Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46
1458 - Jacob Obrecht,
Dutch composer (d. 1505)
1579 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele,
Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
1690 - Francois Collin de Blamont,
composer
1709 - Frantisek Benda,
composer
1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach,
composer, son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64)
1780 - Conradin Kreutzer,
composer
1838 - Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga,
Viscount d' Arneiro, composer
1870 - Howard Brockway,
composer
1891 - Bengt Axel von Torne,
composer
1896 - Mario La Broca,
composer
1899 - Hoagy Carmichael,
Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)
1900 - Hugo Godron,
composer
1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo,
Sagunto Spain, composer
1902 - Emanuel Feuermann,
Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orch)
1907 - Bernard Naylor,
composer
1913 - Benjamin Britten,
Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera)
1917 - Jean-Etienne Marie,
composer
1922 - Fikret Dzhamil Amirov,
Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur)
1923 - Dika Newlin,
composer
1924 - Axel Borup-Jorgensen,
composer
1925 - Gunther Schuller,
NYC, hornist/composer (Visitation)
1930 - Peter Hall,
British stage/film/opera director (Pedestrian)
1936 - Hans Zender,
composer
1941 - Ron McClure,
rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1941 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician
1942 - Steve Caldwell,
rocker (Orleans)
1943 - Floyd Sneed,
Calgary, rock drummer (Three Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1946 - Aston Barrett,
Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
1947 - Rod Price,
rocker (Foghat)
1950 - Little Steven,
[Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
1950 - [Ma]Tina Weymouth, Coronado CA, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was)
1950 - Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
1951 - Kent Nagano,
American conductor
1953 - Urmas Alender,
Estonian singer (d. 1994)
1956 - Lawrence Gowan,
Canadian singer (Styx)
1957 - Sharon Bailey,
rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1960 - Eg White,
rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1961 - Stephen Hough,
British concert pianist
1975 - Aiko,
Japanese singer
1976 - Ville Valo,
Finnish singer (HIM)
1978 - Karen O,
American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1979 - Chris Doran,
Irish singer
1981 - Ben Adams,
English singer
1982 - Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin,
Hong Kong singer (Twins)
1983 - Corey Beaulieu,
American guitarist (Trivium)
1983 - Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
