- 1655 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, born in Dompierre, Orne, France (d. 1730)
- 1768 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
- 1856 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1924)
- 1876 Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel; Pallieter), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1954)
- 1887 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, born in Sulina, Romania (d. 1964)
- 1888 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls"), born in Paris (d. 1972)
- 1890 Guido Guerrini, Italian composer, born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1965)
- 1891 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1971)
- 1898 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1963)
- 1900 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1975)
- 1901 Ernst Pepping, German composer, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1981)
- 1904 Gavriil Popov, Soviet Russian composer, born in Novocherkassk, Russia (d. 1972)
- 1905 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
- 1906 Ruvim Pergament, composer, born in Petrozavodsk, Russia (d. 1965)
- 1915 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer ("That Old Black Magic") and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1988)
- 1922 Jackson Mac Low, American poet and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- 1923 Julie Mandell, American pop and theatre songwriter, and classical composer (The Pious Cat), born in New York City
- 1929 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
- 1930 Larry Austin, American classical and electronic composer and educator, born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
- 1931 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
- 1934 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1938 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
- 1938 Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), born in New York City (d. 1993)
- 1939 Phillip Ramey, American composer, born in Elmhurst, Illinois
- 1941 Hans-Karsten Raecke, German composer, born in Rostock, Germany
- 1942 Tomés Marco, Spanish composer (Transfiguración), born in Madrid, Spain
- 1943 Maria Muldaur, American folk-blues-pop singer ("Midnight at the Oasis"), born in Greenwich Village, New York
Barry White (1944-2003)
American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1944 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
- 1945 David Garrick [Philip Darryl Core], British singer ("Dear Mrs Applebee"), born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 2013)
- 1945 John Mauceri, American conductor (Washington, D.C. Opera), born in New York City
- 1946 Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy, American rock guitarist (Redbone), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2009)
- 1948 Luis Lima, Argentinian operatic tenor, born in Córdoba, Argentina
- 1949 Tony Stevens, English rocker (Foghat; Savoy Brown), born in London
- 1952 Gerry Beckley, American rock vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (America - "Sister Golden Hair"), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- 1952 Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush - "Limelight"; "Peaceable Kingdom"), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 2020)
- 1956 Barry Andrews, British rock musician (XTC; League of Gentlemen; Shreikback), born in West Norwood, London
- 1956 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer (Farewell My Concubine), born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
- 1957 Hans Zimmer, German Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (The Lion King; Dune (2021); Inception; Kung Fu Panda), born in Frankfurt, West Germany
- 1959 Peter Anthony Togni, Canadian pianist, organist, composer (Responsio), and radio broadcaster, born in Pembroke, Ontario
- 1961 Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer-songwriter (Ana Wa Laila - Me and Laila), born in Mosul, Iraq
- 1961 Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer (Cendres de Lune) and actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1962 Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1965 John Norwood Fisher, American ska-funk bassist (Fishbone), born in California
- 1966 Ben Folds, American singer and songwriter (Ben Folds Five), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- 1968 [Reid Laurence] Larry LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus - "Frizzle Fry"), born in Richmond, California
- 1970 Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One), born in Maryland
- 1974 Jennifer Nettles, American country singer (Sugarland), born in Douglas, Georgia
- 1976 Bizzy Bone [Bryon Anthony McCane], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Columbus, Ohio
- 1977 2 Chainz [Tauheed Epps], American rapper, born in College Park, Georgia
- 1977 Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
- 1977 James McCartney, British musician son of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in London, England
- 1977 Jeff Irwin, American rock and jazz bassist, born in Creve Coeur, Missouri
- 1978 Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine), born in Bridgend, South Wales
- 1978 Ruben Studdard, American singer (American Idol, I Need An Angel), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1980 Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, Dream Evil), born in Thessaloniki, Greece
Jennifer Hudson (42 years old)
1981 American Academy Award-winning actress (Dreamgirls; Respect) and Grammy Award-winning singer ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"), television talk show host, and Tony Award-winning producer (A Strange Loop), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1983 Carly Smithson, Irish singer (Ultimate High), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1985 Champian Fulton, American jazz pianist and singer (Birdsong), born in Norman, Oklahoma
- 1986 Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer, born in New York City
- 1988 Aaron Sidwell, English actor and singer, born in Maidstone, Kent, England
- 1993 Kelsea Ballerini, American singer-songwriter (Love Me Like You Mean It), born in Mascot, Tennessee
- 1994 RM [Kim Nam-joon], South Korean rapper (BTS), born in Ilsan, South Korea
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