Birth Date Cake O'Clock Birth Date Clock

Howard Ashman

Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (d. 1991)

Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. Ashman has been credited as being a main driving force behind the Disney Renaissance. His work included songs for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Tim Rice took over to write the rest of the songs for the latter film after Ashman's death in 1991.

17 May 1950

Random

Born on the same birth date (17 May 1950): Alan Johnson • Janez Drnovšek • Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley • Valeriya Novodvorskaya

Born on the same birth day (17 May): Aleandro Rosi • Alistair Overeem • B. S. Chandrasekhar • Edmund, Earl of Rutland • Francesco Pasquale Ricci • Gary Paulsen • Horace Elgin Dodge • Jason Bernard • Martin Delrio • Mauro Martini • Qusay Hussein • Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness • Stella Jongmans

Born in the same month (May 1950): Jane Parker-Smith • Janez Drnovšek • Jean Chalopin • Mark Mothersbaugh • Martin McGuinness • Mary Hopkin • Paresh Rawal • Rod Milburn • Tim Russert • Valeriya Novodvorskaya