Andrew Lloyd Webber

Born 22 March 1948, Andrew Lloyd Webber grew into English musical theatre's most prolific architect: 21 musicals, a Requiem Mass, film scores, and a catalogue of songs - "Memory," "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "The Music of the Night" - that escaped their shows and entered the wider world. Knighted in 1992, elevated to the peerage soon after, he collected seven Tonys, seven Oliviers, three Grammys, an Oscar, and an Emmy, joining the rare EGOT club in 2018. His company, LW Entertainment, became one of London's largest theatre operators, licensing productions across the UK and beyond. In 2008, the Daily Telegraph ranked him the fifth-most powerful figure in British culture; his longtime collaborator Don Black said he "more or less single-handedly reinvented the musical." He remains president of the Arts Educational Schools and funds his own foundation, established in 1992, supporting UK arts and heritage.