Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera Porgy and Bess.

6 December 1896

Born on the same birth day (6 December): Bill Hanzlik • David Lovering • Fred Duesenberg • Hans Molisch • Janine Turner • Johnny Manziel • Jonathan King • Karl Haas • Manuel Reuter • Maria de Dominici • Matt Niskanen • Niccolò Zucchi • Nikolaus Harnoncourt • Osbert Sitwell • Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland • Ramiro Pez • Steve Lovell • Tauba Biterman

Born in the same month (December 1896): Anna Anderson • Betty Smith • Carl Ferdinand Cori • Carl Zuckmayer • Georgy Zhukov • Gerald Barry (British Army officer) • Jimmy Doolittle • Konstantin Rokossovsky • Torsten Bergström