- 1964-04-30 Barrington Levy, Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer ("Englishman"), born in Clarendon, Jamaica
- 1966-01-17 Shabba Ranks [Rexton Gordon], Jamaican dancehall musician and reggae deejay (X-tra Naked), born in St. Ann, Jamaica
- 1973-01-09 Sean Paul, Jamaican dancehall singer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1975-01-21 Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer (The Bandwagon; Selma; From the Dancehall to the Battlefield) and educator, born in Houston, Texas
- 1977-04-17 Sizzla Kalonji [Miguel Orlando Collins], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1981-06-27 Mikaben [Michael Benjamin], Haitian zouk and dancehall singer-songwriter, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (d. 2022)
- 1981-08-21 Collie Buddz [Colin Patrick Harper], American reggae and dancehall artist ("Come Around"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2022-10-15 Mikaben [Michael Benjamin], Haitian zouk and dancehall singer-songwriter, dies onstage in Paris of a heart attack at 41