- 1664 Johann Speth, German composer, born in Speinshart
- 1697 Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1760)
- 1760 Henri-Philippe Gerard, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1848)
- 1821 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, born in Alsace, Guebwiller (d. 1910)
- 1835 Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, born in Dvorje, Slovenia (d. 1914)
- 1835 Jean-Theodore Radoux, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1911)
- 1837 Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, born in London (d. 1876)
- 1854 Joseph Miroslav Weber, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1906)
- 1868 Andrea d'Angeli, Italian composer, born in Italy (d. 1940)
- 1880 Rudolph Karel, Czech composer, born in Pilsen, Czech Republic (d. 1945)
- 1885 Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor, born in Montagnana, Italy (d. 1952)
- 1907 Burrill Phillips, American composer (Play Ball), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1988)
- 1918 Howard Shanet, American conductor (Night of the Tropics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
- 1921 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, born in Montreal, Canada (d. 2011)
- 1929 Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova, Russian composer, born in Volgograd, Russia
Mary Travers
1936 Mary Travers, American folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2009)
Mary Travers
- 1940 Sergio Cervetti, composer, born in Dolores, Uruguay
Tom Fogerty
1941 Tom Fogerty, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1990)
Tom Fogerty
- 1943 Lee Graziano, American rock drummer (American Breed), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1944 Phil May, English rocker (Pretty Things), born in Dartford, Kent
- 1948 Alan Gratzer, rock drummer (Reo Speedwagon), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1948 Michel Pagliaro, Canadian rock singer, born in Montreal, Canada
- 1949 Tommy Caldwell, American rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 1980)
- 1954 Dennis Stratton, rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London, England
- 1954 Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
- 1959 Thomas Quasthoff, German singer
- 1960 Joëlle Ursull, a Guadeloupean singer
- 1965 Bryn Terfel, Welsh baritone
- 1968 Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist
- 1969 Pepa [Sandra Denton], Jamaican-American hip hop artist (Salt-n-Pepa) and actress, born in Kingston, Jamaica (birth date disputed)
- 1969 Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Partyline, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1970 Susan Tedeschi, American musician
- 1970 Scarface [Brad Terrence Jordan], American rapper (Geto Boys), born in Houston, Texas
- 1973 Nick Lachey, American singer
- 1974 Joe C. [Joseph Calleja], American rapper (hype man for Kid Rock), born in Taylor, Michigan (d. 2000)
- 1978 Sisqó [Mark Althavean Andrews], American singer (Dru Hill, Unleash the Dragon), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1984 Delta Goodrem, Australian singer