Musicians Born in 1973

Feb 21 Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host, born in Hong Kong
Feb 21 Heri Joensen, Faroese musician, born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Feb 22 Dani Löble, Swiss-German heavy metal drummer (Helloween, 2005-present), born in Zurich, Switzerland
Feb 22 Scott "Flip" Phillips, American songwriter, drummer and record producer (Creed; Alter Bridge), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 23 Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Huskvarna, Sweden
Feb 24 Chris Fehn, American heavy metal percussionist (Slipknot, 1998-2019), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Feb 24 James Michael Kennedy, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 25 Julio Iglesias, Jr., Spanish model and pop singer ("One More Chance"), born in Madrid, Spain
Feb 25 Justin Jeffre, American boy-band singer (98 Degrees - "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)"), born in Mount Clemens, Michigan

Peter Andre (51 years old)

Feb 27 English singer (Flava, I Feel You) and TV personality (I'm a Celebrity), born in London, England

Mar 1 Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ and producer (4 Strings), born in the Netherlands
Mar 4 Jasper Somsen, Dutch jazz double bassist, composer and producer, born in was born Bennekom, Netherlands
Mar 7 Sébastien Izambard, French operatic pop singer (Il Divo), born in Paris, France
Mar 8 Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Gathering), born in Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands
Mar 10 John LeCompt, American hard rock guitarist (Evanescence, 2002-07 - "Lithium"), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
Mar 13 David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed), born in Brooklyn, New York
Mar 16 Brant Bjork, American rock drummer (Kyuss) and guitarist (Stoner), born in Redlands, California
Mar 17 Caroline Corr, Irish Celtic folk rock singer, drummer, and bodhrán player (The Corrs - "What Can I Do"), born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Mar 22 Beverley Knight, English soul singer ("Shoulda Woulda Coulda") and musical theatre actress, born in Wolverhampton, England
Mar 23 Stefon Harris, American jazz vibraphonist (The Grand Unification Theory; The Classical Jazz Quartet), born in Albany, New York
Mar 25 Anders Fridén, Swedish singer ("In Flames"), born in Askim, Sweden
Mar 30 DJ AM [Adam Goldstein], American DJ and musician, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2009)
Apr 3 Kelly Price, American R&B and gospel vocalist ("Friend of Mine"), born in Queens, New York

Pharrell Williams (51 years old)

Apr 5 American singer, songwriter ("Happy"), music producer (The Neptunes), and film producer (Hidden Figures), born in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Apr 6 Rie Miyazawa, Dutch-Japanese actress (Seven Day's War; Twilight Samurai), and J-pop singer ("Dream Rush"), born in Tokyo, Japan
Apr 10 Aidan Moffat, Scottish rock singer-songwriter (Arab Strap), born in Falkirk, Scotland
Apr 14 David Miller, American popera tenor (Il Divo), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Akon (51 years old)

Apr 16 Senegalese American singer-songwriter and producer ("Trouble"; "Lonely"; "Smack That"), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Apr 16 Bonnie Pink [Kaori Asada], Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Nantan, Kyoto, Japan
Apr 24 Brian Marshall, American rock bassist (Creed - "With Arms Wide Open"; Alter Bridge), born in Jackson, Mississippi
Apr 25 Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin), born in Örebro, Sweden
Apr 29 Mike Hogan, Irish rock bassist (The Cranberries - "Zombie", "Linger"), born in County Limerick, Ireland
May 4 Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, Lithuanian composer (In Search Of Lost Beauty...), born in Leningrad, Russia
May 14 Natalie Appleton, Canadian pop singer (All Saints -"Never Ever"), born in Mississauga, Ontario
May 14 Shanice [Wilson], American R&B and soul vocalist ("I Love Your Smile"; "Saving Forever For You"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 17 Jenny Scheinman, American jazz and session violinist (Bill Frisell; Allison Miller), and singer, born in San Francisco, California
May 17 Josh Homme, American rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Queens of the Stone Age), born in Palm Springs, California
May 17 Steve Barakatt, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Quebec City, Canada
May 20 Elsa [Lunghini], French singer ("T'en va pas" - "Don't Go Away") and actress, born in Paris, France
May 23 (Gerald) Maxwell [Rivera], American Grammy Award-winning neo-soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer ("Fortunate"; "Pretty Wings"), born in Brooklyn New York City
May 24 Ruslana [Lyzhychko], Ukrainian pop singer and songwriter, born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine)
May 29 Mark Lee, American contemporary Christian guitarist (Third Day - "Nothing At All"; "Soul On Fire"), born in Powder Springs, Georgia
May 29 Massimo Tagliata, Italian jazz accordionist, pianist, and composer, born in Syracuse, Sicily
Jun 5 Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish progressive rock songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist (Pain of Salvation; The Flower Kings), born in Eskilstuna, Sweden
Jun 7 Nihad Hrustanbegović, Bosnian-Dutch concert and jazz accordionist, and composer, born in Bijeljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Jun 10 Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, born in Lakeland, Florida
Jun 13 Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer and actress, born in Sulejówek, Poland
Jun 13 Ville Laihiala, Finnish heavy metal singer (Sentenced, Poisonblack), born in Oulu, Finland
Jun 14 Ceca [Svetlana Ražnatović], Serbian pop singer, born in Prokuplje, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Jun 20 Chino Moreno, American heavy metal vocalist and lyricist (Deftones), born in Sacramento, California
Jun 23 Marie N [Naumova], Latvian pop and jazz singer, born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Jun 26 Amen [Jussi Antero Sydänmaa], Finnish musician (Lordi), born in Espoo, Finland
Jun 26 Gretchen Wilson, American country music singer (Redneck Woman), born in Pocahontas, Illinois
Jun 26 Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor and bandleader (Cochise), born in Szczecinek, Poland
Jul 4 Gackt [Gakuto Oshiro], Japanese rock singer-songwriter and actor, born in Okinawa, Japan
Jul 5 Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Jönköping, Sweden
Jul 5 Róisín Murphy, Irish dance-pop singer, songwriter, and record producer (Moloko), born in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
Jul 11 Andrew Bird, American indie rock singer-songwriter and musician (Are You Serious), born in Lake Forest, Illinois
Jul 14 Adam Quinn, American traditional and Celtic-fusion bagpiper, composer (Lucid Druid), and teacher, born in Clearwater, Florida
Jul 15 John Dolmayan, Armenian-American heavy metal drummer (System Of A Down, since 1997 - "Chop Suey!"; "Toxicity"), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Jul 17 Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer, born in Prishtina, Kosovo
Jul 19 Martin Powell, English heavy metal keyboard player and violinist (The Eternal, 2012-18; Cradle of Filth, 2000-05; My Dying Bride, 1991-98), born in Yorkshire, England
Jul 22 Daniel Jones, Australian rock musician (Savage Garden - "Truly, Madly, Deeply"), born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Jul 22 Rufus Wainwright, Canadian-American singer, born in Rhinebeck, New York
Jul 23 Fran Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis), born in Stafford, England
Jul 23 Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood composer, singer and actor (Aashiq Banaya Aapne), born in Gujarat, India
Jul 23 Omar Epps, American actor (House) and rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
Jul 25 Dani Filth [Daniel Davey], British lyricist, and heavy metal singer (Cradle of Filth), born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Jul 27 Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones), born in Long Beach, California
Jul 29 James Otto, American country singer (MuzikMafia), born in Fort Lewis, Washington
Jul 29 Wanyá Morris, American R&B singer (Boyz II Men - "I'll Make Love to You"; "End Of The Road"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 30 Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer, born in Haryana, India
Jul 31 Jerry Rivera, Puerto Rican singer (Abriendo Puertas), born in Humacao, Puerto Rico
Aug 8 Scott Stapp, American rock singer and lyricist (Creed), born in Orlando, Florida
Aug 12 Grey DeLisle, American country singer-songwriter, autoharp player, voice actress (The Fairly OddParents; The Loud House), and comedienne, born in Fort Ord, California
Aug 14 Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Aug 22 Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"), born in Orlando, Florida
Aug 29 Vincent Cavanagh, English rock musician (Anathema), born in Liverpool, England
Sep 1 J. D. Fortune [Jason Bennison], Canadian rock singer (INXS, 2005-11), born in Mississauga, Ontario
Sep 3 Norihiko Hibino, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka, Japan
Sep 5 Paddy Considine, English actor and musician, born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Sep 8 Jonathan Leshnoff, American classical music composer (Hope; Symphony No, 4 - Heichalos), and pedagogue (Towson University), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Sep 14 Nas [Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones] American rapper (It Was Written; "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Sep 18 Ami Onuki, Japanese pop singer (Puffy AmiYumi), born in Tokyo, Japan
Sep 19 Jeremy Jordan, American singer and actor, born in Hammond, Indiana
Sep 23 Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian concert pianist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sep 26 Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers), born in Chicago, Illinois
Sep 27 Chris Demakes, American singer and guitarist (Less Than Jake), born in Florida
Sep 28 Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
Sep 29 Scout Niblett, British singer-songwriter, born in Stone, England
Oct 2 Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian Eurodance-pop singer (Aqua - "Barbie Girl"), born in Tønsberg, Norway
Oct 2 Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1973)
Oct 3 Black Thought [Tariq Trotter], American rapper, hip-hop MC (The Roots), and actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [some source give year as 1971, others as 1972]
Oct 9 Fabio Lione, Italian musician (Rhapsody), born in Pisa, Italy
Oct 9 Steve Burns, American actor, television host (Blue's Clues, 1996-2002), and musician, born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Oct 9 Terry Balsamo, American guitarist (Evanescence), born in Tampa, Florida
Oct 11 Brendan B. Brown (BBB), American musician (Wheatus), born in Northport, New York
Oct 11 Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot; Limp Bizkit), born in Middle River, Maryland
Oct 13 Roger Lima [Manganelli], Brazilian ska singer and bassist (Less Than Jake), born in Porto Alegre
Oct 15 Dax Riggs, American musician (Acid Bath), born in Evansville, Indiana
Oct 19 Laurent Brancowitz [Mazzalai], French guitarist (Phoenix), born in Versailles, France
Oct 21 Charlie Lowell, American folk-rock keyboardist (Jars of Clay), born in Rochester, New York
Oct 21 Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist, composer, and poet, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Nov 2 Tobias Ringborg, Swedish violinist and conductor, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 3 Mick Thomson, American heavy metal guitarist (Slipknot), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 3 Sticky Fingaz [Kirk Jones], American hardcore rapper (Oynx), born in the Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City
Nov 9 Nick Lachey, American singer, born in Harlan, Kentucky
Nov 10 Khiry Abdulsamad, American R&B singer (The Boys - "Dial My Heart"; "Lucky Charm"), born in Carson, California
Nov 11 Jason White, American punk rock guitarist (Green Day), born in North Little Rock, Arkansas
Nov 13 Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 14 Adina Howard, American R&B and hip-hop singer-songwriter ("Freak Like Me"; "What's Love Got To Do With It"), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Nov 14 Moka Only [Daniel Denton], Canadian rapper, born in Langford, British Columbia
Nov 18 Steve Christopher Petree, American pop singer (pc Quest- "After The Summer's Gone"), born in Shawnee, Oklahoma
Nov 22 Sharin Foo, Danish pop singer and bassist (The Raveonettes), born in Emmelev, Djursland, Denmark
Nov 27 Twista [Carl Terrell Mitchell], American rapper, one-time fastest English language rapper (Guinness World Record, 1992), born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 28 Jade Puget, American rock guitarist (AFI), born in Santa Rosa, California
Nov 30 John Moyer, American heavy metal rock bassist (Disturbed), born in El Paso, Texas
Dec 1 Jon Theodore, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Dec 4 Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dec 4 Kate Rusby, English folk singer and songwriter, born in Barnsley, England
Dec 4 Racci Shay, American musician, born in LaGrange, Georgia
Dec 6 Jolyon Dixon, English session and touring guitarist (Rachel Fuller; Pete Townsend; Toyah Willcox; Illingworth), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Dec 8 Corey Taylor, American rock singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 11 Mos def [Yasiin Bey], American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor, born in Brooklyn, New York
Dec 11 Valentina Lisitsa, Ukrainian-American concert, pianist, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Union
Dec 14 Tia Texada, American actress and singer, born in Louisiana
Dec 16 Mariza [Marisa dos Reis Nunes], Portuguese fado singer, born in Maputo, Portuguese Mozambique
Dec 21 Karmen Stavec, Slovene pop singer, born in West Berlin, West Germany
Dec 22 Katarzyna Duda, Polish concert violinist, born in Warsaw, Poland
Dec 27 Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch pianist and contemporary classical composer (Pianophasing), born in Breda, Netherlands
Dec 28 Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian folk singer and musical theater actress, born in Jondal, Norway
Dec 30 Jon Theodore, American drummer (The Mars Volta, 2001-06; Queens of the Stone Age, 2013-present), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Dec 31 Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician (Arab Strap), born in Dumfries, United Kingdom