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- Aled Jones, Welsh boy soprano singer, turns 37.
- Evan Seinfeld, American actor and bassist of Biohazard fame, turns 35.
- Angela Via, (born Angela Jolene Trullinger Villarreal) American pop music singer, turns 26.
- Yvonne Elliman, American actress and singer, turns 56.
- Neil Giraldo, American guitarist and songwriter with Pat Benatar, turns 52.
- Jim Reid, Scottish vocalist with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat, turns 46.
- Mark Day, Brit guitarist with Happy Mondays, turns 46.
- LaToya London, American singer of American Idol fame, turns 29.
- Jessica Andrews, American country music artist, turns 24.
- Gali Atari, Israeli actress and singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 contest, turns 54.
- Alex Gifford, Brit multi-instrumentalist with Propellerheads, turns 44.
- Chris Barnes, American singer with Cannibal Corpse, turns 40.
- Dexter Holland, American rhythm guitarist and vocalist with The Offspring, turns 41.
- Glen Phillips, American guitarist and vocalist for Toad the Wet Sprocket, turns 37.
- Brian Brown, Australian tenor saxophonist, turns 74.
- Marianne Faithfull, Brit actress and singer, turns 61.
- Rose Lee Maphis, American honky tonk vocalist, turns 85.
- Ray Thomas, British musician with The Moody Blues, turns 65.
- Charlie Spinosa, American blues musician with John Fred & His Playboy Band, turns 59.
- Joe Lovano, American drummer and flautist, turns 55.
- Jan Konopasek, Czech baritone saxophonist, turns 76.
- Danilo Pérez, Panamanian composer and pianist, turns 41.
- Irving Ashby (December 29, 1920 – April 22, 1987), American jazz guitarist with The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, would have turned 87 this year.
- Billy Tipton (December 29, 1914 – January 21, 1989), American jazz pianist, would have turned 93 this year.
- Cutty Cutshall (December 29, 1911 – August 16, 1968), (born Robert Dewees Cutshall) American trombonist, would have turned 96 this year.
- Rick Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999), Canadian guitarist and vocalist with The Band, would have turned 64 this year.
- "Snub" Mosley (December 29, 1905 – July 21, 1981), (born Lawrence Leo Mosley) American trombonist; slide saxophone inventor, would have turned 102 this year.
- Pablo Casals (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), Catalan cellist, would have turned 131 this year.
- Thore Ehrling (December 29, 1912 – October 21, 1994), Swedish bandleader and trumpeter, would have turned 95 this year.
- Cozy Powell (December 29, 1947 – April 05, 1998), Brit drummer with Whitesnake, ELP, would have turned 60 this year.
- Willie Humphrey (December 29, 1900 – June 06, 1994), American clarinetist, would have turned 107 this year.
- Roger Voudouris (December 29, 1954 – August 03, 2003), American singer-songwriter, would have turned 53 this year.
