1610 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato singer, born in Perugia, Italy (d. 1680)
1715 Georg Gottfried Petri, German composer, born in Żary, Poland (d. 1795)
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer, born in Massa, Tuscany, Italy (d. 1804)
1754 Etienne Ozi, French composer and bassoonist, born in Nimes (d. 1813)
1791 Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, German composer, born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1856)
1796 Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, born in Verneuil, Eure, France (d. 1869)
1837 Émile Waldteufel [Charles Émile Lévy], French pianist and composer (Estudiantina; Les Patineurs - The Skaters' Waltz), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1915)
1850 Emma Abbott, American soprano, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1891)
1854 P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, born in Nurmes, Finland (d. 1924)
1859 Algernon Ashton, British composer, born in Durham, England (d. 1937)
1862 Karel Kovařovic, Czech harpist, conductor (Prague National Theatre, 1900-20), and composer (The Dogheads), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1920)
1864 Sidney Homer, American composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1953)
1882 Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist and composer (Rima), born in Seville, Spain (d. 1949)
1895 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, born in Barcelona (d. 1936)
1899 Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1975)
1906 Freddy Martin, American orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin) and tenor saxophonist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1983)
1906 Greet Koeman, Dutch opera soprano, born in Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands (d. 1961)
1907 Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, born in Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany (d. 1996)
1915 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Austro-British soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), born in Jarotschin, German Empire (d. 2006)
1916 Merrill Ellis, American classical and experimental music composer, and performer (Kaleidoscope; Mutations), born in Cleburne, Texas (d. 1981)
1921 Terence Weil, British cellist (English Chamber Orchestra; Melos Ensemble), born in London (d. 1995)
1927 Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), born in Paris (d. 2017)
1929 Michel Fano, French composer (films of Alain Robbe-Grillet), born in Paris, France
1932 Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (Black Byrd), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
1932 Jessie Hill, American jazz musician (Ooh Poo Pah Doo), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1996)
1934 Alan Ridout, British composer, born in West Wickham, England (d. 1996)
1934 Junior Wells, American blues singer ("In My Younger Days"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1998)
1935 David Houston, American country music singer (Almost Persuaded), born in Bossier City, Louisiana (d. 1993)
1938 William Thomas McKinley, American composer and jazz pianist, born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
1940 Sammy Strain, American pop and R&B singer (Little Anthony & The Imperials, 1958–72; 1992–2005 - "Hurt So Bad"; The O'Jays, 1975–1992 - "Use Ta Be My Girl"), born in Brooklyn, New York
1941 Dan Hicks, American singer and songwriter (Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2016)
1943 Kenny Vance [Rosenberg], American musician (Jay and the Americans - "Come a Little Bit Closer"; "This Magic Moment"; The Planotones), and producer (Beaver Bown), born in Brooklyn, NYC
1944 Guy Darrell [John Swail], British singer (I've Been Hurt), born in Kent, England
1946 Bill Church, American rock bass guitarist (Van Morrison; Montrose; Sammy Hagar), born in the USA
1946 Dennis Dunaway, American rock bassist and songwriter (Alice Cooper - "School's Out"), born in Cottage Grove, Oregon
1950 Joan Armatrading, Kittian-British singer-songwriter ("Love and Affection"; "Down to Zero"), born in Basseterre, Saint Christopher and Nevis (now St. Kitts and Nevis)
1954 Jack Sonni, American guitarist (Dire Straits, 1985-88), born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
1954 Kip Hanrahan, American jazz producer (American Clavé), born in the Bronx, New York
1955 Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer and musician, born in Bangkok, Thailand
1956 Sylvia Hutton (née Kirby), American country-pop singer-songwriter (Nobody), born in Kokoma, Indiana
1957 Donny Osmond, American singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), born in Ogden, Utah
1958 Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents), born in Newport Beach, California
1964 Paul Landers [Heiko Paul Hiersche], German dance-metal guitarist (Rammstein), born in East Berlin, East Germany
1968 Brian Lane Bell, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter Weezer; The Relationship), born in Iowa City, Iowa
1968 Michael Foster, American drummer (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime"), born in Richmond, Virginia
1969 Jakob Dylan, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (The Wallflowers - "6th Avenue Heartache"; "One Headlight"), and son of Bob Dylan, born in New York City
1969 Johnny Vicious [Coles], American house DJ, re-mixer, and record producer, born in New York City
1970 Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, record producer, and singer, born in Ossining, New York
1972 Tré Cool [Frank Wright], German-born American drummer (Green Day - "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"), born in Frankfurt, Germany
1974 Canibus [Germaine Williams], American rapper, born in Kingston, Jamaica
1977 Imogen Heap, British dance-pop singer-songwriter, born in London Borough of Havering, United Kingdom
1979 Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American pop singer and songwriter, born in Naha, Japan
1982 Vincent Accardi, American rock guitarist (Brand New), born in Wantagh, New York
1990 LaFee [Christina Klein], German pop-rock singer, and actress, born in Büsbach, Germany