1. avgust

1659 - Antoine Mouque, composer
1685 - Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer
1686 - Benedetto Marcello, Venice Italy, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)
1755 - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer
1766 - Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
1779 - Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1824 - Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer
1840 - Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
1847 - Guido Papini, violinist/composer
1848 - František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor
1858 - Hans Rott, composer
1871 - Oskar Fried, composer
1882 - Vaclav Klicka, composer
1888 - Vito Frazzi, composer
1898 - Morris Stoloff, Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)
1899 - William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
1908 - Miloslav Kabelac, composer
1910 - Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
1911 - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician
1913 - Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
1914 - Jack Delano, composer
1923 - Yoshinao Nakada, composer
1926 - Karl Kohn, composer
1930 - Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
1930 - Lionel Bart [Begleiter], Stepney, London, English pop music composer and writer (Oliver!)
1931 - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, rocker
1931 - Sean O Riada, composer
1941 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1942 - Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle John’s Band, Sugar Magnolia)
1942 - André Gagnon, French Canadian pianist and composer
1943 - Dennis Paxton, rocker (Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over)
1947 - Rick Anderson, rock bassist (Tubes)
1947 - Ricky Coonce, Los Angeles California, rock drummer (Grass Roots)
1949 - Primous, III Fountain, composer
1951 - Robin Heifetz, composer
1953 - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
1958 - Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
1959 - Joe Elliott, Sheffield, England, heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1959 - Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician
1960 - Chuck D, [Chuck Ridenhour], US rapper (Public Enemy)
1963 - Coolio [Artis Leon Ivey Jr.], Monessen Pennsylvania, rapper (Gangsta Paradise)
1964 - Nick Christian Sayer, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1964 - Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows)
1968 - Dan Donegan, American musician (Disturbed)
1972 - Nicke Royale, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
1977 - Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author
1981 - Ashley Parker Angel, Redding California, American singer and actor

2. avgust

1775 - Jose Angel Lamas, composer
1858 - Catherina van Rennes, composer
1881 - Stanislaw Kazuro, composer
1882 - Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer
1888 - Oscar Rasbach, composer
1890 - Pauline Hall, composer
1891 - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)
1891 - Mihail Jora, composer
1896 - Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960)
1900 - Helen Morgan [Riggins], Danville, Illinois, American singer/actress (Applause, Show Boat)
1900 - Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer
1905 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
1905 - Myrna Loy, Helena Mont, actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair), (d. 1993)
1914 - Felix Leclerc, composer
1924 - Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (d. 2005)
1931 - Henryck Schiller, composer
1931 - Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
1932 - Marvin David Levy, composer
1935 - John MacIvor Perkins, composer
1936 - Anthony Edward Payne, composer
1937 - Garth Hudson, Canada, pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival)
1939 - Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1940 - Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1941 - Doris Coley, rocker
1941 - Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are)
1943 - Kathy Lennon, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1944 - Jim Capaldi, English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong)
1947 - Massiel, Spanish singer
1948 - Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth)
1948 - Andy Fairweather Low, British guitarist
1949 - "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry’s Band)
1951 - Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy)
1951 - Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet)
1955 - Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake)
1956 - Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura)
1957 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor
1960 - Neal Morse, American musician (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic)
1960 - David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard)
1961 - Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman)
1961 - Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)
1969 - Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian musician (Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem)
1969 - Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist
1972 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer
1974 - Jeremy Castle, Oklahoma country singer and songwriter
1988 - Brittany Hargest, American singer (Jump5)

3. avgust

1645 - August Kuhnel, composer
1748 - Carl Ludwig Junker, composer
1820 - Luther Orlando Emerson, composer
1832 - Ivan Zajc, composer
1854 - Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
1878 - Constantino Gaito, composer
1882 - Charles O’Neill, composer
1882 - Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
1884 - Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz)
1885 - Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
1892 - Oscar van Hemel, composer
1901 - Bernard Reichel, composer
1902 - Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue)
1902 - Ray Block, France, orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason)
1907 - Lawrence Brown, US trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
1916 - Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
1921 - Alec Wyton, composer
1921 - Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees)
1926 - Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
1927 - Enrique Pinella, composer
1935 - Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1940 - Joseph Dorfman, composer
1941 - Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1941 - Wayne Hussey, rocker
1946 - John Klemmer, rocker
1949 - Morris "B B" Dickerson, Torrence Ca, bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw)
1951 - Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate)
1956 - Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland)
1958 - Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don’t Be Cruel)
1959 - Martin Atkins, rocker
1961 - Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball)
1962 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer
1963 - James Hetfield, Downey California, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono
1970 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1980 - Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
1993 - Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer

4. avgust

1664 - Louis Lully, Paris France, musician
1705 - Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1731 - Giuseppe Colla, composer
1748 - Maximilian Stadler, composer
1776 - Wenzel Sedlak, composer
1799 - Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
1843 - Flor van Duyse, composer
1846 - Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
1870 - Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin’ in the Gloamin)
1888 - Philip Greeley Clapp, composer
1892 - Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
1901 - Louis Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly), (d. 1971)
1908 - Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
1910 - William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard)
1912 - David Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)
1915 - Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show)
1923 - Arthur Butterworth, composer
1929 - Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (d. 1987)
1933 - Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds)
1936 - Elsberry Hobbs, rocker (Drifters)
1937 - David Vickerman Bedford, composer
1939 - Frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)
1940 - Rosemarie "Timi" Yuro, US singer (Hurt)
1943 - David Carr, rock keyboardist (Fortunes Leyton, London
1943 - Tina Cole, Hollywood, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 Sons)
1946 - Maureen Cox Starkey, 1st wife of Beatle Ringo Starr
1947 - Paul Leyton, rocker (Seekers)
1947 - Klaus Schulze, German composer
1952 - Moya Brennan, Irish singer
1960 - Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals (Ratt-Round & Round)
1962 - Paul Reynolds, rock guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)
1962 - Paul Reynolds, British musician
1969 - Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura)
1981 - Marques Houston, American singer and actor (IMx)
1989 - Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer (Young Divas)
1992 - Tiffany Evans, American singer

5. avgust

1397 - Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)
1607 - Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer
1623 - Antonio Cesti, composer
1694 - Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer
1797 - Friedrich August Kummer, composer
1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
1822 - Johann Georg Herzog, composer
1828 - Giovanni Rossi, composer
1829 - Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer
1843 - James Scott Skinner, composer
1850 - Anton Simon, composer
1864 - Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer
1866 - Alfred Holy, composer
1868 - Oskar Merikanto, composer
1880 - Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)
1886 - Oscar Espla, composer
1890 - Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46)
1890 - Hans Gal, composer
1900 - Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher
1901 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer
1907 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter
1914 - Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan)
1926 - Betsy Jolas, composer
1927 - Gunnar Bucht, composer
1932 - Tera de Marez Oyens, composer
1934 - Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set ’em Up Joe)
1942 - Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), (d. 2013)
1943 - Sammi Smith, singer
1946 - Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist (Ekseption)
1947 - Greg Leskiw, rocker
1947 - Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan’s theme)
1953 - Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion)
1956 - Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland)
1959 - Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
1960 - Calvin Hayes, rocker
1960 - Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock)
1960 - Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
1961 - Mark O’Connor, American violinist
1964 - MCA [Adam Yauch], Brooklyn New York, rock vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), (d. 2012)
1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)
1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1978 - Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
1981 - Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer
1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer
1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane)
1995 - , vo Keenan American cellist
2000 - Maya Bond, American singer and musician

6. avgust

1619 - Barbara Strozzi, composer
1651 - Johann Michael Zacher, composer
1664 - Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
1665 - Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, composer
1748 - Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
1858 - Albert Fuchs, composer
1873 - John Wesley Work, composer
1873 - Mary Carr Moore, composer
1875 - Marcel Labey, composer
1883 - Francesco Santoliquido, composer
1886 - Edward Ballantine, composer
1896 - Cyril Mockridge, composer
1902 - Michal Vilec, composer
1906 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
1908 - George Singer, composer
1908 - Svend Erik Tarp, composer
1910 - Friedrich Schroder, composer
1923 - Jack Parnell, London England, orchestra leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
1925 - Leland Smith, composer
1929 - Mike Elliot, rocker
1930 - Abbey Lincoln, Chicago IL, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
1937 - Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1939 - William "Sonny" Sanders, US singer (Rayber Voices)
1941 - Doris Ernestine Hays, composer
1946 - Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1952 - Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker (Earth & Fire)
1952 - Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist (Earth & Fire)
1952 - Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
1953 - Pat MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
1958 - Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rock vocalist/bassist (Debarge)
1958 - Simon Francken, Dutch bassist (Ivy Green)
1959 - Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All)
1965 - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1969 - Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
1972 - Geri Estelle Halliwell, "Ginger Spice" singer (Spice Girls)
1980 - Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer

7. avgust

1818 - Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist
1823 - Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
1868 - Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)
1876 - Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)
1887 - Luckey Roberts, composer
1903 - Saburo Moroi, composer
1906 - Gerhard Frommel, composer
1913 - George Van Eps, American guitarist (d. 1998)
1921 - Karel Husa, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women)
1921 - Manitas de Plata, Gypsy guitarist
1925 - Julian Orbon De Soto, composer
1930 - Velio Tormis, composer
1936 - Charles Pope, US soul singer (Tams-Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me)
1936 - Rahsaan Kirk, Roland rocker
1942 - B J Thomas, Hugo, Oklahoma, American singer (Raindrops, Growing Pains Theme)
1942 - Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
1943 - Lana Cantrell, Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days)
1945 - Kerry Chater, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
1945 - Patrice Mestral, composer
1949 - Carlo Novi, rocker
1950 - Rodney Crowell, Houston Texas, country singer (She’s Crazy for Leavin’)
1952 - Richard Joswick, rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods)
1958 - Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills)
1960 - Jacquie O’Sullivan, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
1962 - Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer
1963 - Marcus Lewis, Pontiac Mich, singer (Sing me a Song)
1966 - Kristin Hersch, US singer/songwriter (Throwing Muses)
1968 - Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot)
1975 - Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian musician
1975 - Koray Candemir, Turkish singer
1978 - Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)
1978 - Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer

8. avgust

1571 - John Ward, composer
1693 - Laurent Belissen, composer
1755 - Luigi Marchesi, composer
1857 - Cecile Chaminade, composer
1871 - William Henry Squire, composer
1886 - Daniel Ruyneman, composer
1886 - Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer
1891 - Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952)
1900 - Victor Young, Chicago Illinois, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California)
1904 - Istvan Szelenyi, composer
1905 - Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L’Eunuque)
1907 - Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)
1913 - Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show)
1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
1920 - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
1921 - Roger Nixon, composer
1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)
1924 - Thomas Beversdorf, composer
1926 - Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1928 - Don Burrows, Australian musician
1929 - Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977)
1931 - Jonathan Elkus, composer
1932 - Jimmy Witherspoon, singer
1932 - Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who’s Julie, M-M-Mel)
1933 - Joe Tex, singer/songwriter (Hold What You’ve Got), (d. 1982)
1937 - Louis Neefs, Belgian singer
1938 - Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach)
1938 - Jacques Hetu, composer
1939 - Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of ’57)
1939 - William Alden Hibbard, composer
1942 - Jay David, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
1944 - Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
1944 - Michael Johnson, rocker
1944 - John Renbourn, English musician
1949 - Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars)
1950 - Willie Hall, rocker
1955 - Ali Score, rock drummer (Flock Of Seagulls)
1955 - Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
1956 - Chris Foreman, guitarist (Madness-Burning Down the House)
1956 - David Grant, Jamaica, singer/songwriter (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows)
1958 - Chris[sie Boy] Foreman, rock guitarist (Madness)
1959 - Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
1961 - Paul Jackson, rocker
1961 - The Edge, [Dave Evans], London, rock guitarist (U2-I Will Follow)
1961 - Daniel House, American music executive
1961 - Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
1965 - Aaron Abeyta, American musician
1967 - Lorraine Pearson, Romford Essex, rock vocalist (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
1972 - Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
1976 - JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer
1978 - Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
1979 - Richard Harwood, British cellist
1979 - Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce)
1980 - Mike Hindert, American musician
1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
1981 - Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
1981 - Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
1995 - Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer

9. avgust

1648 - Johann Michael Bach, Arnstadt Germany, composer (In Dulci Jubilo), (d. 1694)
1690 - Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer
1718 - Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer
1781 - Michael Umlauf, composer
1834 - Elias Alvares Lobo, composer
1861 - Wilhelm Berger, composer
1875 - Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)
1875 - Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, music critic and diarist
1890 - Cesar Cortinas, composer
1890 - Sandor Jemnitz, composer
1891 - Max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator
1902 - Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939)
1914 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
1915 - Haim Alexander, composer
1925 - Robert Heppener, composer (Hymns & Conversations, Movie Music)
1926 - Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian (Mister Jazz)
1935 - George S Leotsakos, composer
1939 - Billy Henderson, rocker (Spinners-That’s What Girls Are Made For)
1939 - Max Neuhaus, composer
1944 - Viv Prince, rocker (Pretty Things)
1946 - Rinus Gerritsen [Marinus], Dutch rock bassist/keyboardist (Golden Earring)
1947 - Barbara Mason, US singer (Yes, I’m Ready)
1958 - Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
1959 - Diane Williams, Hahn AFB Ger, singer (Girls Next Door-Don’t Be Cruel)
1959 - Kurtis Blow, NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks)
1962 - Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker
1963 - Whitney Houston, Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time, Bodyguard), (d. 2012)
1965 - Kyle Kyle, Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin’ on Coals)
1968 - Sam Fogarino, American musician (Interpol)
1970 - Arion Salazar, American musician (Third Eye Blind)
1972 - Juanes, Colombian singer
1972 - A-Mei, Taiwanese singer

10. avgust

1556 - Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, composer
1567 - Girolamo Giacobbi, composer
1589 - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
1699 - Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer
1720 - Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
1740 - Samuel Arnold, composer
1750 - Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer
1762 - Santiago Ferrer, composer
1793 - Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
1808 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
1814 - Jacob Edvard Gille, composer
1835 - Gyula Beliczay, composer
1836 - Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
1856 - Paul Geisler, composer
1860 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)
1865 - Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)
1874 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)
1880 - Clarence Cameron White, composer
1882 - Max Kowalski, composer
1883 - Carlos Lavin, composer
1889 - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer
1893 - Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)
1909 - Brian Easdale, composer
1909 - Claude Thornhill, composer
1909 - Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars)
1912 - Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/composer/conductor
1926 - Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer
1926 - Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer
1928 - Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)
1928 - Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
1929 - John Alldis, composer/conductor
1932 - Alexander Goehr, composer
1934 - James Carl Tenney, composer
1935 - Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers)
1940 - Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
1943 - Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby)
1943 - Veronica Bennett, rocker
1943 - Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer
1945 - Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother’s Son)
1947 - Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle)
1948 - Patti Austin, soul singer/actress (Real Me)
1949 - Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1952 - Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
1959 - Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin)
1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)
1962 - Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad)
1964 - Aaron Hall, American songwriter
1966 - Hansi Kürsch, German singer
1967 - Lorraine Pearson, rocker
1967 - Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
1968 - Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe)
1970 - Jeff Mangum, American musician
1971 - Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician
1972 - Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician
1977 - Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling)
1981 - Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer

11. avgust

1600 - Paul Hallman, composer
1613 - Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer
1720 - Martin Gerbert, composer
1744 - Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
1748 - Joseph Schuster, composer
1862 - Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
1863 - Arpad Szendy, composer
1867 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields)
1873 - John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)
1880 - Frederick Jerome Work, composer
1894 - Wilhelm Grosz, composer
1900 - Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS]
1904 - Jess Stacy, pianist
1909 - Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer
1915 - Kunio Toda, composer
1919 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
1920 - William Masselos, Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juilliard 1976)
1925 - Robert Linn, composer
1926 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist
1927 - Raymond Leppard, London England, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orch)
1929 - Alun Hoddinott, Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture)
1929 - Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen)
1930 - Heinz Werner Zimmermann, composer
1933 - Justin Connolly, composer
1933 - Tamas Vasary, pianist/conductor
1938 - Rainer Boesch, composer
1939 - Attila Bozay, composer
1942 - Mike Huggs, rock drummer (Manfred Mann) [or 3/11/40]
1943 - Denis Payton, London, English rocker (Dave Clarke Five - Glad All Over)
1943 - James Kale, rocker (Guess Who)
1943 - Kenny Gamble, US songwriter (Me & Mrs Jones)
1943 - Krzysztof Meyer, composer
1946 - John Conlee, Versailles Ky, country singer (Common Man)
1947 - Catherine Collard, French pianist (Schumann/Brahms)
1949 - Eric Carmen, Cleveland Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
1950 - Erik Brann, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
1952 - Bob Mothersbaugh, AKA Bob 1, American Musician (DEVO)
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer (The Harder they Come)
1954 - Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer
1957 - Richie Ramone, [Richie Beau], rock drummer (Ramones-Pet Semtary)
1959 - Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo)
1964 - Hamish, rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
1967 - Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer
1968 - Charlie Sexton, rocker (Arc Angels)
1968 - Veda Hille, Canadian singer
1969 - Eddie Garcia, LA, actor/musician (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1969 - Jonah Matranga, American singer
1970 - Andy Bell, English musician (Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis)
1974 - Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star
1975 - Chris Kelly, [Mack Daddy], Teaneck NJ, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
1975 - Davey von Bohlen, American musician, (The Promise Ring, Maritime)
1975 - Ronald Clarke, American musician and founder of aliennetwork Records
1976 - Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
1977 - Gemma Hayes, Irish born singer
1981 - Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
1981 - Sandi Thom, Scottish born singer

12. avgust

1626 - Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
1644 - Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
1696 - Maurice Greene, composer
1720 - Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
1751 - Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
1825 - Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1838 - Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1853 - Jean Louis Nicode, composer
1875 - Ettore Panizza, composer
1875 - Mezio Agostini, composer
1881 - Vaclav Vackar, composer
1885 - Alexander Albrecht, composer
1890 - Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1897 - Manuel Blancafort, composer
1897 - Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
1900 - Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
1910 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)
1914 - Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I’ll Never Smile Again) (d. 1981)
1920 - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Please Send Me Someone to Love)
1925 - Earl Coleman, singer
1926 - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. 2005)
1927 - Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y’All Come), (d. 2007)
1929 - Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
1929 - Joji Yuasa, composer
1932 - Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
1936 - Gerard Masson, composer
1940 - Alexander Yossifov, composer
1943 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1948 - Cliff Fish, rocker (Paper Lace)
1948 - Ron Mael, [J Ronald Day], Culver City Ca, rock keyboardist (Sparks)
1950 - Kid Creole, [August Darnell], rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear)
1954 - Pat Metheny, jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls)
1955 - Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer (Mama)
1960 - Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
1961 - Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1961 - Lawrence Hayward, English musician (Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart)
1963 - Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper
1967 - Tom Holkenborg, drummer (Weekend at Waikiki)
1967 - Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer
1972 - Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
1976 - Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Finnish guitarist
1976 - Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls)
1977 - Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer
1980 - Matt Thiessen, Canadian/American musician (Relient K)
1980 - Jade Villalon, American singer/songwriter

13. avgust

1692 - Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
1704 - Lorenzo Fago, composer
1717 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1721 - Francis Ireland, composer
1747 - Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1817 - Karoly Thern, composer
1826 - William Thomas Best, composer
1831 - Salomon Jaoassohn, composer
1851 - John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937
1867 - Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer (Legenden Der Zeit)
1878 - Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer
1879 - John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun)
1894 - Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer
1896 - Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor
1901 - Ian Whyte, composer
1913 - Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer
1913 - Francisco Escudero, composer
1914 - Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
1920 - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist
1920 - George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer (Lullabye of Byrdland)
1921 - Jimmy McCracklin, St. Louis, Missouri, blues musician, (d. 2012)
1925 - Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter
1929 - Augustyn Bloch, composer
1930 - Heino Jurisalu, composer
1930 - Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
1934 - Leifur Thorarinsson, composer
1938 - Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
1942 - Sheila Armstrong, soprano
1944 - David Mahler, composer
1948 - Kathleen Battle, Portsmouth Ohio, soprano (Shephard-Tannhäuser)
1948 - Tony Santini, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1949 - Sheralee, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1951 - Dan Fogelberg, Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne)
1952 - Hughie Thomasson, American musician (d. 2007)
1958 - Feargal Sharkey, rocker (Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart)
1959 - Mark Nevin, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1960 - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1961 - Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1963 - Tigg Ketler, Chula Vista Ca, drummer (Bang Tango-Dancin’ on Coals)
1964 - Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
1965 - Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
1984 - Baby Blue, American rapper (Pretty Ricky)

14. avgust

1675 - Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer
1769 - Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer
1810 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer
1823 - Karel Miry, composer
1857 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
1868 - Leone Sinigaglia, composer
1869 - Edvard Armas Jornefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse)
1891 - Marinus de Jong, composer
1892 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer
1893 - Alfred Alessandrescu, composer
1899 - Jaroslav Jeremias, composer
1900 - Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer
1907 - Stanley Adams, songwriter
1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer
1911 - Jan Koetsier, composer
1923 - William Flanagan, composer
1924 - Georges Prêtre, French conductor
1926 - Buddy Greco, Phila Pa, jazz singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House)
1937 - Brian Fenelly, composer
1940 - Dash Crofts, Cisco Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
1941 - Connie Smith, Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons)
1941 - David Crosby, Los Angeles California, rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross)
1944 - Tim Bogert, Richfiled NJ, rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge) [or 8/27]
1946 - Larry Graham Jr, rocker (Graham Central Station-One in a Million You)
1947 - George Newsome, rocker
1947 - Maddy Prior, English folk singer (Steeleye Span, Silly Sisters, Carnival Band)
1948 - Terry Adams, American musician (NRBQ)
1951 - Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy)
1956 - Sharon Bryant, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1960 - Sarah Brightman, actress/singer (Phantom of the Opera)
1960 - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano
1973 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
1974 - Martin Bulloch, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
1974 - Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters)
1976 - Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
1980 - Estrella Morente, Spanish flamenco singer
1988 - Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
1990 - Jaydee Bixby, Canadian singer

15. avgust

1725 - Ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1727 - Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
1736 - Johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1741 - Thomas Norris, composer
1776 - Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
1787 - Alexander Aliabiev, composer
1822 - Wilhelm Rust, composer
1829 - Eduard de Hartog, composer
1839 - Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1872 - Harold Fraser-Simson, composer
1872 - Rubin Goldmark, composer
1875 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast)
1885 - Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer
1888 - Albert Spalding, composer
1890 - Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales)
1892 - Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer
1893 - Alexander Vasil’yevich Gauk, composer
1897 - Marion Eugene Bauer, composer
1901 - Byron Arnold, composer
1901 - Sulho Ranta, composer
1906 - Finn Videro, composer
1910 - Hugo Winterhalter, composer
1918 - Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)
1918 - Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer
1922 - Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)
1925 - Billy Pinkney, Sumter NC, rock bassist/vocalist (Drifters)
1925 - Oscar Peterson, Montreal Quebec, Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1926 - Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer
1931 - Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer
1933 - Bobby Helms, rock vocalist (Jingle Bell Rock)
1933 - Floyd Ashton, US singer (Tams-What Child of Fool)
1934 - Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
1939 - Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer (Daddy don’t run so fast)
1940 - Rita Shane, American soprano
1941 - Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw)
1942 - Peter York, Cleve, rock drummer (Spencer Davis Group)
1944 - Frederick Knight, US singer (I’ve been lonely so long)
1944 - Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
1945 - Charlemagne Palestine, composer
1946 - Jimmy Webb, Elk City Oklahoma, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away)
1947 - Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1948 - Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
1949 - Kate Taylor, rocker
1950 - Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 - Billy Griffin [William], US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
1951 - Bobby Caldwell, NYC, rocker
1952 - Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist (Franc Boeijen Group)
1956 - Vinny Denunzio, rocker
1956 - Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1960 - Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man)
1961 - Matt Johnson, rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining)
1966 - Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1972 - Mikey Graham, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1978 - Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
1989 - Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Madrid, Spain, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress
1989 - Tiffanie Anderson, American singer, dancer
1989 - Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers)