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): Barnaby Kay • Bill Leonard (journalist) • Fred Hollows • Hal Ketchum • Henry Hewes (critic) • Johann Caspar Kerll • John Eaves • Jorge Andrade • Joseph Krumgold • Kay Adams (singer) • Ken Kalfus • Margaret Peterson Haddix • Michael Learned • Philippe Néricault Destouches • Rob Awalt • Ryan Kelly (basketball) • Samuel Fritz • Sid and Marty Krofft • Tania Tsanaklidou • Victor Vasarely • Ward Bond

Born in the same month (April 1928): Alan J. Pakula • Estelle Harris • Fabien Roy • Fred Ebb • Hardy Krüger • Jack Evans (ice hockey) • James Watson • James White (author) • Jean-François Paillard • Jimmy Logan • John Horlock • Joseph Bernardin • Night Train Lane • Orlando Sirola • Serge Gainsbourg • Tony Williams (singer)