Dec 23 Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer), German writer, poet (Tagebuchblatter), and object of composer Richard Wagner's infatuation, born in Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia (d. 1902) Nov 1828 Birthdays in Music by Year Jan 1829 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers