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Ira Gershwin

1896 - 1983

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Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ira Gershwin has received more than 1,231,574 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ira Gershwin is the 505th most popular musician (down from 462nd in 2019), the 2,700th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,470th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 31

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  • 3.80

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  • 3.68

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ira Gershwin ranks 505 out of 2,662. Before him are Lionel Hampton, Mikkey Dee, Jeff Lynne, Mick Mars, Paul Landers, and Bebo Valdés. After him are Michael Hutchence, Annie Fischer, Kai Hansen, Jacques Loussier, Archie Shepp, and Johann Friedrich Fasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Ira Gershwin ranks 98. Before him are Wilhelm Ackermann, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, D. R. Bendre, Besse Cooper, and Rudolf Schmundt. After him are Richard Thorpe, Fayzulla Khodzhayev, Pierre Jeanneret, Zygmunt Berling, Josef Sudek, and Ludwik Fleck. Among people deceased in 1983, Ira Gershwin ranks 72. Before him are Donald Maclean, Tino Rossi, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Dalio, Arno Babajanian, and Carolyn Jones. After him are Salo Flohr, Jean Rey, Ferenc Plattkó, Sharof Rashidov, Lamberto Maggiorani, and John Vorster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Gershwin ranks 2,700 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Conrad (1935), John Stockton (1962), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), Cheryl Ladd (1951), Erich Segal (1937), and Nolan Bushnell (1943). After him are Stella Adler (1901), Michael DeBakey (1908), Dyan Cannon (1937), Ted Nelson (1937), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), and Winslow Homer (1836).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ira Gershwin ranks 152. Before him are Clifford Brown (1930), Tito Puente (1923), Randy Rhoads (1956), Joan Jett (1958), Lionel Hampton (1908), and Mick Mars (1951). After him are Archie Shepp (1937), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Joey DeMaio (1954), Freddie King (1934), Wendy Carlos (1939), and Gerry Mulligan (1927).

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