Birthdays in Music
- Aug 30 Rich Cronin, American singer songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Sep 4 Nona Gaye, American singer and daughter of Marvin Gaye, born in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 4 Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 6 Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans), born in Örebro, Sweden
- Sep 9 Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin), born in Örebro, Sweden
- Sep 9 Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician, born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil
- Sep 12 Jennifer Nettles, American country singer (Sugarland), born in Douglas, Georgia
- Sep 13 Keith Murray, American rapper (Def Squad), born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York
- Sep 15 Jamie Stevens, German singer
- Sep 17 Mirah [Yom Tov Zeitlyn], American singer-songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sep 18 Xzibit [Alvin Nathaniel Joiner], American rapper and actor (At the Speed of Life, Pimp My Ride), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 21 Taral Hicks, American actress and singer, born in The Bronx, New York
- Sep 22 Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
- Sep 25 Daniel Kessler, American musician (Interpol), born in London, United Kingdom
- Sep 26 Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat, born in Quito, Ecuador
- Oct 1 Keith Duffy, Irish pop singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 5 Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer, born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
- Oct 5 Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists), born in Helena, Montana
- Oct 7 Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer, born in Hovmantorp, Sweden
- Oct 8 DJ Q-Ball [Harry Dean, Jr.], American musician and actor (Bloodhound Gang), born in Limerick, Pennsylvania
- Oct 11 Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 13 Hawick Lau, Hong Kong Chinese actor (Sealed with a Kiss) and singer, born in Hong Kong
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Oct 14 Natalie Maines, American country musician (The Chicks, formerly known as Dixie Chicks), born in Lubbock, Texas
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- Oct 14 Shaggy 2 Dope [Joseph Utsler], American rapper (Psychopathic Records), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 16 Deo Grech, Maltese television presenter and songwriter, born in Kalkara, Malta
- Oct 17 Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboardist (HIM), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 18 Peter Svensson, Swedish musician and songwriter (The Cardigans - "Lovefool"), born in Huskvarna, Sweden
- Oct 18 Zhou Xun, Quzhou, Zhejiang, Chinese actress and singer (Suzhou River, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress)
- Oct 20 SubtractiveLAD [Stephen Hummel] Canadian electronic music composer and performer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Oct 22 Tim Kinsella, American musician
- Oct 26 Lisa [Elizabeth Sakura Narita], Japanese musician (M-Flo), born in Tokyo
- Oct 31 Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2007)
- Nov 2 Nelly [Cornell Haynes Jr.], American rapper, born in Austin, Texas
- Nov 2 Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (Mobb Deep), born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (d. 2017)
- Nov 4 Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta), born in Redwood City. California
- Nov 5 Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy), born in Cologne, Germany
- Nov 5 Ryan Adams, American musician, singer and songwriter (Whiskeytown), born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
- Nov 7 Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer (Turbonegro), born in Oslo, Norway
- Nov 9 Joe C. [Joseph Calleja], American rapper (hype man for Kid Rock), born in Taylor, Michigan (d. 2000)
- Nov 10 Niko Hurme, Finnish musician (Stala & so), born in Karkkila, Finland
- Nov 11 Static Major [Stephen Garrett], American R&B singer and songwriter, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2008)
- Nov 15 Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
- Nov 16 Eric Judy, American rock bassist (Modest Mouse), born in Issaquah, Washington
- Nov 26 Jamie Jones, American singer (All 4 One), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 28 apl.de.ap [Allan Pineda Lindo], Filipino-American rapper and producer (Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"), born in Angeles, Philippines
- Dec 1 David Ludwig, American composer
- Dec 7 Nicole Appleton, English-Canadian singer (All Saints), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Dec 8 Cristian Castro, Mexican singer, born in Mexico City, Mexico
- Dec 8 Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), born in Massachusetts
- Dec 9 Canibus [Germaine Williams], American rapper, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Dec 10 Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes), born in Grosse Point Farms, Michigan
- Dec 13 Nicholas McCarthy, German-English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand), born in Blackpool, England
- Dec 18 Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
- Dec 19 Mikko "Mige" Paananen, Finnish rock bassist (HIM), born in Helsinki, Finland.
- Dec 20 Die, Japanese rock guitarist (Dir en grey), born in Mie, Japan