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Alan Menken: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born July 22, 1949 (age 77) • New Rochelle • New York
Awards And Honors Emmy Award • EGOT • Grammy Award (2012) • Tony Awards (2012) • Academy Award (1996) • Grammy Award (1996) • Grammy Award (1994) • Grammy Award (1993) • Academy Award (1993) • Academy Award (1992) • Grammy Award (1991) • Academy Award (1990)
Notable Works “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

Photos

Alan Menken smiling, wearing glasses, a black shirt, and a dark pinstripe jacket, with a blurred background, 2010.
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Stephen Sondheim smiling at the camera, wearing a light blue shirt and a brown plaid jacket at the Paramount Theatre.
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Tim Rice in 1989 wearing a flat cap, bow tie, and jacket, looking slightly to the side.
Tim Rice
English lyricist
Composer Richard Rodgers, seated at a piano, poses with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, who stands beside him, both wearing suits in a 1944 black-and-white portrait.
Richard Rodgers
American composer
A.R. Rahman smiles while performing on stage, wearing a black jacket and seated at a keyboard with a microphone, under blue stage lighting.
A.R. Rahman
Indian composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer
Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.
Barbra Streisand
American singer and actress
Andrew Lloyd Webber wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a blurred crowd at the Golden Globe Awards.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
English composer and theatrical producer
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
John Legend sits at a black Yamaha grand piano singing into a microphone, surrounded by flag bearers and choir members, performing at the Superbowl XLIX in Glendale, Arizona.
John Legend
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Hans Zimmer in 2025
Hans Zimmer
German composer and producer
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
American composer
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
Irving Berlin with his hands on a piano's keyboard.
Irving Berlin
American composer
Loesser, Frank
Frank Loesser
American composer and lyricist
Johnny Mercer.
Johnny Mercer
American composer, vocalist, and businessman
Bruce Springsteen plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone on stage at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala.
Bruce Springsteen
American singer, songwriter, and bandleader
Steve Martin, wearing glasses and a black tuxedo with a bow tie, smiles while posing at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills.
Steve Martin
American actor and writer
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Harry Warren
American composer
Frederick Loewe, c. 1970.
Frederick Loewe
American composer
Arlen, Harold
Harold Arlen
American composer
Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain
American composer

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