Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Mary Ferrier was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death.

22 April 1912

Born on the same birth date (22 April 1912): Kaneto Shindo

Born on the same birth day (22 April): Aivars Kalējs • Demetrio Stratos • José Quiñones Gonzales • Michael Atiyah • Michael Wittmann • Mickey Morandini • Steve Fossett • Terry Francona • Vittorio Jano

Born in the same month (April 1912): A. E. van Vogt • Bill Roberts (athlete) • Boris Kidrič • Carlos Guastavino • Habib Elghanian • István Örkény • Jehan Buhan • John Le Mesurier • Kaneto Shindo • Kaneto Shindo • Lev Kopelev • Marcel Camus • Odette Hallowes • Robert Doisneau • Ruth Osburn