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Births

 * 1533 – Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. 1604)
 * 1692 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
 * 1889 – Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. 1983)
 * 1920 – Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
 * 1921 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
 * 1921 – Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984)
 * 1928 – Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist
 * 1929 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
 * 1929 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
 * 1933 – Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004)
 * 1941 – Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
 * 1942 – Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family, Streetwalkers)
 * 1947 – Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
 * 1949 – Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
 * 1962 – Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
 * 1963 – Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
 * 1964 – Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey
 * 1972 – Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot)
 * 1974 – Chino XL, American rapper
 * 1975 – Anouk, Dutch singer