Musicians Born on September 4

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Austrian composer (Te Deum; Wagner Symphony), Wagner disciple and "monumental bore", born in Ansfelden, Austria

1843 Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer, born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Austrian Empire (d. 1936)
1859 Edoardo Mascheroni, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 1941)
1891 Sam Lanin, American sweet jazz arranger and bandleader (Roseland Orchestra; The Ipana Troubadors), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

French composer (Maximilien), born in Marseille, France

1896 Antonin Artaud, French songwriter and director (Theatre Seraphin), born in Marseille, France (d. 1948)
1905 Antanas Račiūnas, Lithuanian composer and pedagogue, born in Užliaušiai, Lithuania (d. 1984)
1906 Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, born in Kláštor pod Znievom, Slovensko (d. 1984)
1909 Karel Horky, Czech composer, born in Stemechy (d. 1988)
1914 Henrik Blichmann, Danish swing jazz pianist, composer (92 Minutes of Yesterday), and orchestra leader, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1994)
1915 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986)
1918 Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Jimmie Lunceford; Duke Ellington), orchestra leader, and teacher, born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2014)
1920 Harold "Shot" Jackson, American country dobro player, and pedal steel guitarist (Roy Acuff), and guitar designer and builder (Sho-Bud), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1991)
1930 Jerry Ragovoy, American songwriter ("Piece Of My Heart"; "Time Is On My Side"; "Pata Pata"), and record producer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
1930 John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (Cephas & Wiggins), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2009)
1931 Mitzi Gaynor [Francesca von Gerber], American actress, singer and dancer (Anything Goes, South Pacific), born in Chicago, Illinois
1935 Ora Bat Chaim, Israeli cellist and composer, born in Ramat Gan, Israel
1937 Gene Ludwig, American jazz and R&B Hammond B-3 organist (Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock), born in Twin Rocks, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
1942 Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer (Gladys Knights & Pips), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1944 Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
1945 Daniel Wood "Danny" Gatton, American guitarist (88 Elmira St.), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1994)
1946 David Liebman, American saxophonist and flautist, born in Brooklyn, New York
1946 Gary Duncan [Grubb], American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in San Diego, California (d. 2019)
1946 Greg Elmore, American rock drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in Coronado Naval Air Station, California
1948 Samuel Hui, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer-songwriter, born in Xiguan, Guangzhou, Republic of China
1949 Dado Topić, Croatian musician (Time; Dragonfly), born in Nova Gradiška, Croatia
1951 Martin Chambers, English rock drummer (Pretenders), born in Hereford, United Kingdom
1956 Blackie Lawless [Steven Duren], American heavy metal singer and guitarist (W.A.S.P.), born in Staten Island, New York
1958 George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen), born in Brockton, Massachusetts
1960 Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot), born in Seattle, Washington
1963 Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls), born in Espoo, Finland
1964 René Pape, German opera singer (bass), born in Dresden, East Germany
1965 Greg Fidelman, American guitarist, sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions), and record producer (Metallica)
1966 Bireli Lagrene, French jazz guitarist, born in Alsace, France
1969 Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer, born in Bangor, Wales
1970 Igor Cavalera, Brazilian musician (Sepultura), born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1974 Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls), born in Los Angeles, California
1974 Nona Gaye, American singer and daughter of Marvin Gaye, born in Washington, D.C.

Mark Ronson (48 years old)

1975 British-American record producer, songwriter and DJ (Uptown Funk), born in London, England

1976 Katreeya English, Thai singer and actress, born in Oxford, United Kingdom
1977 Lucie Silvas [Silverman], British singer-songwriter, born in Kingston upon Thames, England
1979 Pedro Camacho, Portuguese classical, religious, film and video game composer (Requiem to Inês de Castro), born in Funchal, Portugal
1979 Poo Bear [Jason Boyd], American songwriter and record producer (Justin Bieber; Lupe Fiasco; Mariah Carey; Zac Brown), born in New Haven Connecticut
1980 Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese pop singer, born in Kure, Japan

Beyoncé (42 years old)

1981 American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, producer and actress (Destiny's Child), born in Houston, Texas

1981 Lacey Sturm, American rock singer (Flyleaf), born in Homestead, Florida
1982 Hildur Guðnadóttir, Icelandic cellist and Emmy, Oscar, Grammy, and BAFTA Award composer specializing in film scores (Chernobyl; The Joker), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1983 Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol and singer-songwriter (KAT-TUN), born in Tokyo, Japan
1984 Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress and singer-songwriter, born in El Palomar, Argentina
1990 James Bay, British singer-songwriter (Chaos and the Calm), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
1991 Dwayne Verheyden, Dutch conjunto and Tejano accordionist (TexMeXplosion), born in Montfort, Netherlands