Musicians Born in June 1912

  • Jun 9 Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), born in Cardiganshire (d. 2007)
  • Jun 9 Ingolf Dahl [Marcus], German-American pianist and composer (Allegro and Arioso), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1970)
  • Jun 11 Mukhtar Ashrafi, Soviet-Uzbek composer, born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (d. 1975)
  • Jun 15 Alix Combelle, French swing saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (Quintette du Hot Club de France), born in Paris, France (d. 1978)
  • Jun 17 Don Gillis, American composer (Symphony 5½ - A Symphony for Fun), born in Cameron, Missouri (d. 1978)
  • Jun 19 (Albert) "Bertie" King, Jamaican jazz and mento clarinetist, saxophone player, arranger, and bandleader (Casa Blanca Orchestra; Jamaican Broadcasting Orchestra), born in Panama (d. 1981)
  • Jun 19 Jerry Jerome, American jazz and big band tenor saxophonist (Words & Music), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
  • Jun 19 Virginia MacWatters, American broadway and operatic soprano, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
  • Jun 22 Vit Nejedly, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1945)
  • Jun 28 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor, composer, educator (Munich Philharmonic 1979-1996), born in Roman, Moldavia, Romania (d. 1996)
  • Jun 29 José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer (Huapango), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1958)
  • Jun 30 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (d. 1982)

About June 1912

How Old? 111 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes

Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Signs: Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20), Cancer (Jun 21 - Jul 22)