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Martin Charnin

American lyricist, writer, and theatre director (1934–2019)
Person Human Q3295377

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
November 24, 1934
Date of death
July 6, 2019
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
White Plains
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
songwriter, playwright, theatre director, lyricist, librettist
Educated at
High School of Music & Art, Cooper Union[11][12]
Award received
Tony Award for Best Original Score[13]
Nominated for
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Described by source
BEIC Digital Library[16]
Given name
Martin[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Martin Charnin ja マーティン・チャーニン ru Мартин Чарнин
🔖 Identifiers · 59
ISNI
000000007980444X
VIAF cluster ID
102369884
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83178655
GND ID
135112850
AllMovie person ID
p84738
AllMusic artist ID
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Allcinema person ID
942299
AlloCiné person ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
057ght
BIBSYS ID
90672856
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138923991
CONOR.SI ID
331379043
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10066010
Carnegie Hall agent ID
10177
DBC author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135112850
Discogs artist ID
794234
Emmys person ID
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Europeana entity
agent/base/153182
FAST ID
1458750
Fandango person ID
113412
Film.ru person ID
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Flanders Arts Institute person ID (former scheme)
1893662
Freebase ID
/m/057ght
Grammy Awards artist ID
martin-charnin, martin-charnin/8172
Grove Music Online ID
A2282359
HAND ID
F180-902F-9AB2-A623-426F
Hoopla artist ID
475601880
IDU person ID
53932
IMDb ID
nm0153377
IdRef ID
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Internet Broadway Database person ID
7570
Internet Off-Broadway Database ID (former scheme)
5582
Ivi person ID
martin-charnin
J9U entity ID
987007303873605171
Kinobox person ID
70584
Kinopoisk person ID
702583
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
Lynn Hung
Libraries Australia ID
35027463
Movie Walker Press person ID
4188
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000343534
NLA Trove people ID
800941
National Library of Latvia ID
000075048
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:+5x;=Bd
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX886637
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071353038
Plex person key
5d77699e7a53e9001e6eb279
Prabook ID
384901
RERO ID (legacy)
A024879719
Rate Your Music artist ID
martin_charnin
Sceneweb artist ID
30757
SecondHandSongs artist ID
6108
Swedish Film Database person ID
89735
TMDB person ID
1087696
The Numbers person ID (archived)
954440401
Theatricalia person ID
12tt
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/786b86f2-9314-4ebc-9408-9aa739a2a988

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Mb:lyricist 8
Annie, Annie, It's the Hard Knock Life, It's the Hard Knock Life, Hot Spot, Hot Spot, Tomorrow, Tomorrow
Occupation 4
playwright, songwriter, lyricist, theatre director
Mb:writer 2
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem), Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Nominated for 2
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Award received 1
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
BEIC Digital Library
Educated at 1
Cooper Union
Given name 1
Martin
Instance of 1
human
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
Lynn Hung
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
White Plains
Sex or gender 1
male
← Lyricist 1
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Summary

Martin Charnin was born on November 24, 1934[1], in New York City[2]. He died on July 6, 2019[3], in White Plains[4]. He worked as a songwriter[5], playwright[6], theatre director[7], lyricist[8], and librettist[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[19]

  • Country: US[20]

  • Began / founded: 1934-11-24[21]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2019-07-06[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 63f4fa92-46ac-4fcd-ad0f-8988c383b557[23]

FAQs

Where was Martin Charnin born?

Martin Charnin's place of birth was New York City[2].

Where did Martin Charnin die?

Martin Charnin passed away in White Plains[4].

What did Martin Charnin do for work?

Martin Charnin worked as a songwriter[5], playwright[6], theatre director[7], lyricist[8], and librettist[9].

Where did Martin Charnin go to school?

Martin Charnin was educated at High School of Music & Art[11] and Cooper Union[12].

What awards did Martin Charnin receive?

Honors received include Tony Award for Best Original Score[13].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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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. 10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 942299
    "Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 942299, Matched to マーティン・チャーニン (#322679305) in Allcinema person #m"
  2. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → F180-902F-9AB2-A623-426F
    "Created claim: HAND ID: F180-902F-9AB2-A623-426F, batch #269218"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → High School of Music & Art, Cooper Union
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Described by source → BEIC Digital Library
    Nominated for → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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