- 1587 Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)
- 1636 Pietro Sanmartini, composer
- 1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer and musicographer
- 1752 Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
- 1765 Oliver Holden, composer
- 1772 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer
- 1860 Alberto Franchetti, composer
- 1877 Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)
- 1883 Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood)
- 1885 Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer
- 1890 Vladimir Ambros, composer
- 1893 Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (Jamaican Rumba), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1897 Pablo Sorozabal Marialcurrena, composer
- 1910 Josef Tal, Israeli composer (Israeli art music), born in Pinne, German Poland (d. 2008)
- 1910 Leon Stein, American composer, born in Chicago (d. 2002)
- 1917 Alan Ande Anderson, opera director
- 1922 Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
- 1928 Adam Walacinski, composer
- 1929 Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
- 1933 Jimmie F. Rodgers [James Frederick], American singer and guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb), born in Camas, Washington
- 1933 Manfred Niehaus, composer
- 1937 Norman Dinnerstein, composer
- 1939 Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer
- 1940 Frankie Avalon [Francis Avallone], American actor and singer (Beach Party, Venus), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1941 Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson, composer
- 1943 Michael Vetter, composer
- 1944 Michael Franks, rocker
- 1944 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
- 1947 Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast)
- 1949 Kerry Livgren, American rock guitarist (Kansas), born in Topeka, Kansas
- 1950 Mike Hossack, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers), born in Patterson, New Jersey (d. 2012)
- 1951 Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones), born in Fort Lee, Virginia (d. 2002)
- 1962 Joanne Catherall, rock vocalist (Human League), born in Sheffield, England
- 1966 Spike, guitarist (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac) [or Feb 4]
- 1967 Ricky Bell, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1968 Cappadonna [Darryl Hill], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Staten Island, New York
- 1971 Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
- 1973 Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi)
- 1974 Xzibit [Alvin Nathaniel Joiner], American rapper and actor (At the Speed of Life, Pimp My Ride), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1980 Charles Hedger - British musician (Cradle of Filth)
- 1984 Dizzee Rascal [Dylan Kwabena Mills], English rapper (Boy in da Corner), born in London, England
- 1987 Jinkx Monsoon [Jerick Hoffer], American drag queen, actor and singer (RuPaul's Drag Race season 5 winner), born in Portland, Oregon