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Yip Harburg

American lyricist (1896–1981)
Person human Q1273621

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
April 8, 1896
Date of death
March 5, 1981
Place of birth
Lower East Side
Place of death
Hollywood
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Ethnic group
Jewish people[11]
Occupation
composer, songwriter, screenwriter, lyricist, poet, writer, musician, librettist[12][13][14]
Educated at
City College of New York, Townsend Harris High School[15][16]
Religion or worldview
atheism[20]
Award received
Johnny Mercer Award, Academy Award for Best Original Song[17][18]
Official website
yipharburg.com[27]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[23]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Award for Best Original Song, Tony Award for Best Musical[33][34]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[35]
Archives at
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts[22]
Birth name
Isidore Hochberg[37]
Described by source
Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?, A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz[31][32]
Family name
Hochberg[24]
Given name
Isidore[25]
Manner of death
natural causes, accidental death[28][29]
Member of
Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg[19]
Name in native language
Yip Harsburg[38]
Show all 29 facts +5
Nickname
Yip[36]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library
P14750
9FD1-0631-BABC-D442-6281
Partner in business or sport
Harold Arlen[30]
Pseudonym
Edgar Yipsel Harburg[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Edgar Yipsel Harburg en Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg en Yip Harburg en Isidore Hochberg en E. Y. Harburg cs Isidore Hochberg da Edgar Yipsel Harburg da Isidore Hochberg de Yip Harburg de Isidore Hochberg de Edgar Yipsel Harburg es Edgar Yipsel Harburg es Isidore Hochberg fa ییپ هاربرگ fi Edgar Yipsel Harburg fi E.Y. Harburg fi Isidore Hochberg fi Yip Harburg fr Edgar Yipsel Harburg fr E. Y. Harburg
🔖 Identifiers · 95
ISNI
0000000117013279
VIAF cluster ID
120709724
Library of Congress authority ID
n85342788
GND ID
11919158X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Yip Harburg passport photo (1920) (cropped).jpg ↗
Academy Awards Database nominee ID
2409
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000806535
American Academy in Rome ID
12459648
American National Biography ID
1801427
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/70102
Awards & Winners artist ID
01jgrp
BBC Things ID
b96e89af-c94b-4835-bcc0-ea8712dca871
Show all 95 identifiers +83
BIBSYS ID
2081027
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13798046w
CONOR.SI ID
101271395
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12075884
Carnegie Hall agent ID
76307
CiNii Research ID
1140282266821019008
Contact page URL
yipharburg.com
DAHR artist ID
105161
DBC author ID
87097969503861
DDB person (GND) ID
11919158X
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
u10428
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11919158X
Dezède person ID
32164
Discogs artist ID
573556
ELNET ID
a11200479
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/EY-Harburg
Europeana entity
agent/base/62475
FAST ID
1760742
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_11919158X
Fandango person ID
271272
Film.ru person ID
iy-harburg
Find a Grave memorial ID
6817310
Flemish Public Libraries ID
000027636
Freebase ID
/m/01jgrp
GTAA ID
259967
Geni.com profile ID
6000000028959570348
Grove Music Online ID
47952
Hyperion Records person ID
C3573
IDU person ID
8553
IMDb ID
nm0361971
IPI name number
00013397497
ISFDB author ID
22648
Internet Broadway Database person ID
24k (5.2k–24k, n=3)
Isidore scholar ID
harburg_e_y_auteur_ou_responsable_intellectuel
KANTO ID
000195666
KBR person ID
14602905
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11919158X
Kinobox person ID
79821
Last.fm ID
Yip+Harburg
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
223745
Libraries Australia ID
35239316
MYmovies person ID
116233
MuseScore artist ID
234192
MusicBrainz artist ID
42e52c03-27bb-4545-8924-cabff6fab531
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000300130, M00000394625
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13032509
NDL Authority ID
001155322
NL CR AUT ID
kv2006277198
NLA Trove people ID
877568
NSK (VIAF) ID
000050852
NSK ID
981005678010909366
NUKAT ID
n2018061598
National Discography of Italian Song artist/group ID
1736
National Library of Brazil ID
000464260
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007302972405171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018M8527
National Library of Latvia ID
000058086
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:H6J;=r5
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810649912405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1492405
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
114488584
Notable Names Database ID
371/000205753
Open Library ID
OL6933834A, OL1603659A
OpenMLOL author ID
241282, 264036
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095920279
Prabook ID
1086177
RERO ID (legacy)
A011590877
Rate Your Music artist ID
e_y__yip_harburg
Related category
Category:Songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg
SBN author ID
DDSV004085
SNAC ARK ID
w6q9253m, w6z60r7t
SVKKL authority ID
0257705-Harburg-E-Y-18981981
Sinemalar person ID
822004
Songwriters Hall of Fame ID
EY_Harburg
TMDB person ID
1060367
The Numbers person ID
61500401
Theatricalia person ID
670
Topic's main category
Category:Yip Harburg
VGMdb artist ID
23209
WikiTree person ID
Hochberg-92
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhxp6gR7TvMtfTdX7Ytrq
Yale LUX ID
person/6064f298-044c-443b-84b8-21e21e9b9a85
ČSFD person ID
977894

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🔗 Connections
Mb:lyricist 44
Over the Rainbow, Over the Rainbow, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, It's Only a Paper Moon, It's Only a Paper Moon, Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead, Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead +36 more
← Lyricist 7
Over the Rainbow, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, It's Only a Paper Moon, Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead, Finian's Rainbow, April in Paris, The Wizard of Oz
Occupation 5
poet, composer, screenwriter, lyricist, songwriter
Nominated for 3
Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Award for Best Original Song, Tony Award for Best Musical
Films written 2
The Wizard of Oz, Finian's Rainbow
Manner of death 2
natural causes, accidental death
Mb:librettist 2
Finian's Rainbow, Finian's Rainbow
Mb:writer 2
Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Lydia the Tattooed Lady
Award received 1
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Compositions 1
Gay Purr-ee
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
City College of New York
Ethnic group 1
Jewish people
Given name 1
Isidore
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:performer of 1
Flahooley – Original Broadway Cast
Partner in business or sport 1
Harold Arlen
Place of birth 1
Lower East Side
Place of death 1
Hollywood
Related category 1
Category:Songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg
Religion or worldview 1
atheism
Sex or gender 1
male
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg
← Librettist 1
Finian's Rainbow
← Partner in business or sport 1
Harold Arlen
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Summary

Yip Harburg was born on April 8, 1896[1], in Lower East Side[2]. He died on March 5, 1981[3], in Hollywood[4]. He worked as a composer[5], songwriter[6], screenwriter[7], lyricist[8], and poet[9].

FAQs

Where was Yip Harburg born?

Yip Harburg was born in Lower East Side[2].

Where did Yip Harburg die?

Yip Harburg passed away in Hollywood[4].

What did Yip Harburg do for work?

Yip Harburg worked as a composer[5], songwriter[6], screenwriter[7], lyricist[8], and poet[9].

Where did Yip Harburg go to school?

Yip Harburg was educated at City College of New York[15] and Townsend Harris High School[16].

What awards did Yip Harburg receive?

Honors received include Johnny Mercer Award[17] and Academy Award for Best Original Song[18].

Related Entities

Harold Arlen The Wizard of Oz United States

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 822004
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  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9FD1-0631-BABC-D442-6281
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  3. 12w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Member of → Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46035|batch #46035]]: switch P361 to P463 for humans (bis)"
  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Hochberg
    SVKKL authority ID → 0257705-Harburg-E-Y-18981981
    Citizenship → —
    Place of death → Hollywood
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0257705-Harburg-E-Y-18981981, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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