- 1638 Diogo Dias Melgás, Portuguese composer of sacred polyphonic music, born in Cuba, Alentejo, Portugal (d. 1700)
- 1676 Ernst Christian Hesse, German composer, born in Großengottern, Thuringia, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1762)
- 1718 Emanuele Barbella, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (d. 1777)
- 1723 John Wainwright, English composer ("Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn"), and organist, baptized in Stockport, Cheshire, England (d. 1768)
- 1782 Carlo Coccia, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1873)
- 1819 Charles Hallé, Anglo-German pianist, conductor and founder (Halle Orchestra), born in Hagen, Westphalia (d. 1895)
- 1842 Sven August Körling, Swedish composer, born in Misterhult, Sweden (d. 1919)
- 1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1910)
- 1852 Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1931)
- 1856 Therese Zamara, Austrian harpist and music teacher, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1927)
- 1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley, American composer (Gulliver), born in Sparta, Wisconsin (d. 1944)
- 1873 Viktor Josef Keldorfer, Austrian composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1959)
- 1895 Wiktor Labunski, Polish-American composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1974)
- 1900 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1969)
- 1906 Hunter Johnson, American composer, born near Benson, North Carolina (d. 1998)
- 1910 Werner Wolf Glaser, German-Swedish composer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 2006)
- 1912 Belinda Quirey, British dance historian and teacher, born in UK (d. 1996)
- 1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- 1913 Jean Fournet, French conductor (Rotterdam Philharmonic, 1968-73; Orchestre National de l’Île, 1973-82; Tokyo Metropolitan, 1983-86), born in Rouen, France (d. 2008)
- 1914 Jiri Reinberger, Czech organist and composer, born in Brno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1977)
- 1916 Denis ApIvor, British composer, born in Collinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland (d. 2004)
- 1916 Emerson Buckley, American conductor (Greater Miami Opera, 1950-86), born in New York City (d. 1989)
- 1919 Mendelis Bašs, Latvian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 2012)
- 1920 Eduardo Maturana, Chilean composer, born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 2003)
- 1922 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical sarod player, composer, and music educator, born in Shibpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh) (d. 2009)
- 1922 David Alexandrovich Toradze, Soviet composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1983)
- 1924 Shorty Rogers [Milton Rajonsky], American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, arranger, and composer, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
- 1925 Bill Harris, American R&B and jazz guitarist (Clovers - "Ting-A-Ling"; "Devil Or Angel"), born in Nashville, North Carolina (d. 1988)
- 1925 Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist ("The Happy Blues"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1974)
- 1926 Gloria Jean [Schoonover], American actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break), and singer, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2018)
- 1926 Jan Maegaard, Danish composer and musicologist (Triptykon), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2012)
Loretta Lynn (1932-2022)
American country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter"; "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"), born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky
- 1933 Morton Subotnick, American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1939 Jennifer Fowler, British classical composer, born in Bunbury, Australia
- 1942 Tony Burrows, British pop singer (The Flower Pot Men - "Let's Go To San Francisco"; Edison Lighthouse -"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"), born in Exeter, Devon, England
Ritchie Blackmore (79 years old)
1945 English guitarist (Rainbow - "Stone Cold"; Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"), born in Weston-super-Mare, England
- 1946 Patrick Fairley, Scottish pop rock guitarist (Marmalade, 1961-72 - "Ob La Di, Ob La Da"), and music publisher, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
- 1948 Larry Ferguson, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing"), born in Nassau, Bahamas
- 1949 Sonja Kristina [Shaw], English songwriter and actress (Hair; Curved Air), born in Brentwood, England
- 1951 Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), born in London
- 1951 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, Zairen rock guitarist (Zaika Langa-Langa), born in Zaire (d. 1996)
- 1952 Kenny Aaronson, American session and touring bass guitarist (Joan Jett; Bob Dylan; Rick Derringer), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1954 Jon Herington, American session and touring jazz and rock guitarist (Steely Dan), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- 1957 Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer, born in Arkhangelsk, USSR
- 1960 Brian Forster, American child actor and fictional drummer (Partridge Family - "Chris" the second one), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1960 Chris Cuffaro, American portrait, music industry, and commercial photographer, born in San Jose, California
- 1962 John Bell, American rock singer and guitarist (Widespread Panic - "Hope in a Hopeless World"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1967 Barrett Martin, American rock and jazz drummer and composer, born in Olympia, Washington
- 1969 Emre Altuğ, Turkish pop singer and actor, born in Istanbul, Turkey
- 1969 Martyn LeNoble, Dutch rock bassist (Porno for Pyros - "Pets"), born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- 1970 Shizuka Kudō, Japanese pop singer (Onyanko Club; solo - "Dōkoku"), and actress, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan
- 1973 David Miller, American popera tenor (Il Divo), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 1974 Da Brat [Shawntae Harris-DuPart], American rapper and songwriter ("Funkdafied"), born in Joliet, Illinois
- 1975 Avner Dorman, Israeli composer (Variations Without A Theme; Dialogues of Love), conductor, and educator, born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- 1976 Christian Älvestam, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Scar Symmetry: Miseration), born in Skövde, Sweden
- 1980 Win Butler, American rock musician, and singer-songwriter (Arcade Fire), born in Truckee, California
- 1984 Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, born in Torrance, California (d. 2004)
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