Musicians Born in 1982

Feb 9 Ami Suzuki, Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Feb 9 Behn Gillece, American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator, born in New Jersey

Bobi Wine (42 years old)

Feb 12 Ugandan politician and pop star, born in Mpigi District, Uganda

Feb 16 Lupe Fiasco [Wasalu Jaco] American rapper, (Lupe Fiasco's The Cool), born in Chicago Illinois
Feb 16 Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, American rock singer (Japanese Cartoon), born in Chicago Illinois
Feb 18 Courtney Act [Shane Jenek], Australian drag queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality, born in Brisbane, Queensland
Feb 18 Isabel Leonard, American Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano opera singer, born in New York City
Feb 21 Chantal Claret [Euringer], American power-pop singer-songwriter (Morningwood), born in Berkeley, California
Feb 25 Bert McCracken, American rock singer (The Used), born in Provo, Utah
Feb 26 Sara Gazarek, American jazz vocalist and educator, born in Seattle, Washington
Mar 4 K. Michelle [Pate], American singer and actress (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 5 Amanda Shires; American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and fiddle player (The Nashville Sound; The Highwomen), born in Lubbock, Texas
Mar 15 Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire), born in Hamilton, Ontario
Mar 20 Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects), born in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Mar 22 Chris Wallace, American pop-rock singer-songwriter (The White Tie Affair - "You Look Better When I'm Drunk': solo - "Remember When (Push Rewind)"), born in Hebron, Indiana
Mar 24 Nivea [Hamilton], American pop singer ("Laundromat"; "Don't Mess With My Man"), born in Savannah, Georgia
Mar 29 Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese record producer, born in Hachiōji, Japan
Mar 31 Lennon Murphy, American rock singer-songwriter, born in Ronkonkoma, New York
Apr 3 Fler [Patrick Losensky], German rapper, born in Berlin, Germany
Apr 6 Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American rock and Christian music guitarist (The Academy Is...2007-11; Hillsong United, 1998-present), born in Skipton, Australia
Apr 12 Deen [Fuad Backović], Bosnian singer and fashion designer, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Apr 13 Janice Vidal, Hong Kong Cantopop singer, and actress, born in Kowloon, British Hong Kong
Apr 13 Jill Vidal, Hong Kong Cantopop and R&B singer, and guitarist, born in Kowloon, British Hong Kong
Apr 13 Nellie McKay, British-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and ukulele player, born in London, England
Apr 15 Anthony Green, American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Circa Survive; Saosin), born in Holland, Pennsylvania
Apr 15 Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh], American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Akron, Ohio
Apr 18 Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian contemporary pop singer, born in Lasalle, Montreal, Quebec

Kelly Clarkson (41 years old)

Apr 24 American pop singer ("Since U Been Gone"; "My Life Would Suck Without You"), winner of 1st season of "American Idol", songwriter, and TV personality, born in Fort Worth, Texas

Apr 26 Jon Lee, English actor and singer (S Club 7), born in Ipplepen, Devon
Apr 30 Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress (Cleopatra), born in Birmingham, England
Apr 30 Drew Seeley, Canadian actor, dancer, songwriter and singer (High School Musical), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Apr 30 Lloyd Banks [Christopher Lloyd], Amerrican rapper (G-Unit), born in New Carrollton, Maryland
May 1 Ambrose Akinmusire, American avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer (The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint), born in Oakland, California
May 1 Justė Janulytė, Lithuanian contemporary classical composer (Observation Of Clouds; The Color of Water), born in Vilnius, Lithuania
May 2 Lorie [Laure Pester], French singer, born in Le Plessis-Bouchard, Île-de-France
May 4 Hector King, Mexican singer and songwriter, born in Culiacán, Mexico
May 8 Anthony Roth Costanzo, American operatic countertenor (Akhnaten), actor, and educator, born in Durham, North Carolina

Cory Monteith (1982-2013)

May 11 Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), born in Calgary, Alberta

May 13 Drew Holcomb, American singer-songwriter, and bandleader (Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors), born in Memphis, Tennesee
May 15 Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer-songwriter, and actress (The Pussycat Dolls), born in Miami, Florida
May 21 Tay Zonday [Adam Bahner], American singer-songwriter ("Chocolate Rain"), and YouTube personality, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 23 Malene Mortensen, Danish jazz and pop singer and songwriter, born in Denmark
May 23 Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter, born in Del Mar, California
May 25 Rasheeda [Buckner-Frost], American hiphop singer, born in Decatur, Illinois
May 29 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
Jun 4 Amelia Warner (née Bennett), English film score composer (Mary Shelley; Mr. Malcolm's List), born in Birkenhead, England
Jun 4 MC Jin [Au-Yeung], Chinese-American rapper, born in Miami, Florida
Jun 9 Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer, born in Linz, Austria
Jun 12 Ben Blackwell, American musician (The Dirtbombs), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jun 14 Freddie Gibbs [Fredrick Tipton], American rapper and actor (Down With the King), born in Gary, Indiana
Jun 14 Lang Lang, Chinese concert pianist (The Painted Veil; Berlin Philharmonic), born in Shenyang, China
Jun 15 Haley Scarnato, American pop singer (American Idol), born in San Antonio, Texas
Jun 16 Matt Costa, American singer-songwriter, born in Huntington Beach California
Jun 21 Jussie Smollett, American actor and singer (Empire), born in Santa Rosa, California
Jun 25 Rain [Jung Ji-hoon], Korean singer and actor (Full House), born in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Jun 30 Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand), born in Bolton, England
Jun 30 Dan Jacobs, American heavy metal guitarist (Atreyu)
Jul 7 Cassidy [Barry Adrian Reese], American rapper, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 7 Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail), born in Livingston, New Jersey
Jul 10 Alex Arrowsmith, American pop-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shaky Hands), born in Hood River, Oregan
Jul 13 Joost van den Broek, Dutch symphonic metal and progressive rock keyboard player (After Forever), born in The Netherlands
Jul 17 Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten - "Whole Again"), born in Liverpool, England

Priyanka Chopra (41 years old)

Jul 18 Indian actress, singer and beauty queen (Miss World, 2000), born in Jamshedpur, India

Jul 18 Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter ("Take It All Away"), born in Dallas, Texas
Jul 24 Tord Øverland Knudsen, Norwegian bassist (The Wombats), born in Elverum, Norway
Jul 28 Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress, born in Reykjavik, Iceland

Caroline Shaw (41 years old)

Aug 1 American violinist, singer, and Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Partita for 8 Voices), born in Greenville, North Carolina

Aug 5 Tobias Regner, German rock singer, born in Teisendorf, Bavaria, West Germany
Aug 17 Mark Salling, American actor and musician (Glee), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
Aug 23 Laurin Talese, American jazz singer and songwriter ("This Love"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 26 David Long, New Zealand dance and soundtrack composer (Peter Jackson's films)

LeAnn Rimes (41 years old)

Aug 28 American country singer ("Blue"; "How Do I Live"), born in Jackson, Mississippi

Aug 29 A+ [Andre Levins], American rapper, born in Hempstead, New York
Aug 31 Patrick Nuo, Swiss pop singer, born in Lucerne, Switzerland
Sep 3 Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter (Something Corporate), born in Concord, Massachusetts
Sep 3 Kaori Natori, Japanese J-pop, hip-hop, and reggae singer (Spontania), and model, born in Tokyo, Japan
Sep 4 Hildur Guðnadóttir, Icelandic cellist and Emmy, Oscar, Grammy, and BAFTA Award composer specializing in film scores (Chernobyl; The Joker), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
Sep 5 Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician, born in Bergen, Norway
Sep 9 Ai Otsuka, Japanese pop singer and songwriter ("Sakuranbo"), born in Osaka, Japan

Misty Copeland (41 years old)

Sep 10 American ballerina (1st African American Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre), born in Kansas City Missouri

Sep 19 Skepta [Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr], English rapper, MC and producer, born in London, England
Sep 20 Nils Frahm, German keyboard player, and contemporary classical and ambient-electronic composer, born in Hamburg, Germany

Billie Piper (41 years old)

Sep 22 English singer and actress (Dr Who), born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England

Sep 22 Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress, born in Hong Kong

Lil Wayne (41 years old)

Sep 27 Jr.], American rapper (Lollipop), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Sep 28 Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer ( Bretonne), born in Saint-Renan, France
Sep 28 St. Vincent [Annie Clark], American musician and singer-songwriter, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sep 29 Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter
Sep 29 tWitch [Stephen Boss], American television personality, dancer, DJ, and producer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 2014-22), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2022)
Oct 1 Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish pop-dance singer, born in Kristinehamn, Sweden
Oct 2 George Pettit, Canadian hardcore singer (Alexisonfire), born in Grimsby, Ontario
Oct 6 Michael Arden, American actor, singer and theater director (Parade), born in Midland, Texas
Oct 6 William Butler, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire), born in Truckee, California
Oct 7 Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist, born in Chongqing, China
Oct 9 Kassa Overall, American jazz and hip-hop drummer, rapper, and bandleader, born in Seattle, Washington
Oct 12 Émile Parisien, French jazz soprano and alto saxophonist, and composer, born in Cahors, France
Oct 15 Paulini [Pauline Curuenavuli], Fijian-Australian singer, born in Suva, Fiji
Oct 16 Vincy Chan, Hong Kong-Singaporean Canto-pop singer ("My Memories are Not My Own"), born in Hong Kong
Oct 22 DJ Drastic [Daniel M. Johnson], American club DJ, and radio presenter, born in Brooklyn, NYC
Oct 25 Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer (at17), born in Hong Kong
Oct 28 Mai Kuraki, Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter ("If I Believe"), born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Oct 29 Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress (They Kiss Again), and pop singer ("You"), born in Yilan, Taiwan
Oct 31 The Cheeky Girls [Gabriela and Monica Irimia], British-Romanian pop singers, born in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania
Nov 2 Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer, born in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Nov 6 Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Nov 8 Sam Sparro [Falson], Australian producer, singer, songwriter (Boombox Eternal), and former child actor, born in Sydney
Nov 11 Lil' Dave [Davis Shelton], American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 13 Koda Kumi [Kumiko Kōda], Japanese singer (Butterfly), born in Fushimi, Kyoto
Nov 14 Boosie [Torence Hatch], American rapper (Incarcerated), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov 14 Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter (The Civil Wars), born in West Branch, Michigan
Nov 21 Ryan Starr [Tiffany Montgomery], American alt-rock singer (American Idol, 2002), born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 22 Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong-Canadian canto-pop singer (Twins), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Dec 1 Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed, British-Pakistani actor (The Night Of), rapper (Swet Shop Boys) and activist, born in Wembley, London
Dec 2 Pizon [Michael Scala], Italian-American rapper and producer, born in Queens, New York
Dec 3 Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong singer and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 5 Keri Hilson, American singer and songwriter (The Way I Are), born in Decatur, Georgia
Dec 8 Chrisette Michele [Payne], American R&B and soul singer-songwriter ("Be OK"; "Epiphany"), born in Central Islip, New York,

Nicki Minaj (41 years old)

Dec 8 Trinidadian-American rapper and singer (Super Bass, Starships), born in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Dec 9 Vincent Accardi, American rock guitarist (Brand New), born in Wantagh, New York
Dec 10 Tim Deegan, Canadian MuchMusic VJ, born in Oshawa, Ontario
Dec 13 Anthony Callea, Australian singer and songwriter, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dec 14 Anthony Way, English singer and actor, born in London
Dec 17 Onur Ozsu, Turkish music artist, born in Izmir
Dec 18 Dave Luetkenhoelter, American Christian-rock bassist (Kutless, 2005-13), born in Medford, Oregon
Dec 20 David Cook, American singer and American Idol winner, born in Houston, Texas
Dec 24 Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor, born in Chiba, Japan
Dec 24 Robert Schwartzman, American actor and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 25 Shystie [Chanel Cali], British rapper-songwriter, born in London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
Dec 27 James Mead, American Christian rock guitarist (Kutless), born in Danbury, Connecticut
Dec 27 Terji Skibenæs, Faroese folk-metal guitarist, (Týr, 2001-18), born in Skipanes, Faroe Islands
Dec 29 Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Québécois singer, born in Québec, Canada
Dec 30 Wesley Schultz, American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (The Lumineers - "Submarines"), born in Ramsey, New Jersey