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): Bobby Parker (guitarist) • Colm O'Rourke • Dee Bradley Baker • Holly Earl • Jang Won-young • Julie Brown • Richard Gere • Rituparno Ghosh • Rolf Just Nilsen • Sonny Silooy • Ted Ligety

Born in the same month (August 1918): August 25 • Billy Reay • Brian Crozier • Evelyn Ankers • Frederick Sanger • Giles Cooper (playwright) • Jimmy Rowles • Kermit Beahan • Larry Haines • Richard Greene • T. J. Jemison