Musicians Born in June 1914

  • Jun 5 Rose Hill, British stage and screen actress ('Allo 'Allo!; Nicholas Nickleby; Shot in the Dark), and lyric soprano (The Beggar's Opera), born in London, England (d. 2003)
  • Jun 5 Stan Jones, American songwriter ("Ghost Riders in the Sky"), and actor (Rio Grande, The Sheriff of Cochise), born in Douglas, Arizona (d. 1963)
  • Jun 9 Hermann Haller, Swiss composer, born in Burgdorf, Switzerland (d. 2002)
  • Jun 12 Bill Kenny, American singer (The Bill Kenny Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
  • Jun 12 Peter Lancelot Williams, English dance journalist, born in Burton Joyce, Nottingham (d. 1995)
  • Jun 19 Lester Flatt, American bluegrass guitarist (Flatt & Scruggs - "Ballad of Jed Clampett"; "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"), born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee (d. 1979)
  • Jun 20 Friedrich Zipp, German composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1997)
  • Jun 21 Booker Collins, American jazz bassist, valve trombone and tuba player (Mary Lou Williams and Her Kansas City Seven), born in Roswell, New Mexico (d. 1985)
  • Jun 21 Jan Decadt, Flemish composer, born in Ypres (d. 1995)
  • Jun 26 Richard Maltby Sr., American musician and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
  • Jun 26 Wolfgang Windgassen, German operatic tenor (Stuttgart Opera), born in Annemasse, France (d. 1974)
  • Jun 29 Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (Cornelia Farooli), born in Býchory, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1996)
  • Jun 30 Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, born in Glina, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Croatia) (d. 1997)

About June 1914

How Old? 109 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No

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