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Births


 * 1486 - Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)
 * 1803 - Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer (d. 1888)
 * 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920)
 * 1856 - Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (d. 1909)
 * 1872 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
 * 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (d. 1993)
 * 1924 - Earl Scruggs, American musician
 * 1937 - Doris Troy, American singer (d. 2004)
 * 1940 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)
 * 1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (d. 2006)
 * 1953 - Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
 * 1959 - Kathy Sledge, American singer
 * 1964 - Mark O'Toole, English bass guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
 * 1966 - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
 * 1966 - A. R. Rahman, Indian composer
 * 1971 - Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer
 * 1972 - Nek, Italian singer