- 1619 Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer, baptised in Venice (d. 1677)
- 1651 Johann Michael Zacher, composer
- 1664 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
- 1665 Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1743)
- 1748 Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
- 1858 Albert Fuchs, composer
- 1873 Mary Carr Moore, American composer, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1957)
- 1875 Marcel Labey, composer
- 1883 Francesco Santoliquido, composer
- 1886 Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, born in Oberlin, Ohio (d. 1971)
- 1888 Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone, born in Braubach (d. 1952)
- 1896 Cyril Mockridge, composer
- 1902 Michal Vilec, composer
- 1906 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
- 1908 George Singer, composer
- 1908 Svend Erik Tarp, composer
- 1910 Friedrich Schroder, composer
- 1918 Norman Granz, American record producer (Jazz at the Philharmonic; Verve Records), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
- 1923 Jack Parnell, orchestra leader (Englebert Humperdick Show), born in London, England
- 1925 Leland Smith, composer
- 1929 Mike Elliott, saxophonist, born in Jamaica, West Indies
- 1930 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American civil rights activist, jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress (Nothing But a Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
- 1937 Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
- 1937 Paul Griffin, American session musician and pianist, born in Harlem, New York (d. 2000)
- 1937 Charlie [Charles Edward] Haden, American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra), born in Shenandoah, Iowa (d. 2014)
- 1939 William "Sonny" Sanders, US singer (Rayber Voices)
- 1941 Doris Ernestine Hays, composer
- 1946 Allan Holdsworth, British guitarist, born in Bradford (d. 2017)
- 1952 Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist (Kayak, Earth & Fire), born in Hilversum, The Netherlands
- 1952 Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
- 1953 Pat MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
- 1954 Elma Miller, Canadian composer, born in Toronto
- 1958 Randy DeBarge, rock vocalist/bassist (Debarge), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
- 1958 Simon Francken, Dutch bassist (Ivy Green)
- 1959 Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All)
- 1965 Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
- 1969 Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
Geri Horner
1972 Geri Horner [Halliwell], British pop singer "Ginger Spice" (Spice Girls), born in Watford, England
Geri Horner
- 1980 Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer