George Szell
George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and recorded much of the standard classical repertoire in Cleveland and with other orchestras.
7 June 1897
Born on the same birth day (7 June): Allen Iverson • Amelia Edwards • Bert Sugar • Bluey (long-lived dog) • Bones Ely • Charles Rennie Mackintosh • Christian McCaffrey • Ernestina Herrera de Noble • Harry Crews • Henri Coandă • Ian St John • Jean-Noël Tremblay • Karl Lashley • Lance Reddick • Louise Erdrich • Marion Post Wolcott • Mike Pence • Paul Gauguin • Sylvanus Morley • Zbigniew Seifert • Étienne Pasquier
Born in the same month (June 1897): Anthony Eden • Cyril N. Hinshelwood • Edmund A. Chester • Elisabeth Hauptmann • Fulgence Charpentier • Georg Wittig • Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia • Joel Rinne • John G. Bennett • Martti Marttelin • Memphis Minnie • Menina Izildinha • Moe Howard • Norbert Elias • Paavo Nurmi • Ram Prasad Bismil • Reg Latta