He was born in Washington, D.C., USA.
Source: The Library of Congress
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John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854.
John Philip Sousa was born in the United States of America however, his Mum was German and his Dad was Spanish.
John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854.
John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854 and died on March 6, 1932. John Philip Sousa would have been 77 years old at the time of death or 160 years old today.
he worked at the military band. known as march king. this is a paragraph i wrote about him: John Philip Sousa achieved worldwide fame, and created a instrument called sousaphone. One of the popular music he wrote is: Stars And Stripes For Ever, and the Washington post. At the age of 11 Sousa conducted 7 grown up mans. While him a child his country U.S.A was in war with Russia.
John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C.; however, his father, John Antonio Sousa, was born in Spain to Portuguese parents (they had fled to Spain from Portugal during the Peninsular War), and his mother, Marie Elisabeth Trinkaus, was from Bavaria, Germany. Mother and father met in New York while John Antonio was enlisted in the US Navy (stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard) and Marie Elisabeth was staying in Brooklyn with some relatives. They later moved to DC when John Antonio joined the US Marine Band as a trombonist. So, Sousa is a Portuguese name (pronounced soo-sa, not soo-za) and John Philip is half of Portuguese ancestry.
John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 6, 1854. His father was born in Spain of Portuguese parents and his mother was Bavarian. Sousa, known as the "March King," ranks among the most famous American composers and conductors. On December 25, 1896, he composed The Stars and Stripes Forever, the official march of the United States of America. Sousa was the inventor of the sousaphone. He died on March 6, 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
John Philip Newman was born in 1826.
John Philip Newell was born in 1953.
Philip John Whitcombe was born in 1928.
John Philip Bagwell was born in 1874.
John R. Philip was born in 1927.