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Richard M. Sherman

1928 - 2024

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Richard Morton Sherman (June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024) was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "The Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history." Some of the Sherman Brothers' best known songs were incorporated into live action and animation musical films including Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Slipper and the Rose, and Charlotte's Web. Their best known work is "It's a Small World", written for the theme park attraction of the same name. According to Time, it may be the most publicly performed song in history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Richard M. Sherman is the 6,460th most popular actor (up from 8,952nd in 2024), the 10,002nd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,146th in 2019) and the 2,975th most popular American Actor.

Richard M. Sherman is one half of the famous Sherman Brothers. He is an American composer and songwriter best known for writing many of the most iconic and beloved songs from Disney films alongside his brother Robert B. Sherman. As the musical team known as the Sherman Brothers, they composed the songs for Disney classics like Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and many others over multiple decades at the studio.

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Among actors, Richard M. Sherman ranks 6,460 out of 13,578. Before him are Jaaved Jaaferi, Padmini, Norma Varden, Christopher Heyerdahl, Vanessa Estelle Williams, and Lee Yo-won. After him are Noriko Hidaka, Olivia Harrison, Edgar Kennedy, Yum Jung-ah, O. T. Fagbenle, and Matthew Nable.

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Among people born in 1928, Richard M. Sherman ranks 509. Before him are Christian Poncelet, Juan Rodríguez, Joaquín Capilla, Jerome Biffle, Ivan Kizimov, and Fatima Meer. After him are Türkân Akyol, Garry Winogrand, Sture Allén, Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Rudolf Plyukfelder, and Gino Munaron. Among people deceased in 2024, Richard M. Sherman ranks 439. Before him are Anatoli Polivoda, Kathryn Crosby, S. M. Krishna, Chad McQueen, David Seidler, and Robert Dill-Bundi. After him are Phil Donahue, Janusz Majewski, Mustapha Moussa, David Bordwell, Kenjiro Shinozuka, and Achim Müller.

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Among people born in United States, Richard M. Sherman ranks 10,004 out of 20,380. Before him are Kathy Hochul (1958), Robert Elswit (1950), Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963), George Clymer (1739), Beatrix Loughran (1900), and Erik Prince (1969). After him are Sam Altman (1985), Alvin Sargent (1927), William Pinkney (1764), Henry Proctor (1929), Olivia Harrison (1948), and Henry Hobson Richardson (1838).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard M. Sherman ranks 2,976. Before him are Donald Gibb (1954), Charles Stanton Ogle (1865), Elle Fanning (1998), Madelaine Petsch (1994), Hayden Panettiere (1989), and Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963). After him are Olivia Harrison (1948), Edgar Kennedy (1890), Ben Feldman (1980), Charlotte Mineau (1886), Estelle Reiner (1914), and Pamela Bellwood (1951).

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