Musicians Born in 1971

Mary J. Blige (53 years old)

Jan 11 American R&B singer-songwriter ("Be Without You") and actress (I Can Do Bad All By Myself), born in New York City

Jan 16 Josh Evans, American actor (Ricochett, The Doors), and film producer, born in New York City

Kid Rock (53 years old)

Jan 17 American rapper, songwriter, and hip-hop and country-rock musician ("All Summer Long"; "Picture"). and actor (Devil Without a Cause), born in Romeo, Michigan

Jan 17 Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 18 Jonathan Davis, American rock singer (Korn), born in Bakersfield, California
Jan 19 John Wozniak, American alt rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 20 Gary Barlow, English piano player and pop singer ("Take That - Back for Good"; solo - "Forever Love"), and songwriter, born in Frodsham, England
Jan 20 Questlove [Ahmir Thompson], American drummer, producer bandleader (The Roots), and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker (Summer of Soul), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 23 Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 25 Ana Ortiz, American actress (Ugly Betty - "Hilda"), and singer, born in Manhattan, New York
Jan 26 Benjamin Jaffe, American jazz tuba and double bass player, creative director (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 29 Matthias Pintscher, German composer and conductor (Ensemble intercontemporain, 2013-23), born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Feb 1 Ron Welty, American drummer (The Offspring - "Pretty Fly, For A White Guy"), born in Long Beach, California
Feb 5 Sara Evans, American country music singer ("Suds in the Bucket"; "A Real Fine Place to Start"), born in Boonville, Missouri
Feb 8 William "Will" Turpin, American musician (Collective Soul) and producer (Gooey Music), born in Fairbanks, Alaska
Feb 13 Sonia [Evans], British pop singer ("You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"), born in Liverpool, England
Feb 14 Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer, born in Fukuoka, Japan
Feb 17 Martyn Bennett [-Knight], Canadian-Scottish celtic-fusion piper, pianist, and composer, born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (d. 2005)
Feb 19 Gil Shaham, Israeli-American concert violinist, born in Urbana, Illinois
Feb 21 Randy Blythe, American heavy metal singer (Lamb of God), born in Richmond, Virginia
Feb 22 Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and actress (Miss Siagon), born in Manila, Philippines
Feb 25 Daniel Powter, Canadian rock singer-songwriter ("Bad Day"), born in Vernon, British Columbia
Feb 26 Erykah Badu [Erica Abi Wright], American R&B and progressive soul singer-songwriter ("On and On"; "Bag Lady"), born in Dallas, Texas
Feb 26 Hélène Ségara, French pop singer, born in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
Feb 26 Max Martin [Karl Martin Sandberg], Swedish Grammy Award-winning pop record producer and songwriter, with Shellback (Pink; Maroon 5; Taylor Swift; Avril Lavigne), born in Stenhamra, Sweden
Feb 27 Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American pop and R&B singer (TLC - "Waterfall", "Creep"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 28 Junya Nakano, Japanese video game composer (Threads Of Fate; Final Fantasy X), born in Kyoto, Japan
Feb 28 Nigel Godrich, British record producer, recording engineer, and musician (Radiohead; Thom Yorke; Atoms for Peace), born in Westminster, London
Mar 1 Thomas Adès, British contemporary classical composer (Tevot; Polaris: The Exterminating Angel), pianist and conductor, born in London, England
Mar 4 Fergal Lawler, Irish rock drummer (The Cranberries - "Linger"), born in Limerick, Ireland
Mar 9 Diego Torres, Argentine singer (Un Mundo Diferente), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar 23 Abe Laboriel, Jr, American session and touring drummer, and vocalist (Paul McCartney; k.d. lang; Sting), born in Los Angeles, California
Mar 29 Ryan Lambert, American actor (Kids Incorporated; The Monster Squad), and singer (Elephone), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 10 Joey DeFrancesco, American jazz Hammond organist, 9-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (All Of Me; Reboppin'), born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)

Oliver Riedel (53 years old)

Apr 11 German musician (Rammstein), born in Schwerin, Germany

Apr 12 Catali Antonini, Italian jazz vocalist, dancer, and composer, born in Corsica, France
Apr 13 Jeroen Thesseling, Dutch death metal fretless bassist (Pestilence; Obscura), born in the Netherlands
Apr 13 Valensia, Dutch composer and singer, born in The Hague, Netherlands
Apr 16 Max Beesley, English actor (Bodies; Hotel Babylon), and session and touting vibraphonist, born in Burnage, Manchester, England
Apr 16 Selena [Quintanilla-Pérez], Mexican-American singer-songwriter known as the Queen of Tejano music (Grammy-1994), born in Lake Jackson, Texas (d. 1995)
Apr 20 Mikey Welsh, American bass player (Weezer, 1998-2001 - "Island In The Sun"), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2011)
Apr 20 Tina Cousins, English singer (Mysterious Times), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Apr 24 Jas Mann, British pop singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Babylon Zoo - "Spaceman"), born in Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Apr 24 Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer, born in Koersel, Belgium
Apr 26 Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts - "I Melt"), born in Columbus, Ohio
May 3 Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva), born in Memphis, Tennessee
May 5 David Reilly, American electro-rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (God Lives Underwater), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2005)
May 6 Chris Shiflett, American guitarist (Foo Fighters), born in Santa Barbara, California
May 7 Horgh [Reidar Horghagen] Norwegian heavy metal drummer (Immortal; Hypocrisy), born in Bergen, Norway
May 8 Chris Wolf, American actor and musician (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting for You")
May 9 Paul McGuigan, British rock bassist (Oasis, 1991-99 - "Wonderwall"), born in Manchester, England
May 14 Raphael Wiggins, American rapper (Lifelines), born in Oakland, California
May 16 Rachel Goswell, English indie-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slowdive; Mojave 3), born in Fareham, England
May 20 Erato Alakiozidou, Greek classical and contemporary music concert pianist and arts director (Tangos a Cuatro; Idée Fixe”; Music Diaries; beArtive), born in Thessaloniki, Greece

Lisa Lopes (1971-2002)

May 27 American singer (TLC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 28 Trist Curless, American baritone jazz vocalist (The Manhattan Transfer, 2014-23), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
May 29 Martin Lohse, Danish classical composer (In Liquid; Tree Haiku), born in Copenhagen, Denmark

Idina Menzel (52 years old)

May 30 American actress and singer, born in Queens, New York

Jun 1 Roldán González, Cuban hip-hop singer (Orishas), and classical guitarist, born in Quivicán, Cuba
Jun 4 Shoji Meguro, Japanese guitarist and video game music composer (Persona), born in Tokyo, Japan

Mark Wahlberg (52 years old)

Jun 5 American singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Jun 9 Rick Renstrom, American heavy metal guitarist, born in Tampa, Florida
Jun 10 (Joel) "Jo-Jo" Hailey, American R&B singer (Jodeci - "Come And Talk To Me"; "Cry For You"), born in Monroe, North Carolina
Jun 12 Peter Beets, Dutch jazz pianist (New York Trio), born in The Hague, Netherlands
Jun 15 Bif Naked [Beth Torbert], Canadian singer-songwriter ("Spaceman") and actress, born in New Delhi, India
Jun 15 Nasheet Waits, American jazz drummer, born in New York City

Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)

Jun 16 American rapper and actor (Juice, Bullet), born in East Harlem, New York

Jun 17 Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer, model and businesswoman (La Chica Dorada), born in Mexico City
Jun 18 Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], rapper (Boyz II Men), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 20 Jeordie White, American rock bassist (Marilyn Manson), born in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Jun 21 Anette Olzon, Swedish singer, born in Katrineholm, Sweden
Jun 29 Matthew Good, Canadian musician (Matthew Good Band), born in Burnaby, British Columbia

Missy Elliott (52 years old)

Jul 1 American rapper ("Work It"; "Lose Control"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia

Jul 4 Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician, born in Scarborough, Canada
Jul 8 Neil Mavers, British drummer (The La's, 1989–92, 1994–95), born in Liverpool, England
Jul 9 Bobby Leslie, American TV rocker (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting for You"), born in New York
Jul 9 Kelvin Grant, British reggae-rock guitarist (Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"), born in Birmingham, England
Jul 10 Carolyn Leonhart, American jazz, session, and touring vocalist (Swiss Percussion Ensemble; Lyn Leon; Steely Dan), born in New York City
Jul 11 Leisha Hailey, American actress (The L Word) and musician (Uh Huh Her), born in Okinawa, Japan
Jul 14 Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian pop singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
Jul 15 Danijela, Croatian singer
Jul 16 Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live), born in York, Pennsylvania
Jul 19 Russell Allen, American rock vocalist (Symphony X; Trans-Siberian Orchestra), born in Long Beach, California
Jul 19 Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo), born in Willisau, Lucerne, Switzerland
Jul 20 DJ Screw [Robert Earl Davis Jr.], American hip-hop DJ and rapper (Screwed Up Click), born in Smithville, Texas (d. 2000)

Alison Krauss (52 years old)

Jul 23 American bluegrass singer and fiddler (Union Station; Raising Sand), born in Decatur, Illinois

Jul 23 Christopher Lee [Lee Meng Soon], Malaysian actor, singer and model (Show Hand), born in Malacca, Malaysia
Jul 23 Dalvin DeGrate, American R&B singer and rapper, (Jodeci - "Cry For You"), born in Hampton, Virginia
Jul 23 Zindy Laursen, Danish-American pop singer (Cut'N'Move - "Give It Up"; Zindy Kuku Boogaloo), born in Svendborg, Denmark
Jul 24 John Partridge, British singer (Cats) and actor (EastEnders), born in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Jul 25 Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter ("Bad Friend to a Good Man"), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
Jul 28 Stephen Lynch, American musician, born in Abington, Pennsylvania
Jul 29 Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish pop and jazz singer-songwriter (Vem Vet), born in Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 30 Bard Hargreaves, American drummer (Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"), born in Marin County, California
Jul 31 John 5 [Lowery], American heavy metal guitarist (The Devil Knows My Name; Rob Zombie), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Aug 5 "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff [Hennegan], American rock bassist (Bloodhound Gang), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 10 Stephan Groth, Danish-Norwegian synth-pop singer (Apoptygma Berzerk), born in Odense, Denmark
Aug 13 Vernell Brown Jr., American jazz and R&B pianist, composer, arranger (Kenny Garrett Quintet), born in Las Angeles, California
Aug 18 Richard D. James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin), born in Limerick, Ireland
Aug 20 Brad Avery, American Christian rock guitarist (Third Day, 1995-08)
Aug 21 Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy), born in Braintree, Essex, England
Aug 21 Matthew Noonan, American concert organist, born in Brockport, New York

Thalía (52 years old)

Aug 26 Mexican actress and singer known as the "Queen of Latin Pop", born in Mexico City

Aug 27 Julian Cheung Chi-Lam, singer (A Modern Love Story) and actor (Return Of The Cuckoo), born in North Point, British Hong Kong
Aug 30 Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid; UK Subs), born in Campbell, California
Sep 1 Lââm [Lamiah], French singer, born in Paris
Sep 1 Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese video game composer (Shadow Hearts), born in Kyoto, Japan
Sep 2 Katt [Micah Sierra] Williams, American comedian, actor, rapper, born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dolores O’Riordan (1971-2018)

Sep 6 Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries - "Zombie", "Linger"), born in Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland

Sep 6 Kathi Wolfgramm, American rocker (Jets), born in San Diego, California
Sep 8 Ross Childress, American guitarist (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
Sep 11 Richard Ashcroft, British singer (The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony"), born in Wigan, Lancashire, England
Sep 13 Ezio Bosso, Italian pianist, composer (Rain, In Your Black Eyes; Domes of Freedom), and conductor, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2020)
Sep 13 Manabu Namiki, Japanese video game composer, born in Funabashi, Japan
Sep 14 Andre Matos, Brazilian singer and musician (Symfonia), born in São Paulo, Brazil
Sep 14 Jeff Loomis, American progressive metal guitarist (Nevermore), born in Appleton, Wisconsin
Sep 15 Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers), born in St Albans, England
Sep 18 Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer, born in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sep 20 Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese video game composer, born in Munich, West Germany
Sep 21 Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor (Silver Spoons - "Alfonso"; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - "Carlton'), singer, dancer, and director, born in New York City
Sep 22 Chesney Hawkes, English singer (Feels So Alive, The One and Only), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Sep 24 Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve), born in Chippenham, England
Sep 28 Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter
Sep 29 Sibel Tüzün, Turkish pop-rock and jazz singer-songwriter, born in Istanbul, Turkey
Oct 2 James Root, American heavy metal songwriter and guitarist (Slipknot), born in Las Vegas, Nevada

Tiffany Darwish (52 years old)

Oct 2 American pop and rock singer ("I Think We're Alone Now"), born in Norwalk, California

Oct 3 Kevin Richardson, American pop singer (Backstreet Boys - "Quit Playing Games With My Heart"), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Oct 4 Friderika Bayer [Ilona Csukáné], Hungarian pop and gospel singer, born in Budapest, Hungary
Oct 7 Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician, born in Montreal, Quebec
Oct 10 Evgeny Kissin, Russian concert pianist, born in Moscow
Oct 11 Petra Haden, American musician (The Rentals), born in Manhattan, New York
Oct 12 Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor, composer and singer, born in Donam-dong, Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea (d. 1971)
Oct 16 Chad Gray, American heavy metal singer (Hellyeah; Mudvayne), born in Latham, Illinois
Oct 17 Chris Kirkpatrick, American pop countertenor ('N Sync - "I Thought She Knew"), born in Clarion, Pennsylvania on
Oct 20 Dannii Minogue, Australian singer, sister of Kylie Minogue, born in Melbourne, Victoria

Snoop Dogg (52 years old)

Oct 20 American rapper ("What's My Name"; "Drop It Like It's Hot"), born in Long Beach, California

Oct 21 Astrella Celeste [Leitch] Scottish-American composer and Donovan's daughter, born in Beverly Hills, California
Oct 21 Nick Oliveri, American rock bassist and singer (Queens Of The Stone Age, 1998-2004), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 25 Midori [Gotō], Japanese-American concert violinist (Avery Fisher Prize, 2001), music education advocate, and teacher, born in Osaka, Japan
Oct 26 Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor, born in Joliet, Illinois
Oct 26 Vijay Iyer, American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader (Uneasy; Far From Over), born in Albany, New York
Nov 1 Harutyun Arzumanyan, Armenian orchestral and opera conductor, born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Nov 4 Gregory Porter, American Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and songwriter (Liquid Spirit), born in Sacramento, California
Nov 5 Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer and songwriter, born in British Hong Kong
Nov 5 Jonny Greenwood, British guitarist, keyboard player (Radiohead), and film score composer (There Will Be Blood), born in Oxford, England
Nov 6 François-Xavier Roth, French conductor (Les Siècles, 2003-present; Cologne Opera, 2012-present), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nov 7 Robin Finck, American guitarist (Nine inch Nails; Guns N' Roses), born in Park Ridge, New Jersey
Nov 13 John Francis Zingg, American rocker (4 Fun - "Unbelievable Fun Boys"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 15 Sandra Kim [Caldarone], Belgian-Italian pop singer (Eurovision, 1986 - "J'aime la Vie"), born in Montegnée, Belgium
Nov 19 Alice Peacock, American folk singer, born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Nov 24 Stéphane Denève, French conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 2019-26; RSO Stuttgart, 2011–16; Royal Scottish National, 2005-11), born in Tourcoing, France
Nov 28 Fenriz [Leif Nagell], Norwegian heavy metal musician (Darkthrone), born in Kolbotn, Norway
Nov 29 Keith Carlock, American session and touring jazz and rock drummer (Steely Dan; Toto; Chris Botti), born in Clinton, Mississippi
Dec 6 Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor, born in Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Dec 7 Stephanie D'Abruzzo, American actress, puppeteer (Avenue Q; Sesame Street), and cabaret singer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dec 12 Jenny Conlee (-Drizos), American rock accordionist, pianist, organist, and melodica player (The Decemberists), born in Seattle. Washington
Dec 16 Laurence Cottle, Welsh session rock, jazz, and jazz-fusion bass guitarist and composer (Earthworks; Alan Parsons Project; Black Sabbath), born in Swansea, Wales
Dec 16 Michael McCary, American R&B singer (Boyz II Men), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 16 Paul van Dyk [Mattias Paul], German DJ, and record producer, born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Dec 18 Noriko Matsueda, Japanese video game score composer, born in Tochigi, Japan
Dec 21 Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel, The X's), born in Brownsville, Tennessee
Dec 21 Matthieu Chedid, French musician, born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Dec 23 Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, born in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Dec 24 Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer, born in Athens, Greece