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- Bushwick Bill, American rapper with The Geto Boys, turns 41.
- Sinéad O'Connor, British pop music singer, turns 41.
- Judith Pronk, Dutch disc jockey of Alice DeeJay fame, turns 34.
- Bobby Elliot, Brit drummer with The Hollies, turns 65.
- Warren Cuccurullo, American pop music guitarist for Missing Persons and Duran Duran, turns 1812.
- Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter, turns 31.
- Paul Rutherford, Brit backing vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood fame, turns 48.
- Mathias Ruegg, Swiss pianist and composer, turns 55.
- Corey Taylor, American singer for Slipknot and Stone Sour, turns 34.
- Sandy Burnett, Brit record producer, turns 43.
- Marty Friedman, American guitarist of Megadeth fame, turns 45.
- Geoff Daking, American drummer for Blues Magoos, turns 60.
- Butch Vig, (born Bryan Vigorson) American drummer and record producer for Garbage, turns 50.
- Ray Shulman, Brit multi-instrumentalist with Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, turns 58.
- Colin Routh, Brit musician for Black Lace, turns 54.
- James Galway, Irish flautist, turns 68.
- Jerry Butler, American soul music singer with The Impressions, turns 68.
- Graham Knight, Scottish bassist for Marmalade, turns 61.
- Gregg Allman, American keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist with The Allman Brothers Band, turns 60.
- Ryan Newell, American guitarist for Sister Hazel, turns 35.
- Sol Yaged, American clarinetist and film score composer, turns 85.
- Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter, turns 56.
- Phil Collen, Brit guitarist with Def Leppard, turns 50.
- Jean Sibelius (December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957), Finnish classical music composer, would have turned 142 this year.
- Bohuslav Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959), Czech composer, would have turned 117 this year.
- Mike Botts (December 8, 1944 – December 05, 2005), American drummer for Bread, would have turned 63 this year.
- Gérard Souzay (December 8, 1918 – August 17, 2004), French baritone singer, would have turned 89 this year.
- Cleo Brown (December 8, 1909 – April 15, 1995), American jazz singer, would have turned 98 this year.
- Dan Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994), American record producer and multi-instrumentalist, would have turned 57 this year.
- Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 03, 1971), American vocalist with The Doors, would have turned 64 this year.
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990), American singer and performer with The Rat Pack, would have turned 82 this year.
- Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 08, 2005), American organist, would have turned 79 this year.
