- 1744 Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
- 1759 Charles Duquesnoy, composer
- 1819 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1885)
- 1830 Karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
- 1836 Isidor Vorobchievici, composer
- 1854 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (To my Fatherland)
- 1875 Guido Alberto Fano, Italian composer and pianist, born in Padua (d. 1961)
- 1881 Georgi Atanasov, composer
- 1882 Eduardo Fabini, composer
- 1886 Ole Windingstad, composer
- 1901 Harry Robert Wilson, composer
- 1901 Henri-Pierre Sauguet, composer (La Chotte), born in Bordeaux, France
- 1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man)
- 1905 Eric Zeisl, Austrian American composer, born in Vienna (d. 1959)
- 1907 Clifford Curzon, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal), born in London, England
- 1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll)
- 1912 Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg Pa, singer/TV (Perry Como Show)
- 1913 Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1919 Margot Fonteyn, English prima ballerina (Giselle), born in Reigate, England (1991)
- 1920 Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
- 1922 Kai Winding, Danish-American Jazz musician and trombonist (Georgia On My Mind), born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1983)
- 1923 Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek, The Magic Sword, Monroes), born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1998)
- 1929 Roger Matton, composer
- 1939 Gary S. Paxton [Larry Wayne Stevens], American musician and songwriter (Monster Mash, Alley Oop), born in Coffeyville, Kansas (d. 2016)
- 1942 Rodney Dillard, rocker (Glittergrass)
- 1944 Albert Hammond, rocker (It Never Rains In Southern California ), born in London
- 1946 George Young, Scottish-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (the Easybeats, Flash and the Pan), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2017)
- 1948 Joe Bonsall, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1949 Bill Wallace, rocker/actor (Fear, Avenging Force, Desperate)
- 1949 Rick Wakeman, English, rock keyboardist (Yes), born in London
- 1949 William Wallace, rocker (Guess Who)
- 1952 George Strait, Pearsall Tx, country singer (All My Exes Live in Texas)
- 1953 [Feliciano] Butch Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
- 1954 Wreckless Eric, rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff)
- 1954 Reinhold Heil, German composer
- 1957 Michael Cretu, rocker (Enigma)
- 1958 Toyah Wilcox, rocker (I Want to Be Free), born in Birmingham, England
- 1962 Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
- 1962 Sandra Cretu, German singer
- 1965 Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. 1995)
- 1966 Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
- 1967 Rob Base, American rapper
- 1969 Martika, [Marta Marrero], Cuba, singer (Toy Soldiers)
- 1975 Jack Johnson, American musician
- 1980 Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
- 1982 Eric West, American singer and actor