman Granz • Richard Greene • Sid Bernstein (impresario) • Sidney Gottlieb • Sikander Bakht • T. J. Jemison • Ted Williams