Musicians Born in September 1919

  • Sep 2 Gideon William Waldrop, American composer and educator (Julliard School, 1961-85), born in Haskell County, Texas (d. 2000)
  • Sep 2 Marge Champion (née Belcher), American dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)
  • Sep 8 Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 1999)
  • Sep 10 Lex van Delden [Alexander Zwaap], Dutch composer (The Bird of Freedom), and writer (Canto della Guerra), born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (d. 1988)
  • Sep 11 Margaret Tynes, American child prodigy and international opera singer, born in Saluda, Virginia (d. 2024)
  • Sep 14 Deryck Cooke, British composer and musicologist, born in Leicester (d. 1976)
  • Sep 16 Milan Harašta, Czech composer, born in Brno, Moravia Czechoslovakia (d. 1946)
  • Sep 19 Blanche Thebom, American mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida), born in Monessen, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
  • Sep 24 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), born in Polanka, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • Sep 25 (Rossiere) "Shadow" Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1959)
  • Sep 28 Margaret Johnson, American jazz pianist known as "Countess" and "Queenie" (Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy; Lester Young), born in Chanute, Kansas (d. 1939)
  • Sep 30 Patricia Neway, American soprano (Consul; Maria Golovia), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)

About September 1919

How Old? 104 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22), Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22)