- 1704 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor, opera composer (Der Tod Jesu), and Royal Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great (1740-59), born in Wahrenbrück, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1759)
- 1769 Giuseppe Farinelli, Italian composer, born in Este, Veneto, Italy (d. 1836)
- 1803 Johan Peter Cronhamm, Swedish composer, born in Östra Karup, Skåne, Sweden (d. 1875)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
German composer and conductor (Hungarian Dances; A German Requiem), born in Hamburg, German Confederation (now Germany)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake), born in Votkinsk, Russia
- 1873 Clarence Dickinson, American composer, born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1969)
- 1883 Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, born in Modena, Italy (d. 1968)
- 1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron and composer, born in Vilvoorde, Belgium (d. 1988)
- 1907 Jef van Durme, Belgian composer, born in Kemzeke-Waas, Belgium (d. 1965)
- 1908 Wouter Paap, Dutch composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- 1918 Argeliers León, Cuban composer, born in Pinar del Río, Cuba (d. 1991)
- 1919 La Esterella [Ester Lambrechts], Flemish pop singer ("Oh Lieve Vrouwetoren"), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2011)
- 1921 Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl; Mr Hex), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
- 1922 Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show), born in Kirkman, Iowa (d. 2006)
- 1923 Anne Baxter, American actress, (The Razor's Edge; All About Eve), and singer, born in Michigan City, Indiana (d. 1985)
- 1931 Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer ("Put Another Nickel In"), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2007)
- 1932 Derek Taylor, English publicist for the Beatles, born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 1997)
- 1933 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, born near Malishevë, Kosovo (d. 2020)
- 1934 Heinz Marti, Swiss composer, born in Bern, Switzerland
- 1936 Cornelius Cardew, British composer (Scratch Orchestra), born in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire (d. 1981)
- 1936 Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer ("What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"), born in Collinsville, Mississippi (d. 2014)
- 1939 Johnny Maestro, American rock vocalist (Crests - "16 Candles"; Brooklyn Bridge), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2010)
- 1939 José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan conductor, pianist and teacher (El Sistema), born in Valera, Venezuela (d. 2018)
- 1940 Armando Krieger, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1943 Rick West [Westwood], British rock guitarist (Brian Poole & Tremeloes, 1961-2012 & 2019-21), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
- 1944 Alison Bauld, Australian composer, born in Sydney, Australia
- 1945 Christy Moore, Irish folk singer and songwriter, born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
- 1945 Cornelius Bumpus, American saxophonist and keyboardist (Doobie Brothers; Steely Dan), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2004)
- 1946 Bill Danoff, American vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1946 Bill Kreutzmann, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1950 (Charles) "Prairie" Prince, American rocker (The Tubes; Chris Isaak; Jefferson Starship, 1992-2008), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1951 Bernie Marsden, English rock and blues guitarist and songwriter (Whitesnake - "Fool for Your Loving"; "Here I Go Again"), born in Buckingham, England (d. 2023)
- 1951 Carlos Alomar, Puerto Rican-American guitarist, composer, and arranger (David Bowie, 1974-80, 1983-87), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 1951 Mic Gillette, American trumpet, trombone, and flugelhorn player (Tower of Power, Cold Blood, The Sons of Champlin), born in Oakland, California (d. 2016)
- 1956 Anne Dudley, British classical and film composer (The Full Monty), born in Beckenham, Kent
- 1957 Paul Leary, American rock guitarist (Butthole Surfers), and music producer, born in San Antonio, Texas
- 1960 Adam Bernstein, American music video and television director, born in Princeton, New Jersey
- 1961 Phil "Wizzö" Campbell, Welsh rock musician (Motörhead), born in Pontypridd, Wales
- 1963 Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage; Trans-Siberian Orchestra), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
- 1965 Chris O'Connor, American alternative rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The I-Rails; Primitive Radio Gods - "Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"), born in California
- 1968 Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish pop rock singer-songwriter ("Save Tonight"), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1971 Horgh [Reidar Horghagen] Norwegian heavy metal drummer (Immortal; Hypocrisy), born in Bergen, Norway
- 1975 Gunhild Carling, Swedish jazz trombonist, trumpeter, and multi-instrumentalist (Carling Family; Carling Big Band), and singer (Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1978 Nagash [Stian Hinderson], Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir; Troll), born in Hamar, Norway
- 1981 Maria Radner, German operatic contralto, specializing in Wagner, born in Düsseldorf, West Germany (d. 2015)
- 1985 J Balvin [José Álvaro Osorio Balvín], Colombian reggaeton singer ("I Like It"), born in Medellín, Colombia
- 1986 Frances Quinlan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hop Along; Likewise), born in New Jersey
- 1986 Matt Helders, English musician and drummer (Arctic Monkeys), born in Sheffield, England
- 1988 Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious, born in West Covina, California
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