John Frederick Coots

John Frederick Coots was an American songwriter. He composed over 700 popular songs and over a dozen Broadway shows. In 1934, Coots wrote the melody with his then chief collaborator, lyricist Haven Gillespie, for the biggest hit of either man's career, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." The song became one of the biggest sellers in American history.

2 May 1897

Born on the same birth day (2 May): Alan Titchmarsh • Catherine Labouré • Cherprang Areekul • Henrik Steffens • Jean-Baptiste Barrière • John Glascock • John Scott Haldane • Julian Brandt • Jurgis Baltrušaitis • Ki Hajar Dewantara • Kumail Nanjiani • Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho • Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015) • William Buell Richards • William Camden

Born in the same month (May 1897): Alan Kippax • Diego Abad de Santillán • Earle Nelson • Erich Wolfgang Korngold • Frank Capra • Frank Luke • Gene Tunney • Jimmie Guthrie • Malcolm Nokes • Nobel Prize in Physics • Robert E. Gross (businessman) • Robert Neumann (writer) • Sidney Bechet • William Joseph Browne