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- Treach, American rapper of Naughty By Nature fame, turns 37.
- Donna Matthews, Brit guitarist with Elastica, turns 36.
- Nelly Furtado, Canadian pop music artist, turns 29.
- Tom McGuinness, Brit bassist and vocalist with Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, turns 66.
- Britney Spears, American bubblegum pop performer and Mickey Mouse Club graduate, turns 26.
- Sydney Youngblood, American R&B singer, turns 47.
- Michael McDonald, American blue-eyed soul performer, turns 55.
- Ted Bluechel, Brit drummer and vocalist with The Association, turns 65.
- Nate Mendel, American bassist for Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, turns 39.
- Ronnie Matthews, American pianist, turns 72.
- Teairra Marí, (born Teairra Maria Thomas) American R&B singer, turns 20.
- Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress, turns 28.
- Rick Savage, Brit bassist for Def Leppard, turns 47.
- Raymond Court, Swiss trumpeter, turns 75.
- Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist with Muse, turns 29.
- Peter Carl Goldmark (December 2, 1906 – December 07, 1977), American inventor of the LP microgroove recording system, would have turned 101 this year.
- Harry Burleigh (December 2, 1886 – December 12, 1949), American composer, would have turned 121 this year.
- Eddie Sauter (December 2, 1914 – April 21, 1981), American arranger and composer, would have turned 93 this year.
- Fate Marable (December 2, 1890 – January 16, 1947), American bandleader and pianist, would have turned 117 this year.
- Wynton Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971), Jamaican pianist, would have turned 76 this year.
- Rob Swope (December 2, 1926 – January 09, 1967), American trombonist, would have turned 81 this year.
- Charlie Ventura (December 2, 1916 – January 12, 1992), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 91 this year.
- Agostino Agazzari (December 2, 1578 – April 10, 1640), Italian composer and music theory scholar, would have turned 429 this year.
- Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002), American lyricist and playwright, would have turned 93 this year.
- John Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 – July 29, 1970), Brit conductor, would have turned 108 this year.
- Harriet Cohen (December 2, 1895 – November 13, 1967), British pianist, would have turned 112 this year.
- Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977), American soprano singer, would have turned 84 this year.
- Leo Ornstein (December 2, 1892 – February 24, 2002), Russian-born composer and pianist, would have turned 115 this year.