1. septembar

1653 - Johann Pachelbel, Nuremberg, composer (Canon in D), (d. 1706)
1732 - Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer
1732 - Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer
1751 - Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer [or Apr 9]
1768 - Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer
1787 - John Bake, classical composer
1789 - Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
1816 - Gustav Schmidt, composer
1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)
1862 - Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer [or Sept 2]
1870 - Timotei Popovici, composer
1874 - Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer
1886 - Othmar Schoeck, composer
1895 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)
1900 - Kazimierz Wilkomirski, composer
1905 - Gervase Hughes, composer
1905 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
1906 - Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
1911 - Komei Abe, composer
1921 - Matt Higgins Doran, composer
1925 - Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist (d. 1982)
1925 - Ruth S White, composer
1927 - Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters)
1931 - "Boxcar" Willie, singer
1933 - Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin’)
1933 - Marshall Lytle, Old Fort, North Carolina, Hall of Fame rock bassist (Comets), (d. 2013)
1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
1939 - Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer
1941 - Sid Pye, drummer
1944 - Archie Bell, US singer (& the Drells-Tighten up)
1944 - Leonard Slatkin, Los Angeles California, conductor (Concert Orch, Neth)
1946 - Barry Gibb, Manchester England, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees)
1946 - Greg Errico, San Francisco, California, American drummer (Sly & Family Stone-Stand!)
1955 - Bruce Foxton, rock guitarist (Jam)
1957 - Gloria Estefan, [Fajardo], Havana, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga)
1958 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)
1963 - Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN-Bad bad woman)
1970 - Vanna, Croatian singer
1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
1971 - Lââm, French singer
1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist
1984 - Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1985 - Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
1987 - Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)
1993 - Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
1994 - Bianca Ryan, American singer

2. septembar

1661 - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer
1716 - Johann Trier, composer
1750 - Pehr Frigel, composer
1862 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
1892 - Felix Wolfes, composer
1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
1911 - Rene Amengual, composer
1914 - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist
1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer
1915 - Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer
1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (developed bossa nova)
1918 - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist
1919 - Gideon William Waldrop, composer
1919 - Marge Champion, Los Angeles California, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1927 - Tzvi Avni, composer
1928 - Miloslav Istvan, composer
1930 - Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer
1934 - Michael Sahl, composer
1936 - David Leonard Blake, composer
1939 - Bobby Purify, rocker
1939 - Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I’m your puppet)
1939 - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
1940 - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
1940 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
1943 - Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love)
1943 - Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas)
1946 - Marty Grebb, Chicago, rocker (Buckinghams)
1946 - Billy Preston, Houston, Texas, American soul musician/singer and pianist, 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show)
1947 - Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan), (d. 2013)
1949 - Albert West[laken], Dutch singer (Dumb Willie)
1950 - Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
1951 - Mike Kaminsky, rocker
1953 - John Zorn, American musician
1957 - Steve Porcaro, LA Cal, rock keyboards/vocalist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1959 - Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1966 - Dino Cazares, American musician
1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
1976 - Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)
1977 - Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician
1984 - Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer
1987 - Spencer Smith, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1989 - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)

3. septembar

1568 - Adriano Banchieri, composer
1695 - Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer
1719 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1778 - Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer
1789 - Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer
1803 - Alexander L’vovich Gurilyov, composer
1840 - Jacob Fabricius, composer
1864 - Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer
1887 - Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1893 - Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher (Schepelingen)
1897 - Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer
1901 - Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor
1905 - Robert Ruthenfranz, composer
1910 - Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts)
1915 - Abel Ehrlich, composer
1915 - Knut Nystedt, composer
1916 - Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker
1921 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1922 - Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer
1925 - Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
1925 - Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
1931 - Rudolf Kelterborn, composer
1933 - Roland Kayn, composer
1933 - Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), (d. 2013)
1934 - Xavier Darasse, composer
1934 - Freddie King, Gilmer Tx, blues singer (Hideaway)
1935 - Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia)
1942 - Al Jardine, Lima Oh, guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room)
1943 - Don Brewer, rocker
1944 - Gary Leeds, Glendale Ca, rocker (Walker Brothers)
1945 - George Biondo, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 - Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It’s All About)
1947 - Eric Bell, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy Belfast, N Ireland
1948 - Donald Brewer, Flint Mich, rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)
1950 - Aaron Smith, rocker (Romeo Void)
1950 - Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King’s X)
1955 - Steve Jones, London, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols)
1964 - Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1965 - Todd Lewis, musician (Toadies)
1973 - Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1978 - Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
1979 - Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
1980 - The B.G., American rapper
1980 - Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
1982 - Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
1982 - Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model

4. septembar

1622 - Jacob Hintze, composer
1761 - Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer
1815 - Mihaly Mosonyi, composer
1816 - Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer
1824 - Anton Bruckner, Ansfelden, Austria, Wagner disciple and "monumental bore"/composer
1843 - Jan Levoslav Bella, composer
1859 - Edoardo Mascheroni, composer
1892 - Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)
1896 - Antonin Artaud, Marseilles France, songwriter/dir (Theatre Seraphin)
1906 - Alexander Moyzes, composer
1906 - Antanas Raciunas, composer
1909 - Karel Horky, composer
1915 - Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer
1918 - Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orchestra leader (Redd Foxx)
1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer
1930 - Jerry Ragavoy, US songwriter/producer (Wonderful Dream)
1942 - Merald "Bubba" Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips)
1945 - Daniel Wood Gatton, guitarist
1946 - David Liebman, rocker
1946 - Gary Duncan, [Grubb], San Diego Ca, rock guitarist (Quicksilver)
1946 - Greg Elmore, San Diego Ca, rock drummer (Quicksilver)
1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
1951 - Martin Chambers, rock drummer (Pretenders)
1956 - Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
1958 - George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen)
1960 - Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
1963 - Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
1970 - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer (Sepultura)
1974 - Nona Gaye, daughter of Marvin Gaye/singer
1974 - Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
1976 - Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
1977 - Lucie Silvas, English musician
1979 - Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
1980 - Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, Houston Texas, singer (Destiny’s Child)
1981 - Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)
1984 - Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer

5. septembar

1600 - Loreto Vittori, composer
1666 - Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter
1694 - Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer
1734 - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer
1735 - Johann Christian Bach (English Bach), composer, 11th son of Johann Sebastian Bach
1737 - Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer
1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer (Golt Und Die Natur)
1792 - Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer
1815 - Carl Wilhelm, composer
1848 - Manuel Giro, composer
1867 - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, American composer and pianist (d. 1944)
1883 - Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)
1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933)
1898 - Ebbe Hamerik, composer
1901 - Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer
1906 - Peter Mieg, composer
1907 - Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist
1908 - Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer
1912 - John Cage, Los Angeles California, composer (Imaginary Landscape No 1/O’O)
1914 - Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing)
1920 - Peter Racine Fricker, British composer
1924 - Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, composer
1933 - Vincent McDermott, composer
1934 - Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress (West Side Story)
1935 - Helen Gifford, composer
1936 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist
1939 - John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind)
1940 - Lewis Spratlan, composer
1942 - Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Improvisaciones)
1943 - Joe "Speedo" Frazier, rocker (Impalas)
1945 - Al Stewart, Glasgow Scotland, rocker (Year of the Cat)
1946 - Buddy Miles, rocker
1946 - Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist (Queen-We are Champions)
1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, vocalist (April Fool’s Day Morn)
1949 - David "Clem" Clempson, rocker (Humble Pie)
1953 - Paulie Carmen, Champaign Ill, rock vocalist
1956 - Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)
1961 - Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist
1968 - Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
1969 - Dweezil Zappa, Hollywood CA, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV)
1970 - Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly)
1975 - Jamie Spaniolo, American horrorcore rapper
1977 - Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin)
1982 - Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician
1984 - Trey Hill, Grammy-nominated musician

6. septembar

1620 - Isabella Leonarda, composer
1627 - Pierre Verdier, composer
1633 - Sebastian Knupfer, composer
1644 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer
1648 - Johann Schelle, composer
1702 - Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer
1781 - Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer
1815 - Karol Katski, composer
1819 - Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer
1855 - Ferdinand B Hummel, composer
1869 - Walford Davies, composer
1877 - Petar Stojanovic, composer
1877 - Buddy Bolden, American musician (d. 1930)
1882 - John Powell, composer
1884 - Emerson Whithorne, composer
1890 - Manfred Gurlitt, composer
1896 - Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer
1896 - Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer
1904 - Lyubomir Pipkov, composer
1908 - Paul Lavalle, Beacon NY, bandleader (Cities Service Band of America)
1912 - Wayne Barlow, composer
1923 - William Kraft, Chicago, Ill, composer/percussionist
1925 - Jimmy Reed, Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin’, Big Boss Man)
1926 - Arthur William Oldham, composer
1927 - Keith Humble, composer
1928 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy)
1929 - Tsang-houe’ Hsu, composer
1932 - Gilles Tremblay, composer
1935 - Bob Bouber, [Boris Blom], Dutch singer (ZZ & Masks)/actor
1938 - Joan Tower, New Rochelle NY, composer (Breakfast Rhythms)
1939 - David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy)
1940 - Jackie Trent, singer
1942 - Dave Bargeron, NYC, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1942 - Harry Jack Max, rocker
1942 - Mel McDaniel, Checotah Oklahoma, singer (Baby’s got her Blue Jeans On)
1943 - George Roger Waters, Cambridge England, rock bassist and vocalist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1946 - Buizen Beernd, [Bennie Jolink], singer/guitarist/pianist (Normal)
1947 - Sylvester, rocker (Do Ya Wanna Funk)
1948 - Charles "Claydes" Smith, Jersey City NJ, guitarist (Kool & The Gang)
1949 - Jimmy Litherland, rocker (Mitarbeit)
1954 - Banner Thomas, rocker (Molly Hatchet)
1954 - Patrick O’Hearn, rock bassist (Missing Persons)
1957 - "Curley" Joe Smyth, Westbrook Me, country singer (Betty’s Bein’ Bad)
1957 - Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park)
1958 - Buster Bloodvessel, British singer
1958 - Nigel Westlake, Australian musician and composer
1961 - Pal Waaktaar, Oslo Norway, rock guitarist/vocalist (A-ha)
1961 - Scott Travis, American musician (Judas Priest)
1963 - Mark Chesnutt, Beaumont Tx, country singer (Too Cold at Home)
1969 - Cece Peniston, Phoenix AZ, Miss Black AZ/singer (Finally)
1970 - Paul Miller, American composer and author
1971 - Kathy Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets)
1972 - Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
1974 - Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1976 - N.O.R.E., American rapper
1976 - Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer
1977 - Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
1978 - Cisco Adler, American singer
1978 - Tony Thaxton, drummer (Motion City Soundtrack)
1979 - Foxy Brown, American rapper
1981 - Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer
1985 - Webbie, American rapper
1987 - Ramiele Malubay, American singer

7. septembar

1631 - Clemens Thieme, composer
1635 - Pal Esterhazy, composer
1703 - Jean Monnet, composer
1726 - Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion
1731 - Damasus Brosmann, composer
1731 - Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer
1739 - Joseph Legros, composer
1777 - Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
1784 - Frantisek Max Knize, composer
1864 - Giovanni Tebaldini, composer
1880 - Attilio Brugnoli, composer
1880 - Kurt von Wolfurt, composer
1906 - Filip Gershkovich, composer
1907 - Ahmet Adnan Saygun, composer
1908 - Max Kaminsky, trumpeter
1909 - Jo Juda, Dutch musician
1909 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer
1914 - Hugo Pfister, composer
1914 - Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer
1920 - Al Caiola, American guitarist
1921 - Arthur Ferrante, American pianist/composer (Ferrante & Teicher - Exodus)
1922 - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer
1924 - Hugh Aitken, composer
1924 - Leonard Rosenman, Brooklyn New York, American TV composer (Marcus Welby MD)
1924 - Bridie Gallagher, Donegal, Ireland, singer (A Mother’s Love’s A Blessing, The Boys from County Armagh), (d. 2012)
1927 - Graham Dudley Whettam, composer
1930 - Sonny Rollins, NYC, jazz saxophonist (Blue Room)
1931 - Charles Camilleri, composer
1934 - Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
1936 - Buddy Holly [Charles Holley], Lubbock Texas, American musician (Peggy Sue, That’ll Be the Day), (d. 1959)
1936 - Romualds Kalsons, composer
1937 - Olly Wilson, composer
1939 - [Benjamin] Latimore, US singer (Let’s Straighten It Out)
1943 - Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German Schlager singer
1945 - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands
1946 - Alfa Anderson, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (Chicago)
1949 - Gloria Gaynor, Newark NJ, disco singer (I Will Survive)
1951 - Chrissie Hynde, Akron Oh, rocker (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
1951 - William Katt, US, actor (Butch & Sundance Kid, Carrie)
1951 - Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
1951 - Mark Isham, American composer
1953 - Ben Bossi, rocker (Romeo Void)
1953 - Michael Byron, composer
1954 - Benmont Tench, Gainesville Fl, rock keyboardist (Heartbreakers)
1956 - Michael J Feinstein, pianist (Isn’t It Romantic)
1956 - Diane Warren, American song writer
1958 - Nadieh, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer (Haifa Blue)
1959 - Jermaine Stewart, rocker
1960 - David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist (Fine Young Cannibals)
1961 - LeRoi Moore, American Saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band) {d. 2008)
1961 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French Pianist
1963 - Eric Eazy-E Wright, rapper
1966 - Christopher Acland, musician
1968 - Kyle Stevens, NJ, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin’ on Coals)
1969 - Little Jimmy Urine, American singer (Mindless Self Indulgence)
1978 - G[eneral] A[ustin], Columbus Ga, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
1981 - Paul McCoy, American musician (lead singer of 12 Stones)
1986 - Spectacular Blue Smith, American musician (Pretty Ricky)
1990 - Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer

8. septembar

1588 - Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)
1672 - Nicolas de Grigny, composer
1736 - Bernardo Ottani, composer
1756 - Anton Teyber, composer
1767 - Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer
1779 - Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer
1792 - Joseph Netherclift, composer
1824 - Jaime Nuno, composer
1826 - Disma Fumagalli, composer
1827 - Emil Naumann, composer
1841 - Antonín Dvořák, Nelahozeves Czech, composer (New World Symphony). Dies 1904
1863 - Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer
1870 - Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer
1894 - Willem FJ Pijper, Dutch composer/critic
1896 - Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (d. 1983)
1897 - [James Charles] Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman
1898 - Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side)
1904 - Carlos Sanchez Malaga, composer
1919 - David Johan Kvandal, composer
1921 - Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
1925 - Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer
1925 - Heinz Lau, composer
1925 - Magnus Blondal Johansson, composer
1927 - Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
1929 - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
1932 - Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy)
1933 - Eric Salzman, composer
1933 - Asha Bhonsle, Indian singer
1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, Manchester England, composer (Prolation, Taverner)
1935 - James Clay, saxophonist
1939 - Guitar Shorty, American musician
1941 - Dante Drowty, rocker
1942 - Brian Cole, Tacoma Wash, rock vocalist/bassist (Association)
1942 - Sal Valentino, rocker
1945 - Kelly Groucutt, rocker
1945 - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, California, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
1946 - Dean Daughtry, rock keyboardist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1947 - Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist
1950 - Daniel Victor Starr, composer
1950 - Will Lee, bassist (Late Show with David Letterman)
1951 - Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer
1956 - Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
1958 - David Lewis, guitarist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1958 - Michael Lardie, American musician
1959 - Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor
1960 - Aimee Mann, American musician
1962 - René Klijn, [Dorian], singer (Mr Blue)
1964 - Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
1966 - Carola, Swedish singer
1966 - Peter Furler, musician (Newsboys)
1970 - Neko Case, American musician
1975 - Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
1976 - Brendan Kelly, American musician (The Lawrence Arms)
1979 - Pink [Alecia Beth Moore], Abington Township Pennsylvania, singer (Get the Party Started, Just Like a Pill)

9. septembar

1583 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer
1618 - Joan Cererols, composer
1664 - Johann Christoph Pez, composer
1687 - Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer
1752 - Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer
1840 - Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer
1850 - Leopoldo Miguez, composer
1865 - Edwin Lehare, composer
1872 - Josef Stransky, composer
1873 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer
1892 - Bruno Sturmer, composer
1894 - Arthur Freed, American songwriter and film producer (d. 1973)
1896 - Fritz Reuter, composer
1899 - Louis Cheslock, composer
1907 - Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront)
1912 - Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77)
1921 - Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer
1922 - Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (d. 2000)
1926 - Jake Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1927 - Elvin Jones, Pontiac Michigan, American jazz drummer (Coltrane’s A Love Supreme’)
1929 - Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004)
1930 - Paolo Castaldi, composer
1936 - Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter, composer
1940 - Joe Negroni, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
1941 - Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer
1941 - Otis Redding, Dawson Ga, rock bassist (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)
1942 - Inez Foxx, Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle)
1942 - Luther Simmons, rocker (Main Ingredient
1945 - Dee Dee Sharp [Dione Larue], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American R&B singer (I Love You Anyway)
1946 - Doug Ingle, Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards (Iron Butterfly)
1946 - Pete Gavin, rocker
1947 - David Rosenboom, composer
1947 - Freddy Weller, Georgia, rocker (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
1950 - John McFee, Santa Cruz California, rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers)
1951 - Corry Konings, Dutch singer
1952 - David Stewart, rock guitarist (Eurtyhmics-Here Comes the Rain Again)
1952 - Manuel Göttsching, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel)
1957 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist
1959 - Eric Serra, French composer
1974 - Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
1974 - Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician
1975 - Michael Bublé, Canadian singer and actor
1976 - Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian musician (Ulver, ex-Borknagar)
1977 - Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer
1977 - Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003)
1982 - Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter

10. septembar

1585 - Ercole Porta, composer
1588 - Nicholas Lanier, composer
1659 - Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)
1714 - Niccolo Jommelli, Italy, composer
1751 - Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist/composer/conductor
1779 - Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer
1823 - Adolf von Doss, composer
1836 - Karl Merz, composer
1866 - Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer
1869 - Caro Roma, composer
1875 - Paul Scheinpflug, composer
1889 - Vilem Petrzelka, composer
1896 - Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
1906 - Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied)
1908 - Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, Brooklyn New York, American composer (’The Toy Trumpet’)
1919 - Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer
1925 - Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer (Good Rockin’ Tonight)
1929 - Akio Yashiro, composer
1934 - Larry Sitsky, composer
1934 - Vasil Kazandzhiev, composer
1937 - Paul Martin Palombo, composer
1939 - Artie Tripp, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1940 - Roy Ayers, LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
1942 - Danny Hutton, Ireland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)
1943 - Garrett List, composer
1944 - Thomas Allen, British opera singer
1945 - Jose Feliciano, Lares, Puerto Rican singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)
1949 - Barriemore Barlow, rocker (Jethro Tull)
1950 - Don Powell, England, rock drummer (Slade)
1950 - Joe Perry, Lawrence, Massachusetts, American rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Walk this Way)
1951 - Alder Taylor, rocker
1951 - Peter Tolson, rocker
1955 - Pat Mastelotto, rock drummer (Mr Mister, King Crimson)
1956 - Johnny Fingers, rocker (Boomtown Rats)
1956 - Johnny Hickman, American musician
1957 - Siobhan Fahey, Dublin, rocker (Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear’s Sister)
1957 - Carol Decker, UK singer (T’Pau-Heart & Soul)
1960 - David Lowery, American musician
1963 - David Titlow, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
1963 - Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician
1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
1970 - Paula Kelley, musician
1979 - Jacob Young, American actor and singer

11. septembar

1614 - Philipp Buchner, composer
1700 - James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia)
1753 - Friedrich August Baumbach, composer
1764 - Valentino Fioravanti, composer
1786 - Friedrich Kuhlau, composer
1807 - Ignaz Lachner, composer
1825 - Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
1844 - George Clement Martin, composer
1874 - Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer
1876 - Alfonso Broqua, composer
1885 - Herbert Stothart, composer
1890 - Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer
1891 - Noel Gallon, composer
1895 - Harry Tobias, songwriter
1899 - Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Driestuivers Opera)
1899 - Jimmie Davis, Quitman, Louisiana, American singer and songwriter (You Are My Sunshine)
1902 - Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall)
1911 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
1915 - Jack Fascinato, Bevier Mo, pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie)
1925 - Ashley Heenan, composer
1925 - Harry Stuart Somers, composer
1934 - Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
1935 - Arvo Part, composer
1937 - Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman
1938 - Charles Patrick, rocker (Monotones)
1940 - Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1943 - Mickey Hart, drummer (Grateful Dead)
1945 - Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse)
1946 - Dennis Tufano, Chicago, rock guitarist/vocalist (Buckinghams)
1948 - John Martyn, English musician
1953 - Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx)
1957 - Jon Moss, rock drummerer (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1958 - Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist (Style Council-You’re the Best Thing)
1960 - Neal X, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1961 - Elizabeth Daily, Los Angeles, California, American actress and singer (Buttercup-The Powerpuff Girls)
1964 - Victor Wooten, American musician
1965 - Moby, American musician
1967 - Harry Connick Jr, New Orleans Louisiana, singer (We Are in Love)
1968 - Kay Hanley, American musician
1969 - Gidget Gein, American musician
1970 - Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
1970 - Ted Leo, American musician
1971 - Richard Ashcroft, British singer
1975 - Mark Klepaski, American musician
1976 - Elephant Man, Jamaican musician
1977 - Ludacris, American rapper
1977 - Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay)
1978 - Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer

12. septembar

1655 - Sebastien de Brossard, composer
1761 - Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer
1768 - Bemnjamin Carr, composer
1803 - Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer
1856 - Johann Heinrich Beck, composer
1876 - Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter)
1887 - George Georgescu, composer
1890 - Guido Guerrini, composer
1891 - Adolph Weiss, composer
1898 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
1900 - Eric Harding Thiman, composer
1901 - Ernst Pepping, German composer
1904 - Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer
1905 - Boris Arapov, composer
1906 - Ruvim Pergament, composer
1915 - Billy Daniels, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show)
1922 - Jackson Mac Low, composer
1929 - Harvey Lester Schmidt, composer
1930 - Larry Austin, composer
1931 - George Jones, Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me), (d. 2013)
1938 - Tatiana Troyanos, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier)
1939 - Phillip Ramey, composer
1941 - Hans-Karsten Raecke, composer
1942 - Tomés Marco, Basque/Spanish composer
1943 - Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis)
1944 - Barry White, Galveston Tx, singer (Love’s Theme), (d. 2003)
1945 - John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
1949 - Tony Stevens, rocker
1952 - Gerry Beckley, rock vocalist/guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)
1952 - Neil Peart, Canada, musician and drummer (Rush-A Farewell to Kings)
1956 - Brian Robertson, Glasgow Scotland, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1956 - Barry Andrews, British musician
1957 - Hans Zimmer, German composer
1961 - Mylene Farmer, Montreal Canada, french singer (Cendres de Lune)
1961 - Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi singer
1962 - Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer
1965 - John Norwood Fisher, American musician
1966 - Ben Folds, American musician
1968 - [Reid Laurence] Larry LaLonde, Richmond, California, American guitarist (Primus-Frizzle Fry)
1970 - Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One)
1974 - Jennifer Nettles, American country singer, part of Sugarland
1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1977 - James Louis McCartney, son of Paul & Linda McCartney
1977 - Idan Raichel, Israeli musician
1977 - Jeff Irwin, American musician
1978 - Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)
1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer
1980 - Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, Dream Evil)
1981 - Jennifer Hudson, Chicago, Illinois, American actress and singer (Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson)
1983 - Carly Smithson, Irish singer
1986 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer

13. septembar

1551 - Pandolfo Zallamella, composer
1594 - Francesco Manelli, composer
1673 - Hercule Brehy, composer
1682 - Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer
1688 - Luca Antonio Praedieri, composer
1739 - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer
1806 - Moritz Ganz, composer
1819 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
1842 - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer
1847 - Charles Dupee Blake, composer
1858 - Catherinus Elling, composer
1874 - Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet). Died 1951.
1882 - Henri Potiron, composer
1893 - Larry Shields, American musician (d. 1953)
1897 - Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer
1908 - Ray Burns Green, composer
1911 - Bill Monroe, Rosine Ky, country singer (Blue Moon of Kentucky)
1914 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician
1916 - Dick Haymes, Argentine vocalist (d. 1980)
1917 - Jon Thorarinsson, composer
1917 - Robert Eugene Ward, Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon)
1922 - Yma Sumac, [Chavarri], Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano (Omar Khayyam)
1922 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
1924 - Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966)
1925 - Gabriel Charpentier, composer
1925 - Mel Tormé, American singer (d. 1999)
1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1932 - Bengt Hallberg, composer
1933 - Arif Melikov, composer
1940 - Joyce Schouten, Dutch singer (Fouryo’s)
1943 - Ray Elliott, rock pianist/saxophonist (Them)
1944 - Peter Cetera, Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days)
1945 - Alain Louvier, composer
1951 - David Clayton-Thomas, singer (Blood Sweat & Tears - Joy to the World)
1952 - Karen Wyman, Bronx NY, singer (Long & Winding Road)
1952 - Randy Jones, American musician (The Village People)
1952 - Don Was, American singer
1954 - Ted Mueller, rock drummer (Axe)
1955 - Joe Morris, American musician
1956 - [Joan] Joni Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1961 - Dave Mustaine, American musician (ex-Metallica, Megadeth)
1961 - KK Null, Japanese musician
1965 - Zak Starkey, London, English rock drummer, son of Beatle Ringo
1967 - Tim ’Ripper’ Owens, American singer (Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest)
1971 - Stella Nina McCartney, fashion designer and daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney
1971 - Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer
1973 - Kelly Chen, Chinese singer
1974 - Keith Murray, American rapper
1975 - Joe Don Rooney, American musician (Rascal Flatts)
1977 - Fiona Apple, American singer
1977 - Ivan De Battista, Maltese Actor, singer and composer
1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone)
1979 - Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic)
1980 - Michelle Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
1980 - Teppei Teranishi, American guitarist (Thrice)
1983 - James Bourne, English musician

14. septembar

1722 - Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer
1737 - Johann Michael Haydn, composer
1748 - Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer
1760 - M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer
1761 - Pavel Lambert Masek, composer
1768 - Georg Johann Schinn, composer
1840 - George Elbridge Whiting, composer
1882 - Harald Fryklof, composer
1885 - Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d’aspetto)
1902 - , orgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977)
1904 - Richard Mohaupt, Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica)
1908 - Bernie Green, NYC, orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show)
1910 - Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire)
1914 - Michael Spisak, composer
1919 - Deryck Victor Cooke, composer
1926 - Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T’at’evosyan, composer
1926 - Richard Elsasser, composer
1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
1942 - Kuldar Sink, composer
1942 - Oliver Eugene Lake, composer
1944 - Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress (Bluebeard)
1947 - Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na)
1948 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist
1949 - Steve Gaines, Seneca Mo, rock vocalist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
1950 - Paul Kossoff, London England, rock guitarist (Free)
1953 - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
1954 - Barry Cowsill, Newport RI, rock bassist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
1959 - Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
1966 - Mike Cooley, American guitarist
1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)
1971 - Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore)
1971 - Andre Matos, Brazilian musician
1978 - Danielle Peck, country music singer
1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor
1983 - Amy Winehouse, Southgate, London, singer ("Stronger Than Me, Rehab), (d. 2011)
1984 - Melissa McGhee, American singer
1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)
1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

15. septembar

1572 - Erasmus Widmann, composer
1586 - Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer
1685 - Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer
1690 - Ignazio Prota, composer
1744 - Georg Ritschel, composer
1764 - Friedrich Heine, composer
1764 - Paolo Francesco Parenti, composer
1808 - Louis Clapisson, composer
1811 - Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer
1816 - Edward Wolff, composer
1837 - Leo van Gheluwe, composer
1851 - Josif Marinkovic, composer
1858 - Jeno Hubay, composer
1863 - Horatio William Parker, composer
1876 - Bruno Walter, [B W Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil)
1884 - Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer
1890 - Frank Martin, Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax)
1896 - Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer
1903 - Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw)
1906 - Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1909 - Carlos Estrada, composer
1911 - Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist
1912 - Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer
1913 - Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot)
1913 - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer
1917 - Richard Arnell, composer
1921 - Jan Frank Fischer, composer
1923 - Anton Heiller, composer
1924 - Bobby Short, Danville Ill, singer/pianist (Carlisle Hotel)
1928 - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, Tampa Florida, US jazz hard bop musician (Black Messiah)
1933 - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
1942 - Lee Dorman, American Bassist
1945 - Jessye Norman, US, opera singer (Carmen)
1952 - Kelly Keagy, rock vocalist (Night Ranger)
1953 - Pat Barrett, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1956 - Ned Rothenberg, composer
1956 - Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer
1958 - Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
1964 - Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits
1967 - Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1969 - KG, rocker (Naughty by Nature)
1971 - Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
1972 - Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
1974 - Jamie Stevens, German singer
1976 - Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
1977 - Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1980 - Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer
1989 - Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician