Musicians Born in 1965

Jan 22 "DJ Jazzy" Jeff [Townes], American Grammy Award-winning hip-hop DJ and music producer (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Parents Just Don't Understand"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 22 Ray Mayhew, English new wave rock drummer (Sigue Sigue Sputnik, 1985-89 - "Love Missile F-111"), born in Southampton, United Kingdom
Jan 22 Steven Adler [Michael Coletti], American rock drummer and songwriter (Guns & Roses, 1985-90), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 4 Petr Muk, Czech new-wave and pop musician, and singer-songwriter (Oceán; Shalom), born in Český Krumlov, Czechoslovakia (d. 2010)
Feb 10 Dana Winner [Chantal Vanlee], Belgian pop singer, born in Hasselt, Belgium

Dr. Dre (59 years old)

Feb 18 American rapper and record producer (Still D.R.E., The Next Episode), born in Compton, California

Feb 22 Dean Karr, American photographer, album cover designer, and music video and television advertisement director, born in Seattle, Washington
Feb 23 Sylvie Guillem, French ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1989-2015), born in Paris, France
Feb 25 Brian Baker, American punk rock guitarist (Bad Religion), born in Washington, D.C.
Feb 27 Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist, born in Duisburg, West Germany
Feb 28 Markus Stenz, German conductor (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, 2012-19), born in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany
Mar 2 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian jazz guitarist, born in Judenburg, Austria
Mar 4 WestBam [Maximillian Lenz], German rave techno DJ, and record label owner, born in Münster, West Germany
Mar 10 Pepsi Tate [Huw Smith], Welsh glam-rock bassist (Tigertailz), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 2007)
Mar 11 Andy Sturmer, American pop-rock singer, songwriter and producer (Jellyfish; Puffy AmiYumi), born in Los Angeles County, California
Mar 12 Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Mar 18 Jeff Labar, American glam rock guitarist (Cinderella, 1985-2014 - "Nobody's Fool"; "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"), born in Darby, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
Mar 23 Marti Pellow [Mark McLachlan], Scottish pop singer, and musical theater performer (Wet, Wet, Wet - "Love Is All Around"), born in Clydebank, Scotland
Mar 27 Johnny April, American bass guitarist (Staind - "It's Been A While"), born in Enfield, Connecticut
Mar 27 Stacey Kent, American jazz singer (Breakfast On The Morning Tram), born in South Orange, New Jersey
Mar 28 Steve Turner, American grunge rock guitarist (Mudhoney), born in Houston, Texas
Apr 1 Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers - "People"; "Thing Of Beauty"), born in Dublin, Ireland
Apr 1 Robert Steadman, English composer, born in Chiswick, London
Apr 3 Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist known as "Queen of Pop" in South Asia, born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan (d. 2000)
Apr 6 Black Francis [Charles Thompson IV], American singer and songwriter (Pixies; Frank Black), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 15 Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer (4 Non Blondes - "What's Up"; Christina Aguilera - "Beautiful"), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
Apr 16 Gerardo [Mejía], Ecuadorian-American rapper, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Apr 18 Diana Villegas, American-Mexican rocker (The Triplets), born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Apr 18 Sylvia Villegas, American-Mexican rocker (The Triplets), born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Apr 18 Vicky Villegas, American-Mexican rocker (The Triplets), born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Apr 19 Lilya Zilberstein, Russian concert pianist (Busoni Prize, 1987), born in Moscow, USSR
Apr 19 Marion "Suge" Knight, American record producer, and label executive (Death Row Records), born in Compton, California
Apr 19 Natalie Dessay, French soprano and actress, born in Lyon, France
Apr 25 Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear), born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 27 Rob Squires, American rock bassist (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), born in Denver, Colorado
May 2 Matthew Barley, British classical, contemporary, and jazz cellist (The Peasant Girl), born in London, England
May 6 Nathalie Stutzmann (née Dupuy), French concert contralto and conductor (Orfeo 55, 2009-19), born in Suresnes, France
May 7 Chris O'Connor, American alternative rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The I-Rails; Primitive Radio Gods - "Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"), born in California
May 11 Greg Dulli, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Afghan Whigs), born in Hamilton, Ohio
May 12 Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir, Icelandic concert pianist and pedagogue, born in Iceland
May 13 Lari White, American country music singer and actress (You Can Be A Star winner- 1988), born in Dunedin, Florida (d. 2018)
May 13 Tasmin Little, English classical violinist, born in London, England
May 16 Krist Novoselic, American rock bassist, and accordion player (Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; Giants In The Trees), born in Compton, California

Trent Reznor (58 years old)

May 17 American rock singer-songwriter (Nine Inch Nails - Hurt; The Downward Spiral), Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (The Social Network), born in Mercer, Pennsylvania

May 18 Christopher Hall, American rock vocalist (Stabbing Westward; The Dreaming), born in Illinois
May 18 Ingo Schwichtenberg, German heavy metal drummer (Helloween), born in Hamburg, West Germany (d. 1995)
May 19 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, British pop singer (Curiosity Killed Cat - Keep Your Distance), born in Earls Court, London, England
May 25 Mark Knight, American rock guitarist (Bang Tango - "Dancin' On Coals"), born in California
May 25 Remco Prins, Dutch rockabilly guitarist, mandolin player, and vocalist (Stringcaster; Burma Shave), born in The Hauge, Netherlands
May 28 Chris Ballew, American alt rock singer-songwriter, and bassist (The Presidents Of The United States -"Lump"; Caspar Babypants), born in Seattle, Washington
May 31 DJ Casper [William Perry Jr.], American club DJ and songwriter ("Cha Cha Slide"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023)
May 31 Steve White, British session and touring drummer (The Style Council; Paul Weller), born in Southwark, London, England
Jun 3 Fabrice Bollon, French composer (Dogmatic Pleasures), and conductor (Theater Freiburg, 2008-22), born in Paris, France
Jun 3 Jeff Blumenkrantz, American theatrical composer, actor, and podcaster, born in Long Branch, New Jersey
Jun 3 Mike Gordon, American rock bassist, banjo player (Phish), and filmmaker, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Jun 5 Stefan Schönfeldt, Swedish guitarist (The Wannadies - "You & Me Song"), born in Skellefteå, Sweden
Jun 6 David White, British pop-rock guitarist (Brother Beyond - "Can You Keep a Secret?"), born in Highbury, London, England
Jun 8 Dine Doneff [Kostas Theodorou], Macedonian jazz double bassist, arranger, and composer, born in West Germany
Jun 8 Rob Pilatus, American-German model, dancer, and de-frocked Grammy Award winner (Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know It's True"), born in New York City (d. 1998)
Jun 11 Gioia Bruno, Italian-American pop singer and songwriter (Exposé), born in Bari, Puglia, Italy
Jun 12 Cindy Lee Berryhill, American singer and songwriter (Baby), born in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
Jun 12 Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter (Psí vojáci - Dog Soldiers), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2013)
Jun 13 Lukas Ligeti, Austrian composer and drummer, born in Vienna, Austria
Jun 14 Nicolás Ledesma, Argentine pianist, tango composer, and bandleader, born in General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina
Jun 14 Trina Shoemaker, American mixer, record producer, and sound engineer (Queens of the Stone Age; Sheryl Crow), born in Joliet, Illinois
Jun 17 David Longdon, English progressive rock musician (Big Big Train), born in Nottingham, England
Jun 21 Saša Britvić, Croatian conductor (Croatian Baroque Ensemble, 1999-2015), and pedagogue, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) (d. 2015)
Jun 23 Paul Arthurs, British pop-rock guitarist (Oasis, 1991-99), born in Manchester, England
Jun 29 Tripp Eisen [Tod Salvador], American musician (Static-X), born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
Jul 5 Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist (88 Fingers), born in Israel
Jul 9 Frank Bello, American heavy metal bassist (Anthrax), born in The Bronx, New York
Jul 10 Ken Mellons, American country music singer ("Jukebox Junkie"), born in Kingsport, Tennessee
Jul 11 Scott Shriner, American rock bassist (Weezer), born in Toledo, Ohio
Jul 12 Robin Wilson, American rock singer (Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"; "Allison Road"), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 19 Evelyn Glennie, Scottish marimba player, percussionist, and bagpiper, born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Jul 20 Stone Gossard, American guitarist (Pearl Jam), born in Seattle, Washington

Slash (58 years old)

Jul 23 English-American rock guitarist and songwriter (Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England

Jul 25 Marty Brown, American country singer ("It Must Be The Rain"; "Wildest Dreams"), born in Maceo, Kentucky
Jul 26 Jim Lindberg, American musician (Pennywise), born in Hermosa Beach, California
Jul 28 Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 28 Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
Jul 28 Tex Axile [Anthony Doughty], British rock keyboard player (Transvision Vamp - Velveteen), born in Crawley, Sussex, England
Aug 4 Terri Lyne Carrington, American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer, composer, producer (Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue), and educator (Berklee), born in Medford, Massachusetts
Aug 5 Jeff Coffin, American musician (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones; Dave Matthews Band), born in Massachusetts
Aug 5 Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboardist, and progressive rock and video game music composer, born in Akita Prefecture, Japan
Aug 6 Yuki Kajiura, Japanese film, anime, and video game music composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Aug 7 Johnny Solinger, American rock singer-songwriter (Skid Row, 1999 -2015), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
Aug 7 Raúl Malo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer (The Mavericks), born in Miami, Florida
Aug 8 Aaron Abeyta, American musician
Aug 9 Kyle Keiderling, American rock bassist (Bang Tango), born in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 10 Akiko Pavolka, Japanese-American jazz singer, composer (House Of Illusion), and educator, born in Tokyo, Japan
Aug 10 Toumani Diabaté, Malian traditional musician, world music and flamenco kora (21-string lute/harp mash-up) player, born in Gallé, Mali
Aug 13 Hayato Matsuo, Japanese video game and anime composer, born in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Aug 17 Glen Goldsmith, British singer-songwriter ("What You See Is What You Get"), born in High Wycombe, England
Aug 17 Steve Gorman, American rock drummer (Black Crowes - "Hard To Handle"), and radio personality, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Aug 18 Kōji Kikkawa, Japanese rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor, born in Hiroshima, Japan
Aug 19 Johan Botha, South African operatic tenor, born in Rustenburg, South Africa (d. 2016)
Aug 20 KRS-One [Lawrence Parker], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 25 Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1993)

Shania Twain (58 years old)

Aug 28 Canadian Grammy Award-winning country music singer ("You're Still The One"; "That Don't Impress Me Much"; "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!"), born in Windsor, Ontario

Sep 3 Vaden Todd Lewis, American musician (Toadies), born in Fort Worth, Texas
Sep 4 Greg Fidelman, American guitarist, sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions), and record producer (Metallica)
Sep 7 Ron Blake, American jazz saxophonist, (SNL band; Christian McBride Big Band; Art Farmer), bandleader, composer, and music educator (Juilliard), born in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Sep 11 Moby [Richard Hall], American musician (Play; 18), born in Harlem, New York
Sep 12 John Norwood Fisher, American ska-funk bassist (Fishbone), born in California
Sep 13 Zak Starkey, English rock drummer (Oasis; The Who), son of Beatle Ringo Starr, born in London, England
Sep 17 Guy Picciotto, American punk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rites of Spring; Fugazi), born in Washington, D.C.
Sep 19 Sabine Paturel, French singer (Les Bêtises) and actress, born in Toulon, France
Sep 21 Markus Grosskopf, German heavy metal bassist, singer, and songwriter (Helloween), born in Hamburg, West Germany
Sep 22 Andy Cairns, Irish musician, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
Sep 24 Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot; Great White; Rough Cutt; House of Lords), born in South Bend, Indiana
Sep 28 Ginger Fish, American drummer (Marilyn Manson)
Sep 29 Fora van Leijenhorst, Curacaos-Dutch dancer (Josephine)
Sep 29 Iain Baker, English pop musician (Jesus Jones), born in Charshalton, England
Oct 4 [Fred] "Skip" Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 8 C. J. Ramone [Christopher Ward], American rock bassist, and vocalist (The Ramones, 1989-95 - "Scattergun"), born in Queens, New York
Oct 10 Rebecca Pidgeon, British-American actress, singer and songwriter, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oct 10 Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan), born in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Oct 11 Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten), born in Berlin
Oct 13 Charlie Jones, British session bass player, songwriter, and record producer (Robert Plant), born in Bristol, England [some sources cite 1963]
Oct 14 Constantine Koukias, Tasmanian composer and opera director, born in Hobart, Australia
Oct 14 Karyn White, American soul and R&B singer-songwriter ("Superwoman"; "Romantic"), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 18 Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist ("I Wonder Why"), born in Bloise, Idaho
Oct 19 Frankie Paul [Paul Blake], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
Oct 19 Todd Park Mohr, American musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), born in Denver, Colorado
Oct 20 Norman Blake, Scottish musician (Teenage Fanclub), born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Oct 22 John Wesley Harding [Wesley Stace], British singer-songwriter ("Here Comes The Groom"), and novelist (Wonderkid), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England
Oct 26 Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
Oct 26 Sakari Oramo, Finnish conductor (City of Birmingham Symphony, 1998-2008; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, 2008-21; BBC Symphony, 2013-23), born in Helsinki, Finland
Oct 28 Charles David Denler, American composer, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Oct 29 Peter Timmons, Canadian alt-rock-folk drummer (Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane"), born in Montreal, Quebec
Oct 29 Steven Sweet, American heavy metal artist (Warrant - "Cherry Pie"), born in Wadsworth, Ohio
Oct 30 Gavin Rossdale, British rock singer-songwriter (Bush - "Sixteen Stone") and actor, born in London, England
Nov 4 Gregory Scott [Koenig], American guitarist (Signs of Life), born in Dearborn, Michigan
Nov 4 Pata [Tomoaki Ishizuka], Japanese musician (X Japan), born in Chiba, Japan
Nov 4 Wayne Static [Wells], American musician (Static-X), born in Muskegon, Michigan (d. 2014)
Nov 5 Paris Grey [Shanna Jackson], American techno-dance-pop singer ("Good Life"; "Big Fun"), born in Glencoe, Illinois
Nov 9 Bryn Terfel, Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer, born in Pant Glas, United Kingdom
Nov 10 Igor Krivokapič, Slovenian composer, tuba player, and instrument inventor, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nov 17 Amanda Brown, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens, 1986-89) and film composer (Brazen Hussies), born in Sydney, Australia
Nov 17 Danton Supple, British rock record producer and sound mixer, born in London, England
Nov 20 Mike D [Diamond], American rap vocalist (Beastie Boys - "You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party"), born in New York City
Nov 20 Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan), born in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan

Björk (58 years old)

Nov 21 Icelandic singer (Like Someone in Love), born in Reykjavik, Iceland

Nov 22 Sen Dog [Senen Reyes], Cuban-American rapper (Cypress Hill), born in Pinar del Río, Cuba
Nov 27 Fiachna O'Braonáin, Irish pop guitarist (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), born in Dublin, Ireland
Nov 29 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese pop musician, born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (d. 1992)
Dec 1 Chantal Chamberland, Canadian jazz guitarist and vocalist ("The Other Woman"), born in Quebec
Dec 4 Rob Smits, Dutch experimental rock drummer (Kong) and album cover artist (Broken Hope), born in The Netherlands
Dec 5 Johnny Rzeznik, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Goo Goo Dolls), born in Buffalo, New York
Dec 5 Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician (Under Mi Sleng Teng), born in Kingston, Jamaica
Dec 8 Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress and singer (Days of Being Wild), born in Suzhou, China
Dec 10 (Joseph) "J" Mascis, American rock singer and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr), born in Amherst, Massachusetts
Dec 12 Russell Batiste Jr., American drummer The Meters, 1989-2000; The Funky Meters, 2000-15; Vida Blue), born in New Orleans (d. 2023)
Dec 18 Mick Collins, American punk rocker (The Gories; The Dirtbombs), born in Detroit, Michigan
Dec 19 (Eugene) Chuckii Booker, American R&B musician, songwriter, and producer, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 21 Gabby Glaser, American alt-rock guitarist and songwriter (Luscious Jackson), born in the USA
Dec 24 Millard Powers, American musician and songwriter, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
Dec 29 (Bryan) "Dexter" Holland, American rock singer-songwriter (The Offspring), born in Garden Grove, California