Birthdays 1 - 41 of 41
1624 - Tomas Micieres,
composer
1723 - Carl Friedrich Abel,
German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer
1815 - Lucien Petipa,
French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader
1819 - Franz Wilhelm Abt,
German composer/choir conductor
1821 - Giovanni Bottesini,
composer
1842 - Nicola d' Arienzo,
composer
1844 - Izydor Lotto,
composer
1846 - Andreas Hallen,
composer
1853 - Maria Teresa Carreno,
Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor
1858 - Giacomo Puccini,
Lucca Italy opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly), (d. 1924)
1859 - Cecil [James] Sharp,
London England, folk musician
1866 - Mieczyslaw Surzynski,
composer
1874 - Franz Schmidt,
composer
1875 - Antoine Mariotte,
composer
1883 - ,
gard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
1885 - Joseph Deems Taylor,
NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson)
1900 - Alan Dudley Bush,
composer pianist/teacher
1901 - Andre Kostelanetz,
St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari)
1903 - Marc Lavry,
composer
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858)
1907 - Yoshio Hasegawa,
composer
1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins,
Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1921 - Robert Frank Kurka, composer
1924 - Frank Corsaro,
NY harbor, opera director
1925 - Gunther Schuller,
NYC, jazz composer
1925 - Thomas Christian David, composer
1939 - James Gurley,
American musician
1944 - Barry Jenkins,
rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1946 - Rick Nielsen,
Rockford Il, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick)
1949 - Maurice Gibb,
Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)
1949 - Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe)
1949 - Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), (d. 2012)
1953 - David Leisner,
composer
1957 - Ricky Ross,
British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown)
1958 - Frank Gambale,
Australian musician
1958 - David Heavener, American actor and musician
1960 - Wakin Chau,
Chinese singer
1960 - Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
1966 - Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer,
German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
1967 - Richey James Edwards,
Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995)
1984 - Basshunter,
popular Swedish singer
1989 - Jordin Sparks,
American singer and American Idol winner
