Tom Lehrer

Thomas Andrew Lehrer is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy and humorous songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs often parodied popular musical forms, though they usually had original melodies. An exception is "The Elements", in which he set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

9 April 1928

Born on the same birth date (9 April 1928): Paul Arizin

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Bill Leonard (journalist) • Brad Dexter • Chris Watson • Clive Sullivan • Harris Wofford • Leopold II of Belgium • Mance Lipscomb • Milan Bartovič • Otz Tollen • Paul Willis (actor) • René Burri • Rob Awalt • Sharan Rani Backliwal • Siiri Vallner

Born in the same month (April 1928): Azlan Shah of Perak • Cy Twombly • Cynthia Ozick • David Robinson (horticulturist) • Don Gibson • Earl Lloyd • Estelle Harris • Fred Ebb • Gianni Marzotto • Heinz Putzl • Hugh Hood • Jack Evans (ice hockey) • James Garner • James Watson • Jimmy Logan • John Horlock • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Maya Angelou • Shirley Temple • Tony Williams (singer)