Yip Harburg

Edgar Yipsel Harburg was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow". He was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings. He championed racial and gender equality and union politics. He also was an ardent critic of religion.

8 April 1896

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Anouk (singer) • Chris Orr (artist) • Edward Mulhare • Evans Rutto • Evripidis Stylianidis • Hirsch Jacobs • Hywel Bennett • Iveta Bartošová • Jeremy Hellickson • Kofi Annan • Lavinia Valbonesi • Ollie Mitchell • Pancha Carrasco • TBJZL

Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Ernst Udet • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Fred Haney • Frits Peutz • Hans List • Johnny Golden • Léo-Paul Desrosiers • Na Hye-sŏk • Nikolay Semyonov • Reverend Gary Davis • Robert E. Sherwood • Robert Henry Best • Rogers Hornsby • Ruut Tarmo • Señor Wences • Tristan Tzara • Wallace Carothers • William Hudson (engineer) • Wop May • Árpád Weisz