Musicians Born in 1970

Jan 28 Donald Tardy, American death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death), born in Florida
Jan 28 Rob Clayton, American alternative rock drummer (The Jody Grind), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1992)
Jan 31 (Amelia) "Minnie" Driver, British-American actress (Good Will Hunting; The Riches), and singer-songwriter (Everything I've Got in My Pocket), born in London, England
Feb 2 James Murphy, American electronic dance-punk rock musician and record producer (LCD Soundsystem - "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"), born in Princeton Junction, New Jersey,
Feb 3 Richard Kotzen, American rock guitarist and singer (Poison; Mr. Bigg; The Winery Dogs), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
Feb 11 Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Meshuggah), born in Umeå, Sweden
Feb 12 Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies), born in Scarborough, Toronto
Feb 13 Karoline Krüger, Norwegian pop singer-songwriter, and piano player, born in Bergen, Norway
Feb 15 Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and songwriter (Que Hago Aqui?), born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Feb 16 Serdar Ortaç, Turkish pop singer, born in Istanbul, Turkey
Feb 17 Tim Mahoney, American rock guitarist (311), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Feb 18 Raine Maida [Michael Maida], Canadian alt-rock singer-songwriter (Our Lady Peace - "Starseed"), born in Westin, Ontario
Feb 23 Oksana Grigorieva [Chernukha], Russian singer-songwriter and pianist (Beautiful Heartache), born in Saransk, Mordovian ASSR, USSR
Feb 27 Patricia Petibon, French opera singer, born in Montargis, France
Mar 2 Alexander Armstrong, British comedian, TV presenter and baritone singer (Armstrong and Miller, Pointless), born in Rothbury, Northumberland

Mar 5 John Frusciante, American rock guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Zephyr Song"), born in Queens, New York
Mar 10 Matt Barlow, American heavy metal vocalist (Ashes of Ares; Iced Earth; Pyramaze), born in Biloxi, Mississippi
Mar 12 Roy Khan [Khantatat], Norwegian symphonic metal singer (Kamelot, 1997-2011; Conception, since 2018), born in Norway

Queen Latifah (54 years old)

Mar 18 American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning rapper ("Ladies First"; "Unity"), actress (Chicago; Bessie: Beauty Shop), and TV personality (THe Queen Latifah Show), born in Newark, New Jersey

Mar 22 Andreas Johnson, Swedish pop singer-songwriter ("Glorious"; "Sing for Me"), born in Bjärred, Sweden
Mar 24 Pasemaster Mase [Vincent Mason], American rapper (De La Soul - "Me Myself and I"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Mar 24 Sharon Corr, Irish celtic pop-rock violinist (The Corrs - "What Can I Do"), born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Mar 27 Brendan Hill, American drummer (Blues Traveler - "Run-Around"), born in London, England
Apr 2 Deva Premal [Jolantha Fries], German singer known for setting ancient Tibetan and Sanskrit mantras into contemporary new age music, born in Nürnberg, Germany
Apr 5 Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter (Cibo Matto), born in Tokyo, Japan
Apr 7 Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian classical pianist, born in Karmøy, Norway
Apr 9 Josh Todd [Gruber], American musician, singer (Buckcherry), and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 10 Kenny Lattimore, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Never Too Busy"; "For You"), born in Washington, D.C.
Apr 10 Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind; Newsted; Saint Asonia), born in Ludlow, Massachusetts
Apr 10 Q-Tip [Kamaal Fareed, born Jonathan Davis], American rapper, actor, record producer and DJ, born in Harlem, New York
Apr 11 Delroy Pearson, English rock vocalist (Five Star - "Between The Lines"), born in Islington, London
Apr 12 Nick Hexum, American singer and songwriter (311), born in Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 14 Shizuka Kudō, Japanese pop singer (Onyanko Club; solo - "Dōkoku"), and actress, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 17 Redman [Reginald Noble], American rapper, born in Newark, New Jersey
Apr 18 Greg Eklund, American drummer (Everclear, 1994-2003), born in Jacksonville, Florida

Luis Miguel (54 years old)

Apr 19 Puerto Rican-Mexican singer ("Me Gustas Tal Como Eres"), referred to as El Sol de Mexico (The Sun of Mexico), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Apr 21 Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist ("Falling Slowly"), and actor (Once; The Commitments), born in Ballymum, Ireland
Apr 22 Regine Velasquez, Filipina pop singer and actress, born in Tondo, Philippines
Apr 23 Dennis Culp, American singer and songwriter, born in Denver, Colorado
Apr 26 Shane Evans, American drummer (Collective Soul, 1992-2005 - "Shine"; "The World I Know"), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
Apr 26 T-Boz [Tionne Watkins], American R&B-pop singer (TLC -"Waterfalls"; "No Scrubs"), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Apr 29 China Forbes, American singer-songwriter (Pink Martini), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 4 Gregg Alexander, American pop-rock musician, songwriter, and producer (New Radicals- "You Get What You Give"), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
May 5 Guillaume Connesson, French contemporary classical composer (Yu-Yan; The Ship of Ishtar; A Kind of Trane), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
May 10 Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2018)
May 10 Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist, born in Caracas, Venezuala
May 10 Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter (The Hunchback of San Francisco), born in Sligo, Ireland
May 15 Martin Rossiter, Welsh pop singer, keyboardist (Gene), and music educator, born in Wales
May 15 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), born in Jersey City (d. 2016)
May 17 Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter (New Kids on the Block), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
May 23 Matt Flynn, American drummer (Maroon 5, since 2006 - "Moves Like Jagger"), born in Woodstock, New York
May 24 Tommy Page, American pop singer ("I'll Be Your Everything"), born in Glenridge, New Jersey (d. 2017)
Jun 1 Rene Liu "Milk Tea", Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress, born in Taipei, Taiwan
Jun 2 B-Real [Louis Freese], American rapper (Cypress Hill), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 2 Karen Mok, Hong Kong actress and singer (Around the World in 80 Days), born in Hong Kong
Jun 3 Julie Masse, French Canadian singer (Circle of One), born in Greenfield Park, Quebec
Jun 3 Peter Tägtgren, Swedish heavy metal musician (Hypocrisy) and producer, born in Grangärde, Sweden
Jun 4 David Pybus, British extreme heavy metal bassist (Cradle Of Death), born in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England
Jun 4 Richie Hawtin, British-Canadian electronic musician (Plastikman), born in Banbury, Oxfordshire
Jun 5 Claus Norreen, Danish songwriter and record producer (Aqua - "Barbie Girl"), born in Charlottenlund, Denmark
Jun 6 James Shaffer, American rock guitarist (Korn - "Here To Stay"), born in Rosedale, California
Jun 8 "Seu" Jorge [da Silva], Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, singer, and actor (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), born in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jun 11 Chris Rice, American contemporary Christian and folk music singer-songwriter ("When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)"), poet, and visual artist, born in Clinton, Maryland
Jun 13 Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer - "Buddy Holly"), born in New York City
Jun 15 Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano, born in Marseille, France
Jun 19 Antonis Remos, Greek modern laiko singer, born in Düsseldorf, West Germany
Jun 19 Brian Welch, American guitarist (Korn; Love and Death), born in Harbor City, California
Jun 21 Pete Rock [Phillips], American rapper, DJ, and hip-hop record producer, born in The Bronx, New York
Jun 22 Steven Page, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (Barenaked Ladies, 1988-2009 - "If I Had $1000000"), born in Scarborough, Ontario
Jun 23 Yann Tiersen, French Breton multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, born in Brest, Brittany, France
Jun 24 Glenn Medeiros, American pop singer ("Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"; "She Ain't Worth It"), born in Lihue, Hawaii
Jun 25 Roope Latvala, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom), born in Helsinki, Finland
Jun 26 Irv Gotti [Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr.], American record producer, born in Queens, New York
Jun 29 Mike Vallely, American skateboarder and singer (Black Flag), born in Edison, New Jersey
Jul 2 Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
Jul 2 Monie Love, English rapper

Jul 3 American Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning theatrical and operatic singer, and stage and screen actress (Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill; Sweeney Todd; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; Private Practice, The Good Wife), born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany)

Jul 5 Mac Dre [Andre Louis Hicks], American rapper and hip hop pioneer, born in Oakland, California (d. 2004)
Jul 6 Frank Salvato II, American sound engineer, keyboardist, and songwriter, born in Camden, New Jersey
Jul 6 Inspectah Deck [Jason Hunter], American rapper and producer (Wu-Tang Clan, Czarface), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jul 6 Martin Smith, English Christian-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious?), born in Woodford Green, London, England
Jul 7 Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer, born in Queens, New York
Jul 8 Beck [Bek David Campbell], American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer ("Loser"; "Where It's At"), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 10 Gary LeVox [Vernon], American country music singer and songwriter (Rascal Flatts), born in Powell, Ohio
Jul 10 Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and musical theatre actress (Kristina från Duvemåla; Chess), born in Sundsvall, Sweden
Jul 10 Jason Orange, English singer and musician (Take That), born in Lancashire, England
Jul 13 Steven J. Brown, American rock guitarist (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good"), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
Jul 14 Thomas Lauderdale, American musician (Pink Martini), born in Oakland, California
Jul 15 Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013)
Jul 17 Mandy Smith, English singer ("I Just Can't Wait"), born in Tottenham, England
Jul 18 Patrick Dancy, American TV rocker (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting For You"), born in Long Island, New York
Jul 21 Michael Fitzpatrick, French-American musician (Fitz and The Tantrums), born in Montluçon, France
Jul 23 Sam Watters, American R&B singer and songwriter (Color Me Badd - "Wanna Sex You Up"), born in Camp Springs, Maryland
Jul 26 Joan Wasser, American rock violinist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer (Joan As Police Woman; Antony and the Johnsons), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
Jul 28 Michael Amott, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Arch Enemy)
Aug 2 Zelma Davis, Liberian-American singer (C+C Music Factory - "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..."), born in Monrovia, Liberia
Aug 3 Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones), born in Sacramento, California
Aug 9 Arion Salazar, American rock bassist (Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"), born in Oakland, California
Aug 11 Andy Bell, English musician (Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis)
Aug 14 Kevin Rene Cadogan, American singer-songwriter (Third Eye Blind), born in Oakland, California
Aug 19 Fat Joe [Cartagena], American rapper ("Wat's Luv?"), born in the Bronx, New York
Aug 20 Fred Durst, American singer (Limp Bizkit), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
Aug 23 Brad Mehldau, American jazz pianist, born in Jacksonville, Florida
Aug 25 Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer (I'm Alright), born in Framingham, Massachusetts
Aug 27 Tony Kanal, Indian-American bassist and songwriter (No Doubt - "Don't Speak"), born in Kingsbury, London, England
Aug 28 Rick Recht, Jewish-American rock singer-songwriter ("Tear Down The Walls"), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Aug 30 Michael Wong, Chinese Malaysian singer, born in Ipoh, Malaysia
Aug 31 Debbie Gibson, American pop singer (Only in My Dreams), born in Brooklyn, New York
Sep 1 Vanna [Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak], Croatian pop singer, born in Koprivnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Sep 4 Igor Cavalera, Brazilian musician (Sepultura), born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Sep 5 Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly), born in Petersburg, Virginia
Sep 6 Paul Miller (DJ Spooky), American electronic and experimental hip hop musician, born in Washington, D.C.
Sep 8 Lars Vogt, German concert pianist, conductor, and educator, born in Düren, West Germany (d. 2022)
Sep 8 Neko Case, American singer-songwriter (The New Pornographers), born in Alexandria, Virginia
Sep 10 Paula Kelley, American pop-rock musician and composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 11 Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer, born in Washington, D.C.
Sep 11 Ted Leo, American musician (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists), born in South Bend, Indiana
Sep 12 Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One), born in Maryland
Sep 14 Craig Montoya, American bass player (Everclear), born in Spokane, Washington
Sep 16 Mark Schultz, American Christian musician, born in Kansas City, Kansas
Sep 19 Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop-rock singer (T.M.Revolution), born in Yasu, Japan
Sep 22 Mystikal [Michael Tyler], American rapper, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sep 23 Ani DiFranco, American alt-folk-pop singer songwriter and founder of Righteous Babe Records, born in Buffalo, New York
Sep 25 Dean Ween [Michael Melchiondo, Jr.], American guitarist (Ween; Moistboyz), born in New Hope, Pennsylvania
Sep 27 Jana Boušková, Czech concert harpist (Czech Philharmonic, 2005-present), and pedagogue, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Sep 27 Mark Caldero, American vocalist (Color Me Badd - "I Want to Sex You Up"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oct 5 Audie Pitre, American bass guitarist (Acid Bath), born in Lousiana (d. 1997)
Oct 5 South Park Mexican [Carlos Coy], American rapper, born in Houston, Texas
Oct 5 Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer (Tord Gustavsen Trio), born in Oslo, Norway
Oct 6 Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
Oct 10 Corinna May, German blind singer ("I Can't Live Without Music"), born in Bremen, Germany
Oct 13 Mel Jackson, African-American actor (Soul Food) and R&B musician, born in Chicago, Illinois
Oct 13 Paul Potts, British pop-opera singer and 1st winner of Britain's Got Talent (2007), born in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England
Oct 15 Eric Benét, American singer and songwriter ("Love Don't Love Me"), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 21 Tony Mortimer, British pop singer and songwriter (East 17 - "Stay Another Day"), born in Stepney, London
Oct 24 Alonza Bevan, English bassist (Kula Shaker), born in London
Oct 24 Jeff Mangum, American psychedelic-pop, folk-rock musician, and singer-songwriter (Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"), born in Ruston, Louisiana
Oct 25 Ed Robertson, Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Barenaked Ladies - "If I Had $1000000"), born in Scarborough, Ontario
Oct 27 Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth), born in Malmö, Sweden
Oct 28 Kurt Rosenwinkel, American jazz guitarist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 29 Toby Smith [Grafftey-Smith], British keyboardist and songwriter (Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"), born in London (d. 2017)
Oct 30 Maja Tatić, Serbian-Bosnian pop singer, born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Oct 31 Johnny Moeller, American blues guitarist, born in Fort Worth, Texas
Oct 31 Linn Berggren, Swedish pop singer (Ace of Base - "All That She Wants"; "The Sign"), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
Oct 31 Mitch Harris, American heavy metal guitarist (Napalm Death,), born in Queens, New York
Oct 31 Nicky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor and martial arts expert (Xiao Hu Dui/Little Tiger Team), born in Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 31 Rogers Stevens, American rock guitarist (Blind Melon), born in West Point, Mississippi
Nov 4 Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer, born in Uppsala, Sweden
Nov 7 Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
Nov 8 Diana King, Jamaican singer and songwriter ("Shy Guy", "I Say a Little Prayer" remake), born in St. Catherine, Jamaica
Nov 9 Chris Jericho [Irvine], American-Canadian professional wrestler and heavy metal rock singer (Fozzy), born in Manhasset, New York
Nov 9 Scarface [Brad Terrence Jordan], American rapper (Geto Boys), born in Houston, Texas
Nov 9 Susan Tedeschi, American musician, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 10 Warren G [Griffen], American rapper (Regulate), born in Long Beach, California
Nov 11 Derry Brownson, British rock keyboardist (EMF - "Unbelievable"), born in Gloucester, England
Nov 11 Lee Parkin Starkey, British fashion designer, and daughter of Ringo Starr and his first wife Maureen, born in London, England
Nov 14 Brendan Benson, American rock singer-songwriter, and musician (The Raconteurs), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
Nov 15 Jack Ingram, American country music singer-songwriter ("Wherever You Are"; "Barefoot and Crazy"), born in Houston, Texas
Nov 15 Susie Ibarra, American jazz and world music percussionist, composer, and indigenous Filipino music preservationist, born in Anaheim, California
Nov 17 Paul Allender, British heavy metal guitarist (Cradle of Filth), born in Colchester, England
Nov 18 Johan Liiva, Sweden heavy metal vocalist (Arch Enemy; Hearse), born in Helsingborg, Sweden
Nov 19 Justin Chancellor, English bassist (Tool), born in London, England
Nov 20 Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Nov 20 Phife Dawg [Malik Taylor], American rapper (A Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhime"; "I Legft My Wallet In El Segundo"), born in Queens, New York (d. 2016)
Nov 24 Chad Taylor, American rock guitarist (Live - "Lightning Crashes"), born in York, Pennsylvania
Nov 24 Julieta Venegas, Mexican-American pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Long Beach, California
Dec 3 Amy Helm, American singer-songwriter (Ollabelle), born in Woodstock, New York
Dec 6 Ulf Ekberg, Swedish pop singwriter and keyboardist (Ace of Base - "All That She Wants"), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
Dec 9 Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, record producer, and singer, born in Ossining, New York
Dec 14 Anna Maria Jopek, Polish jazz, pop and world music singer, born in Warsaw, Poland
Dec 14 Beth Orton, English folk-electronica singer and songwriter (Central Reservation), born in East Dereham, Norfolk, England
Dec 14 Nicholas Angelich, American concert pianist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2022)
Dec 17 DJ Homicide [Craig Bullock], American musician, rapper, DJ, and record producer (Sugar Ray), born in Pasadena, California
Dec 18 Cowboy Troy [Troy Lee Coleman III], American country rapper (MuzikMafia, Big & Rich), born in Victoria, Texas

DMX (1970-2021)

Dec 18 American rapper (..And Then There Was X), and actor (Romeo Must Die), born in Mount Vernon, New York [1] [2]

Dec 18 Roman Glick, American rock bassist (Brother Cane; Jackyl), born in Dayton, Ohio
Dec 19 Zac Foley, English rock bassist (EMF "Unbelievable"), born in Gloucester (d. 2002)
Dec 24 Will Oldham, American singer and songwriter, born in Louisville, Kentucky
Dec 26 James Mercer, American rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Shins - Wincing The Night Away), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 26 Krissada Terrence, Thai-American pop singer and actor, born in Thailand
Dec 29 Aled Jones, Welsh pop-opera singer, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Dec 29 Glen Phillips, American rock singer-songwriter (Toad The Wet Sprocket), born in Santa Barbara, California
Dec 30 Sister Bliss [Ayalah Bentovim], British elcectronia and trip-hop keyboardist and DJ (Faithless), born in London, England