Musicians Born in 1987

  • Jan 2 Syesha Mercado, American pop and soul singer, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Cynthia Erivo (37 years old)

Jan 8 British Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Color Purple; Harriet) and singer-songwriter ("Stand Up"), born in London, England

  • Jan 9 Paolo Nutini, Scottish rock singer-songwriter ("Sunny Side Up"), born in Paisley, United Kingdom
  • Jan 12 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water), born in Santa Clarita, California (d. 2020)
  • Jan 15 Aria C Jalali, American rock musician and songwriter (Railcars), born in California
  • Jan 23 Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Jan 27 Katy Rose [Bullard], American pop singer-songwriter ("Overdrive"), born in Redondo Beach, California
  • Jan 31 Marcus Mumford, British singer-songwriter (Mumford and Sons), born in Orange County, California
  • Jan 31 Tyler Hubbard, American country musician (Florida Georgia Line), born in Monroe, Georgia
  • Feb 2 Victoria Song, Chinese singer, actress and dancer (f(x)), born in Qingdao, China
  • Feb 5 Darren Criss, American actor (Glee: The Assassination of Gianni Versace), and singer-songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
  • Feb 10 Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior), born in Seoul, South Korea
  • Feb 11 Clémentine Delauney, French symphonic metal singer and lyricist (Visions of Atlantis; Exit Eden), born in Paris, France
  • Feb 14 Julia Savicheva, Russian singer, born in Kurgan, Russia
  • Feb 24 Chieko Kawabe (aka Chieko Ochi), Japanese pop singer, actress (Sailor Moon), model, songwriter, and Pilates instructor, born in Tokyo, Japan
  • Feb 24 Erica Corbo, American jazz and improv pianist (Space Whale Orchestra), and performance artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Feb 25 Eva Avila, Canadian popand R&B singer-songwriter ("Meant to Fly"), born in Gatineau, Quebec
  • Feb 26 Juliet Simms, American singer-songwriter (Automatic Loveletter), born in San Francisco, California
  • Feb 27 Cory Henry, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, pianist, Hammond B-3 organist, Harpejji and Moog player (Snarky Puppy), born in Brooklyn, New York

Kesha (37 years old)

Mar 1 American pop singer (Tik Tok), born in Los Angeles, California

  • Mar 1 Sammie Bush, American R&B singer ("I Like It"), born in Boynton Beach, Florida
  • Mar 8 Tobe Nwigwe, American singer, rapper ("I'm Dope"), and actor, born in Houston, Texas
  • Mar 9 Lil' Bow Wow [Shad Gregory Moss], American rapper and actor (Beware of Dogs), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • Mar 10 Emeli Sandé, British singer-songwriter ("Next To Me"), born in Sunderland, England
  • Mar 11 Tom Furse, English rock and ambient keyboardist (The Horrors), record producer, and artist, born in UK
  • Mar 15 Tatiana Shmailyuk, Ukrainian heavy metal vocalist (Jinjer -"Pisces"), born in Donetsk, Ukraine
  • Mar 26 Yui [Yoshioka], Japanese pop-rock singer-songwriter, and musician ("Good-bye Days"; Flower Power) and actress (A Song to the Sun), born in Koga, Japan
  • Apr 3 Julie Sokolow, American film director and musician, born in Holmdel, New Jersey
  • Apr 3 Rachel Bloom, American actress, writer, and singer-songwriter (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), born in Los Angeles county, California
  • Apr 9 Jazmine Sullivan, American R&B singer-songwriter (Pick Up Your Feelings), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Apr 9 Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer, born in Ardsley, New York
  • Apr 10 Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano and UNICEF ambassador, born in Christchurch, New Zealand

Joss Stone (36 years old)

Apr 11 English singer-songwriter (The Soul Sessions), born in Dover, Kent

  • Apr 12 Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic! at the Disco), born in St. George, Utah
  • Apr 15 Iyaz [Keidran Jones], British singer, songwriter, and dancer ("Replay"), born in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
  • Apr 16 Neil Haskell, American contemporary dancer (SYTYCD season 3 finalist), born in Clarence Center, New York
  • Apr 18 Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer (Play My Drum), born in Mosjøen, Norway
  • May 2 Nana Kitade, Japanese singer and songwriter, born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  • May 3 Michael Kiwanuka, British singer-songwriter ("Love & Hate"), born in Muswell Hill, London, England
  • May 4 Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer ("The Image of You"), born in Tirana, Albania
  • May 5 Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer (Rijeka bez imena), born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
  • May 6 Adrienne Warren, American Tony Award-winning actress and singer (Tina), born in Chesapeake, Virginia
  • May 6 Meek Mill [Rihmeek Williams], American rapper, singer, and songwriter ("Amen";" All Eyes On You"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • May 15 Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer, born in Parañaque, Philippines
  • May 18 Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model and singer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • May 24 Dominika Kasprzycka, Polish pop singer, born in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland
  • Jun 1 Mike Protich, American rock musician (Red Sun Rising), born in Akron, Ohio
  • Jun 2 Darin [Zanyar], Swedish pop singer (Lovekiller, Tvillingen), born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Jun 3 Lalaine [Vergara-Paras], American stage and screen actress and singer (Les Misérables; Lizzie McGuire), born in Burbank, California
  • Jun 6 Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician
  • Jun 11 Jorja Smith, English pop and R&B singer-songwriter ("Blue Lights"), born in Walsall, England
  • Jun 12 Abe Stoklasa, American country music songwriter and musician, born in Princeton, Missouri (d. 2023)
  • Jun 16 Ali Stroker, American actress and singer, first actress to appear in a wheelchair on Broadway and win a Tony award, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey

Diana DeGarmo (36 years old)

Jun 16 American singer (American Idol) and actress (The Young and the Restless), born in Birmingham, Alabama

Kendrick Lamar (36 years old)

Jun 17 American hip hop singer-songwriter (Damn), born in Compton, California

  • Jun 21 Khatia Buniatishvili, French-Georgian concert pianist, born in Batumi, Georgia
  • Jun 21 Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer (Super Junior), born in Incheon, South Korea
  • Jul 6 Kate Nash, English singer songwriter and actress, born in London, England
  • Jul 10 Buck Meek, American folk musician (Big Thief), born in Wimberley, Texas
  • Jul 11 Shigeaki Kato, Japanese J-pop singer, guitarist and songwriter (NEWS), born in Hiroshima, Japan

Dan Reynolds (36 years old)

Jul 14 American singer and songwriter (Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"), born in Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Jul 17 Jeremih [Jeremy Felton], American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer ("Birthday Sex"; "Don't Tell 'Em"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jul 20 Brent Wilson, American rock bassist (Panic! At The Disco, 2004-06), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Jul 20 Nicola Benedetti, Scottish classical violinist, born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire
  • Jul 29 Sabra Johnson, American dancer (So You Think You Can Dance), teacher, and choreographer, born in The Netherlands
  • Aug 9 Noonie Bao [Jonnali Mikaela Parmenius], Swedish pop songwriter and singer, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Aug 19 Anaïs Lameche, Swedish pop singer (Play), born in the French Alps
  • Aug 21 Kibum [Kim Ki-bum], South Korean actor (Rainbow Romance), and pop singer (Super Junior, 2003-06), born in Seoul, South Korea
  • Aug 23 Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer, born in Manila, Philippines
  • Aug 25 Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer, born in Wuhan, China
  • Aug 25 Luka Šulić, Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos), born in Maribor, Slovenia
  • Sep 1 Daniel "Dann" Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore), born in Feilding, New Zealand
  • Sep 2 Spencer Smith, American rock drummer (Panic! at the Disco), born in Denver, Colorado
  • Sep 6 Ramiele Malubay, Filipino-American singer, born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 9 Afrojack [Nick van de Wall], Dutch DJ and record producer (Forget The World), born in Spijkenisse, Netherlands
  • Sep 16 Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Sep 18 Jinkx Monsoon [Jerick Hoffer], American drag queen, actor and singer (RuPaul's Drag Race season 5 winner), born in Portland, Oregon
  • Sep 19 Muhammad Iqbal Siddiq, Indonesian concert pianist and teacher, born in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Sep 20 Jack Lawless, American drummer (Jonas Brothers), born in Middletown Township, New Jersey
  • Sep 26 Rosie Munter, Swedish pop singer (Play; K.I.D.S.), born in Stockholm, Sweden

Hilary Duff (36 years old)

Sep 28 American actress and singer (Lizzie McGuire), born in Houston, Texas

  • Sep 30 Aida Garifullina, Russian soprano (Operalia 2013), born in Kazan, Russia
  • Sep 30 Denise Laurel, Filipina actress and singer, born in Manila, Philippines
  • Oct 1 Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer (The Prince Of Tennis), born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
  • Oct 1 Michaela Coel, English actress, filmmaker and singer (Chewing Gum), born in London, England
  • Oct 8 Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
  • Oct 18 Zac Efron, American actor (17 Again), and singer (High School Musical; The Greatest Showman), born in San Luis Obispo, California,
  • Oct 21 Dean Lewis, Australian singer-songwriter ("Waves", "Be Alright"), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Oct 23 Faye [Hamlin], Swedish pop singer ("Play"), born in Stockholm
  • Oct 23 Seo In-Guk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (The Master's Sun), born in Ulsan, South Korea
  • Oct 28 Frank Ocean [Christopher Breaux], American singer-songwriter ("Thinkin' 'Bout You"), born in Long Beach, California
  • Oct 29 Makoto Ogawa, Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume), born in Kashiwazaki, Japan
  • Oct 29 Tove Lo, Swedish singer-songwriter ("Sunshine Kitty"), born in Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Nov 3 Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Avant Gardner"; "Nameless, Faceless"), born in Sydney, Australia
  • Nov 4 T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
  • Nov 5 Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (The Jonas Brothers), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
  • Nov 9 Zahara [Bulelwa Mkutukana], South African singer-songwriter and guitarist (Loliwe), born in East London, South Africa (d. 2023) [1]
  • Nov 14 TiA [Tomoka Takayama], Japanese pop singer (Ryuusei), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • Nov 24 Megan Mullins, American country singer-songwriter, fiddler, and mandolin player, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Nov 24 Sabi [Jenice Portlock], American hip-hop and pop singer-songwriter (The Bangz; "You Make Me Feel..."), born in Inglewood, California
  • Nov 30 Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly), born in Orsett, England
  • Dec 2 Teairra Marí, American R&B singer and songwriter, born in Detroit, Michigan
  • Dec 7 Aaron Carter, American singer, rapper and songwriter, born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2022)
  • Dec 11 Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer, born in Chișinău, Moldova
  • Dec 18 Ayaka [Iiko], Japanese pop singer-songwriter and producer ("Mikazuki"; "Winding Road"), born in Osaka, Japan
  • Dec 20 Nao [Neo Joshua], British soul and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer ("And Then Life Was Beautiful"), born in Nottingham, England
  • Dec 26 Adam Walker, British concert flautist London Symphony, 2009-20), and educator, born in Redingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Dec 26 Carolina Eyck, German-Sorbian Theremin player and composer (Elegies for Theremin & Voice), born in Berlin, Germany

About 1987

How Old? 36 or 37 years old
Generation: Millennial

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger (Feb 9, 1986 - Jan 28, 1987),
Rabbit (Jan 29, 1987 - Feb 16, 1988)