- Jun 2 Del Simmons [James Joseph Simonian], American saxophonist (Captain Beefheart; Guy Lombardo), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
- Jun 3 Al Harewood, American jazz drummer (Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine), and teacher, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2014)
- Jun 5 Daniel Pinkham, American organist, composer (Signs of the Zodiac) and educator (New England Conservatory), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
- Jun 6 Allan Wicks, British cathedral organist and choral conductor (Canterbury, 1961-88), born in Harden, England (d. 2010)
- Jun 8 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish contemporary classical and minimalist composer (Zomerspelen/Summer Games; Aquarius), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1993)
- Jun 14 Theodore Bloomfield, American conductor, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1998)
Erroll Garner (1923-1977)
Jun 15 American jazz pianist ("Misty"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Jun 15 Melvin Moore, American jazz trumpeter, and singer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
- Jun 16 Åke Hermanson, Swedish composer, born in Mollösund, Sweden (d. 1996)
- Jun 16 Henryk Czyz, Polish composer and musician, born in Grudziądz (d. 2003)
- Jun 18 Herman Krebbers, Dutch violinist, concert master, and music teacher, born in Hengelo, Netherlands (d. 2018)
- Jun 23 George Russell, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (The Jazz Workshop; Jazz in the Space Age), and music theorist (Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2009)
- Jun 27 Elmo Hope, American bebop jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, born in New York City (d. 1967)
- Jun 28 (Walter) "Pete" Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Henry Mancini; The Brothers Candoli), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 2008)
- Jun 29 Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer (Mode of Shang), born in Yantai, Shandong, China (d. 2019)
About June 1923
How Old? 100 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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