Musicians Born in 1975

  • Jan 2 Chris Cheney, Australian rockabilly guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (The Living End - "One Said to the Other"; "White Noise"; The Wrights - "Evie"), record producer and studio owner, born in Melbourne, Australia
  • Jan 2 Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank - "The Reason"), born in Agoura Hills, California
  • Jan 6 Yukana, Japanese voicer actress and singer, born in Futtsu, Japan
  • Jan 8 DJ Clue, [Ernesto Shaw] American hip-hop DJ and music producer, born in New York City
  • Jan 8 Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer, born in Chennai, India
  • Jan 10 Shannon Kavanaugh, American rocker (Ivory Soul), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Jan 12 Chase Hampton, American pop-rocker (The Party - "Rodeo", "That's Why"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Jan 12 Jason Freese, American musician, born in Orange County, California
  • Jan 15 Shahab Tolouie, Iranian Persian-Falmenco fusion guitarist, composer, and singer, born in Shahsavar, Mazandaran Province, Iran
  • Jan 17 Coco Lee, Chinese-American pop singer ("A Love Before Time"; "Tragic"), born in Hong Kong (d. 2023)
  • Jan 17 Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter and producer, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Jan 17 Tom Jenkinson, English bassist, composer, and electronic music producer (Squarepusher), born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom
  • Jan 19 Noah Georgeson, American musician and producer, born in Nevada City, California
  • Jan 20 Kati Agócs, American-Canadian composer (The Debrecen Passion), and educator (New England Conservatory), born in Windsor. Ontario
  • Jan 21 Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer (The Bandwagon; Selma; From the Dancehall to the Battlefield) and educator, born in Houston, Texas
  • Jan 28 Lee Latchford-Evans, British pop singer (The Steps), born in Chester, England
  • Jan 30 Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi), born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Jan 31 Kate Shutt, American jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
  • Feb 1 Big Boi [Antwan André Patton], American musician (Outkast), born in Savannah, Georgia
  • Feb 4 Natalie Imbruglia, Australian-British singer-songwriter (Left of the Middle), born in Sydney, Australia
  • Feb 5 Adam Carson, American musician (AFI), born in Ukiah, California
  • Feb 6 Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer, born in Kyoto, Japan
  • Feb 7 Wes Borland, American rock guitarist (Limp Bizkit), born in Richmond, Virginia
  • Feb 10 Kool Savas [Yuerderi], German rapper, born in Aachen, Germany
  • Feb 16 Nanase Aikawa, Japanese rock and J-pop singer, born in Osaka, Japan
  • Feb 17 Harisu [Lee Kyung-eun], South Korean singer, model and actress, born in Seongnam, Korea
  • Feb 19 Daniel Adair, Canadian drummer and percussionist (Nickelback; 3 Doors Down), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Feb 20 Brian Littrell, American pop (Backstreet Boys), and Christian music singer, born in Lexington, Kentucky

Robert Lopez (49 years old)

Feb 23 American composer (Frozen), youngest ever to become an EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony Awards winner), born in Manhattan, New York

  • Mar 3 Albert Fields, American pop and hip-hop singer (The Party - "Rodeo", "That's Why"), born in Gary, Indiana
  • Mar 4 Hawksley Workman [Ryan Corrigan], Canadian rock singer-songwriter. and guitarist, born in Huntsville, Ontario
  • Mar 6 Aracely Arámbula, Mexican telenovella actress and singer ("Sexy"), born in Chihuahua City, Mexico
  • Mar 6 Yannick Nézet-Séguin, French Canadian conductor (Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain, 2000-; Philadelphia Orchestra, 2010-26; Metropolitan Opera, 2018-present), born in Montréal, Quebec
  • Mar 8 Peggy Zina [Panagiota-Calliope Chrysicopoulou], Greek pop and modern laika singer, and piano player, born in Athens, Greece
  • Mar 9 Jane Antonia Cornish, British composer of contemporary classical music (Seascapes), and film scores (Five Children And It), born in London, England
  • Mar 12 Herman Li, British-Cantonese heavy metal guitarist (DragonForce), born in Hong Kong
  • Mar 12 Kéllé Bryan, British pop singer (Eternal - "I Wanna Be The Only One"), born in Plaistow, England
  • Mar 15 Ľubica Čekovská, Slovak classical pianist and composer (Fragments and Elegies; Two Portraits), born in Humenné, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

will.i.am (49 years old)

Mar 15 American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician (Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"), born in East Los Angeles, California

  • Mar 17 Justin Hawkins, British hard rock singer and guitarist (The Darkness - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"), born in Chertsey, Surrey, England
  • Mar 18 Rodleen Getsic, American actress, screenwriter, and singer, born in Wenatchee, Washington
  • Mar 18 Sutton Foster, American Tony Award-winning stage actress and singer (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Anything Goes; The Music Man), born in Statesboro, Georgia
  • Mar 19 Brann Dailor, American heavy metal drummer (Mastodon), born in Rochester, New York
  • Mar 19 Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese pop singer-lyricist (Black Biscuit - "Timing"), actress (The Knot), and model, born in Fengyuan District, Taiwan
  • Mar 24 Krisdayanti, Indonesian pop singer and actress, born in Batu, East Java, Indonesia
  • Mar 25 Melanie Blatt, British pop singer (All Saints - "Never Ever"), born in London, England

Fergie (49 years old)

Mar 27 American pop singer (The Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"), born in Hacienda Heights, California

  • Mar 28 Orrin Evans, American jazz pianist, born in Trenton, New Jersey
  • Apr 1 John Butler, American-Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer (John Butler Trio), born in Torrance, California
  • Apr 2 Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia

Juicy J (49 years old)

Apr 5 American rapper, songwriter, and record producer (Three 6 Mafia), born in Memphis, Tennessee

  • Apr 6 Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rAmerican apper and drummer (The Party), born in Houston, Texas
  • Apr 7 John Cooper, American contemporary Christian rock musician (Skillet), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Apr 8 Anouk [Schemmekes, née Teeuwe], Dutch rock singer-songwriter (Three Days In a Row), born in The Hague, Netherlands
  • Apr 10 Chris Carrabba, American rock singer and guitarist (Dashboard Confessional - "Stolen"; "Vindicated"), born in West Hartford, Connecticut

Lou Bega (49 years old)

Apr 13 German mambo musician (Mambo No. 5), and artist, born in Munich, Germany

  • Apr 14 Avner Dorman, Israeli composer (Variations Without A Theme; Dialogues of Love), conductor, and educator, born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
  • Apr 16 Joanna Ławrynowicz, Polish classical pianist, born in Warsaw, Poland [1]
  • Apr 23 Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós), born in Iceland
  • Apr 25 Ruben Gomez, American rocker (Menudo-Cannonball), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • Apr 26 Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2021)
  • May 2 Kate Baldwin, American stage actress and singer (Hello, Dolly!), born in Evanston, Illinois
  • May 3 Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist, born in Šibenik, Croatia
  • May 4 Pablo Ruiz, Spanish singer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • May 7 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

Enrique Iglesias (48 years old)

May 8 Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop ("Bailamos"; "Hero"), born in Madrid, Spain

  • May 9 Tamia [Washington], Canadian R&B, hiphop, and pop singer, born in Windsor, Ontario
  • May 16 B. Slade [Anthony Williams] (formerly known as Tonéx), American gospel, hip-hop, R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and social activist, born in San Diego, California
  • May 16 Tony Kakko, Finnish power metal singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Sonata Arctica), born in Kemi, Finland
  • May 17 Laura Voutilainen, Finnish pop singer, born in Jyväskylä, Finland
  • May 18 Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter (In Between Dreams, "Upside Down"), born in Oahu, Hawaii
  • May 18 Jem [Jemma Griffiths], Welsh pop-rock and "folktronica" singer-songwriter, and keyboard player, born in Penarth, Wales
  • May 18 Peter Iwers, Swedish heavy metal bassist (In Flames, 1999-2018), born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • May 18 Zach Gill, American singer-songwriter, pianist, accordion player, and banjo picker (Animal Liberation Orchestra; Jack Johnson), born in Santa Clara County, California
  • May 21 Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist (No Devotion), born in Pontypridd, Wales
  • May 24 Maria Lawson, British soul and R&B singer (Ti.Pi.Cal.), born in London

Lauryn Hill (48 years old)

May 26 American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill), born in East Orange, New Jersey

  • May 27 André 3000 [Benjamin], American rapper (Outkast), and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • May 27 Jadakiss [Jason Phillips], American rapper (The Lox), born in Yonkers, New York
  • May 27 ZP Theart, British heavy metal rock singer and musician (DragonForce; Skid Row), born in Clanwilliam, South Africa

Melanie Brown (48 years old)

May 29 English pop singer "Scary Spice" (Spice Girls), and television personality (America's Got Talent; X-FActor), born in Leeds, England

  • May 30 CeeLo Green [Thomas Callaway], American Grammy winning singer-songwriter (Crazy; F*** You), reality TV judge (The Voice, 2011-13), record producer, and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Jun 6 Cheer Chen [Chi-Chen], Taiwanese folk-rock singer-songwriter (Sofa Sea), born in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Jun 8 Levente Gyöngyösi Hungarian contemporary classical composer ("Birth" Symphony), born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Jun 14 Bob Nanna, American rock musician (Braid; Hey Mercedes; The City on Film), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jun 25 Chenoa [María Laura Corradini Falomir], Argentine-Spanish singer (Atrévete), born in Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Jun 28 Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (Dissection), born in Strömstad, Sweden (d. 2006)
  • Jul 1 Sufjan Stevens, American musician ("Illinois"), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • Jul 2 Erik Ohlsson, Swedish punk rock guitarist (Millencolin), and graphic artist, born in Orebro, Sweden
  • Jul 4 Tania Davis, Australian violinist, born in Sydney, Australia
  • Jul 5 Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr), born in Faroe Islands

50 Cent (48 years old)

Jul 6 American rapper and businessman, born in Queens, New York

  • Jul 8 Elias "E. Vil" Viljanen, Finnish heavy metal guitarist (Sonata Arctica), born in Tampere, Finland
  • Jul 9 Jack White [Gillis], American musician (The White Stripes; Racontuers), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • Jul 11 Lil' Kim [Kimberly Denise Jones], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • Jul 11 Samer el Nahhal, Finnish heavy metal bassist, sometimes known as OX (Lordi, 2005-19), born in Espoo, Finland
  • Jul 12 Cheyenne Jackson, American stage and screen actor and singer, born in Spokane, Washington
  • Jul 14 Taboo [Jaime Gomez], American rapper (Black Eyed Peas), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jul 16 Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist (No Devotion), born in Pontypridd, Wales
  • Jul 17 Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jul 18 Daron Malakian, American rock guitarist (System of a Down; Scars on Broadway), born in Hollywood, California
  • Jul 18 M.I.A [Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam], British-Sri Lankan rapper ("Paper Planes"; "Sunshowers"), born in London, England
  • Jul 27 Fred Mascherino, American musician (Taking Back Sunday), born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
  • Jul 28 Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer, born in Madrid, Spain
  • Jul 30 Tifini Hale, American pop singer (Party - "Rodeo"; "That's Why"), born in Palm Springs, California (d. 2021)
  • Jul 31 Allan von Schenkel, American double bassist, composer and performance artist, born in California
  • Jul 31 Kavinsky [Vincent Belorgey], French DJ and musician (Drive, OutRun), born in Seine-Saint-Denis, France
  • Aug 5 Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica), born in Vantaa, Finland
  • Aug 7 Gaahl [Kristian Eivind Espedal], Norwegian black metal vocalist (Gorgoroth), born in Sunnfjord, Norway
  • Aug 7 Koray Candemir, Turkish singer, songwriter and producer (Kargo; maSKott), born in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Aug 11 Chris Kelly [Mack Daddy], rapper (Kris Kross - "Warm It Up"), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
  • Aug 11 Davey von Bohlen, American musician, (The Promise Ring, Maritime)
  • Aug 11 Ronald Clarke, American musician and founder of aliennetwork Records
  • Aug 22 Jean-François “Jeff” Stinco, French-Canadian punk-pop guitarist (Simple Plan), born in Montreal, Quebec (some sources cite 1978)
  • Aug 23 Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler, born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • Aug 29 Kyle Cook, American rock guitarist, and banjo player (Matchbox Twenty - "Bent"; "Unwell"), born in Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Aug 31 Daniel Harding, British conductor (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 2007 to present), born in Oxford, England
  • Aug 31 James Black, Canadian singer-songwriter (Finger Eleven), born in Ontario, Canada
  • Aug 31 Sara Ramirez, Mexican actress (Grey's Anatomy), and singer, born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
  • Sep 1 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress (Neighbours), and rock singer (Rough Tarders - "Voodoo Child"), born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  • Sep 1 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist

Mark Ronson (48 years old)

Sep 4 British-American record producer, songwriter and DJ (Uptown Funk), born in London, England

  • Sep 5 Charles Greywolf [David Vogt], German heavy metal guitarist and record producer (Powerwolf), born in Berus, West Germany
  • Sep 7 Marie-Agnès Gillot, French ballet dancer & choreographer, born in Caen, France
  • Sep 8 Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane), born in Gravesend, Kent, England

Michael Bublé (48 years old)

Sep 9 Canadian Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer ("Haven't Met You Yet"; "It's A Beautiful Day"), and actor, born in Burnaby, British Columbia

  • Sep 11 Mark Klepaski, American bass guitarist (Breaking Benjamin), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  • Sep 13 Joe Don Rooney, American musician (Rascal Flatts), born in Baxter Springs, Kansas
  • Sep 17 Constantine Maroulis, American rock singer (American Idol, season 4), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • Sep 22 Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter (Ostava)
  • Sep 23 Layzie Bone [Steven Howse], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Sep 25 Mariusz Duda, Polish rock bassist and singer (Riverside), born in Wegorzewo, Poland
  • Sep 26 Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna and Triakel), born in Krokom, Sweden
  • Sep 28 Mandy Barnett, American country singer ("Maybe"; "The Whispering Wind"), born in Crossville, Tennesee
  • Sep 29 Nathan Daughtrey, American classical marimba player, composer (Limerick Daydreams), and educator, born in North Carolina
  • Sep 30 Georges-Alain Jones, French pop singer ("Embrasse"), born in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
  • Oct 3 India Arie [Simpson], American Grammy Award-winning neo-soul singer ("I Am Light"; Voyage to India), born in Denver, Colorado
  • Oct 3 Talib Kweli [Greene], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • Oct 7 Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go), born in Washington, D.C.
  • Oct 7 Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician, born in Northampton, United Kingdom
  • Oct 9 Sean Ono Lennon, British-American rock musician and producer (Cibo Matto; The Claypool-Lennon Delirium), born in New York City
  • Oct 14 Teresa "Shaznay" Lewis, British singer (All Saints), born in Islington, London
  • Oct 15 Ginuwine [Elgin Baylor Lumpkin], American singer (Ginuwine...The Bachelor), born in Washington, D.C.
  • Oct 23 Jessicka [Jessica Fodera], American goth-rock, alt-pop singer-songwriter and artist, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Oct 25 Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician (Kings of Convenience), born in Bergen, Norway
  • Oct 27 Igor Lumpert, Slovene jazz-fusion saxophonist (The Sidewinders), born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia
  • Oct 30 Ian D'Sa, British-Canadian guitarist and vocalist (Billy Talent), born in Ealing, London
  • Nov 1 Bo Bice, American singer (The Real Thing), born in Huntsville, Alabama
  • Nov 1 Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American musician (Code of Ethics), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Nov 2 Chris Walla, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (Death Cab for Cutie, 1997-2014 - "You Are A Tourist"), born in Bothell, Washington
  • Nov 4 Michael Osmond, American singer (Osmond Boys), born in Utah
  • Nov 5 Jamie Madrox [Spaniolo], American horrorcore rapper (Twizted), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • Nov 5 Keala Settle, American stage and screen actress and singer (Hands on a Hardbody; The Greatest Showman), born in Laie, Hawaii
  • Nov 5 Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh pop singer (Steps - "5,6,7,8";"Heartbeat / Tragedy"), born in St Asaph, Wales
  • Nov 10 Jim Adkins, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"), born in Mesa, Arizona
  • Nov 12 Tevin Jermod Campbell, American rapper, born in Dallas, Texas
  • Nov 14 Faye Tozer, British pop singer-songwriter (Steps - "Heartbeat"; "Tragedy"), born in Northampton, England

Travis Barker (48 years old)

Nov 14 American drummer (Blink-182 - "All the Small Things"; +44), born in Fontana, California

  • Nov 17 Lord Infamous [Ricky T Dunigan], American rapper (Three 6 Mafia), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Nov 20 (Frederick) Dierks Bentley, American country singer ("What Was I Thinkin'"; "Drunk On A Plane"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Nov 20 Davey Havok [David Paden Marchand], American singer (AFI), born in Rochester, New York
  • Nov 22 Aiko [Yanai], Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter ("Boyfriend"; "Hoshi no Nai Sekai"/"World Without Stars"), born in Osaka, Japan

DJ Khaled (48 years old)

Nov 26 American DJ, record producer and rapper ("I'm the One", "Higher"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Nov 28 Satyr [Sigurd Wongraven], Norwegian heavy metal musician (Satyricon), born in Oslo, Norway
  • Nov 30 Mindy McCready, American country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time"; "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", born in Fort Myers, Florida (d. 2013)
  • Dec 3 Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép), born in Beregszász, Transcarpathia
  • Dec 3 Mickey Avalon [Yeshe Perl], American rapper, born in Hollywood, California
  • Dec 13 Tom DeLonge, American rock guitarist (blink-182, Angels & Airwaves), born in Poway, California
  • Dec 14 Justin Furstenfeld, American rock singer, lyricist, and guitar player (Blue October; Harvard of the South), born in Houston, Texas
  • Dec 16 Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian rock singer and songwriter (Billy Talent), born in Pierrefonds, Quebec
  • Dec 16 Jacob "Jake" Cinninger, American rock guitarist, and songwriter (Umphrey's McGee), born in Niles, Michigan
  • Dec 16 Nawo Kawakita, Japanese heavy metal drummer (Maximum the Hormone), born in Tokyo, Japan
  • Dec 18 Sia [Furler], Australian singer-songwriter and producer (Titanium), born in Adalaide, Australia
  • Dec 19 Casual [Jon Owens], American rapper (Smash Rockwell), born in Oakland, California
  • Dec 21 Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Dec 23 Yasmin Levy, Israeli Ladino singer, born in Baka, Jerusalem, Israel

About 1975

How Old? 48 or 49 years old
Generation: Generation X

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger (Jan 23, 1974 - Feb 10, 1975),
Rabbit (Feb 11, 1975 - Jan 30, 1976)