- 1739 Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, born in Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1818)
- 1746 Georg Anton Kreusser, German composer, born in Triefenstein, Germany (d. 1810)
- 1775 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, German composer, born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1831)
- 1782 Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1840)
- 1817 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899)
- 1868 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Lurgan, Ireland (d. 1934)
- 1873 Henry Tate, Australian composer and poet, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1926)
- 1907 Helmut Walcha, a blind German organist (church music), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1991)
- 1909 Henry "Mule" Townsend, American blues singer, guitarist, and piano player, born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2006)
- 1910 Folke Eriksberg [Eriksberger], Swedish jazz and session guitarist, and composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1976)
- 1912 Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican composer, often of player piano music (Soundings 4), born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1997)
- 1912 Gösta Törner, Swedish hot jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1982)
- 1917 Carl "Bama" Warwick, American jazz trumpeter (Dizzy Gillespie; John Kirby; Woody Herman; Buddy Rich), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2003)
- 1919 Babs Gonzales [Lee Brown], American be-bop jazz vocalist, poet, and songwriter ("Oop-Pop-A-Da"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1980)
- 1921 Anestis Logothetis, Austrian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 1994)
- 1922 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)
- 1924 Bonnie Lou [Mary Joan Okum], American rockabilly musician ("Tennessee Mambo"), born in Towanda, Illinois (d. 2015)
- 1924 Gary Chester [Cesario Gurciullo], Italian-American session drummer (Ben E. King; Dionne Warwick; John Denver) and drum instructor, born in Siracusa, Italy (d. 1987)
- 1924 George Wallington [Giacinto Figlia], Italian-American jazz pianist, composer ("Lemon Drop"; "Godchild"), and bandleader, born in Palermo, Sicily (d. 1993)
- 1927 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L'Oeil écoute - The Eye Listens), born in Paris (d. 2013)
- 1927 Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), born in York, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
- 1933 Floyd Cramer, American Country Music Hall of Fame pianist ("Last Date"; "On the Rebound"), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1997)
- 1934 Barre Phillips, American jazz double bassist, based in France, born in San Francisco, California
- 1934 Ivan Jullien, French jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, born in Vincennes, France (d. 2015)
- 1938 Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2013)
- 1939 Dallas Frazier, American country music songwriter ("Alley Oop"; "Elvira"; "There Goes My Everything"), born in Spiro, Oklahoma (d. 2022)
- 1940 Anthea Joseph, British folk music promoter, and record company publicist, born in London, England (d. 1997)
- 1940 Julius Eastman, American pianist, vocalist, and minimalist composer (The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc; Gay Guerrilla), born in New York City (d. 1990)
- 1942 Lee Greenwood, American country singer ("God Bless the USA"; "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"), born in South Gate, California
- 1942 Mike Appel, American musician, songwriter and producer (Sir Lord Baltimore; Bruce Springsteen), born in Flushing, Queens, New York
- 1942 Philip Catherine, Belgian jazz guitarist (Chet Baker; Stephane Grappelli; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; Jean-Luc Ponty), born in London, England
- 1946 Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1948 Byron Allred, American rock keyboardist (Steve Miller Band), born in Logan, Utah
- 1948 Sherman Robertson, American blues guitarist (I'm the Man), born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
- 1949 Garry Tallent, American rock bassist and producer (E Street Band), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1949 Jack Daniels, American country guitarist (Highway 101 - "Cry, Cry, Cry"; "Who's Lonely Now?"), born in Choctaw, Oklahoma,
- 1951 K. K. Downing, British rock guitarist (Judas Priest - "Breakin' The Law"), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
- 1952 Bill Bottrell, American Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, songwriter and record producer (Sheryl Crow; Shelby Lynne; Michael Jackson; Rosanne Cash), born in California
- 1954 Uffe Steen, Danish jazz, rock and blues electric guitarist, born in Odense, Denmark
- 1956 Ben Besiakov, Danish jazz pianist and jazz-fusion keyboard player, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1958 Hazell Dean [Poole], English disco singer (Always Doesn't Mean Forever), born in Chelmsford, Essex, England
- 1958 Manu Katché, French session and touring drummer (Peter Gabriel; Preface; Sting), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
- 1958 Simon Le Bon, English rock vocalist (Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"), born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
- 1960 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), born in Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan, USSR (d. 2015)
- 1961 Håkan Hardenberger, Swedish classical trumpet soloist, and conductor, born in Malmö, Sweden
- 1961 Igor Butman, Russian-American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, born in Lenningrad, Russia, Soviet Union
Scott Weiland (1967-2015)
American rock singer-songwrite (Stone Temple Pilots; Velvet Revolver), born in San Jose, California
- 1970 Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth), born in Malmö, Sweden
- 1972 Elissa [Elissar Zakaria Khoury] Lebanese singer, born in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon
- 1972 Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1975 Igor Lumpert, Slovene jazz-fusion saxophonist (The Sidewinders), born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia
- 1978 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist (Five Great Violins), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2017)
- 1978 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
- 1980 Missy Mazzoli, American classical composer (Breaking the Waves; The Listeners), and pianist, born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania
- 1980 Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter (46th Eurovision Song Contest winner, 2001 - "Everybody"), born in Uhtna, Estonia
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