Paul Hoffert

Paul Matthew Hoffert, LLD, CM is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. He later studied music composition with Gordon Delamont. In 1969, the 26-year-old Hoffert co-founded Lighthouse, a rock group that sold millions of records and earned three Juno Awards as one of Canada's leading pop bands. His film music earned him a San Francisco Film Festival and three SOCAN Film Composer of the Year awards and included films such as The Proud Rider (1971), The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Outrageous! (1977), High-Ballin' (1978), The Shape of Things to Come (1979), Wild Horse Hank (1979), Mr. Patman (1980), Deadly Companion (1981), Paradise (1982), Fanny Hill (1983), Bedroom Eyes (1984), and Mr. Nice Guy (1987).

22 September 1943

Born on the same birth date (22 September 1943): Barry Cable • Toni Basil

Born on the same birth day (22 September): Algirdas Brazauskas • Alma Thomas • Andrejs Pumpurs • Eric Broadley • Esphyr Slobodkina • Hans Scholl • Hitro Okesene • Peter Simon Pallas • Saul Perlmutter • Theodore Hook

Born in the same month (September 1943): André Boudrias • André Caillé • Aram Saroyan • Barry Cable • Frank Clark (footballer) • George W. S. Trow • Mickey Hart • Ralph Neely • Robert Walden • Roger Waters • Toni Basil • Valerie Perrine • Wang Houjun