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MUSICIAN

Alan Jay Lerner

1918 - 1986

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Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Jay Lerner has received more than 724,791 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Jay Lerner is the 1,728th most popular musician (down from 1,615th in 2019), the 8,730th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,141st in 2019) and the 688th most popular American Musician.

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  • 720k

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  • 43.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alan Jay Lerner ranks 1,728 out of 2,662Before him are Butch Vig, Howard Donald, Nikolai Lugansky, David Bedford, Devin Townsend, and Spencer Dryden. After him are Blue Mitchell, James Cotton, Neal Schon, John Sebastian, Allen Collins, and Zedd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Alan Jay Lerner ranks 243Before him are Margaret Osborne duPont, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Reinaldo Gorno, Jafar Salmasi, Spike Milligan, and Edward Craven Walker. After him are Tony Rolt, John Bromwich, Göte Hagström, Allan Arbus, Eero Kolehmainen, and Barney Ewell. Among people deceased in 1986, Alan Jay Lerner ranks 229Before him are Noboru Terada, Sonny Terry, Albert Scherrer, Alberto Zorrilla, Una Merkel, and Ella Baker. After him are István Pelle, Gedeon Barcza, Bert Schneider, Béla Szepes, Erik Svensson, and Nils Ramm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Jay Lerner ranks 8,730 out of 18,182Before him are George Montgomery (1916), Gorilla Monsoon (1937), David Burtka (1975), Joe Roth (1948), M. Scott Peck (1936), and Wes Bentley (1978). After him are Julian Casablancas (1978), Blue Mitchell (1930), Mary Arthur McElroy (1841), Fritz Weaver (1926), Method Man (1971), and Victoria Justice (1993).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alan Jay Lerner ranks 688Before him are Dickey Betts (1943), Sam Jones (1924), The Game (1979), Larry Adler (1914), Butch Vig (1955), and Spencer Dryden (1938). After him are Blue Mitchell (1930), James Cotton (1935), Neal Schon (1954), John Sebastian (1944), Allen Collins (1952), and Chris Poland (1957).