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Births
 * 1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)
 * 1904 – John Snagge, British radio personality (d. 1996)
 * 1905 – Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
 * 1911 – Robert Johnson, American blues musician (d. 1938)
 * 1930 – Heather Harper, Irish singer
 * 1940 – Ricky Nelson, American singer (d. 1985)
 * 1940 – Toni Tennille, American singer
 * 1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
 * 1941 – John Fred, American singer (d. 2005)
 * 1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, British bassist (The Yardbirds)
 * 1944 – Gary Glitter, English singer
 * 1945 – Keith Jarrett, American musician
 * 1948 – Felicity Lott, English singer
 * 1950 – Robert Mugge, American music documentary film maker
 * 1951 – Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * 1951 – Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads)
 * 1953 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
 * 1953 – Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
 * 1960 – Eric Brittingham, American bassist
 * 1963 – Terry Christian, British radio presenter
 * 1963 – Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer and songwriter
 * 1963 – Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
 * 1964 – Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
 * 1966 – Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
 * 1973 – Kris Hudson-Lee, English musician
 * 1975 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer
 * 1976 – Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)
 * 1978 – Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
 * 1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
 * 1981 – Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist
 * 1983 – Matt Willis, British singer