- 1567 Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician
- 1740 Matej Sojka, Bohemian composer, born in Vilémov (d. 1817)
- 1751 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer
- 1752 Josef Reicha, Czech composer
- 1753 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer
- 1758 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
- 1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
- 1778 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
- 1853 Bertram Luard-Selby, composer
- 1867 Joe Howard, American vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue), born in NYC, New York
- 1870 Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
- 1885 Licinio Refice, composer
- 1886 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer
- 1886 Michel Brusselmans, composer
- 1891 Maurice Yvain, composer
- 1898 [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
- 1899 Albert Huybrechts, composer
- 1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
- 1909 Barry Wood, vocalist (Your Hit Parade), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1914 Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
- 1916 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode)
- 1917 Thomas K Scherman, American conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75), born in NYC, New York
- 1923 Mel Powell, American composer (Pulitzer Prize Music 1990), born in New York City (d. 1998)
- 1929 Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, Spanish composer, born in Alsasua
- 1935 Gene McDaniels, US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers)
- 1936 Arnost Parsch, composer
- 1939 Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier)
- 1942 Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz
- 1942 Rick Frank, American drummer (Elephant’s Memory)
- 1944 Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol’ Boys)
- 1945 Joe Schermie, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1946 Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
- 1947 Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
- 1949 Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog)
- 1950 Steve Hackett, rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR)
- 1951 Gil “The Bird” Moore, rocker (Triumph)
- 1952 Michael McDonald, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1954 Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian
- 1955 Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
- 1958 Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
- 1959 Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report)
- 1967 Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
- 1968 Chynna Phillips, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1968 Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
- 1969 Meja [Anna Kullersten}, Swedish singer-songwriter (How Crazy Are You?), born in Nynäshamn, Stockholm County
- 1970 Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
