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- MC Lyte, American rapper, turns 36.
- Petra Haden, American violinist with The Rentals and that dog., turns 36.
- Daryl Hall, American blue-eyed soul vocalist of Hall and Oates fame, turns 58.
- Bob Dukoff, American jazz vocalist, turns 89.
- Brendan Brown, American guitarist and vocalist for Wheatus, turns 34.
- Linda Boone, American singer, turns 52.
- Andre Woolfolk, American multi-instrumentalist of Earth Wind and Fire fame, turns 57.
- Tony Kinsey, renowned Brit jazz drummer, turns 80.
- Andy McCoy, Finnish lead guitarist with Hanoi Rocks, turns 45.
- Gary Mallaber, American drummer for Steve Miller Band, turns 61.
- Gene Watson, American country music singer, turns 64.
- Paulette Carlson, American country music singer, turns 54.
- Todd Snider, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 41.
- Blair Cunningham, American drummer for Brit pop music outfit, Haircut 100, turns 50.
- Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter, turns 56.
- Claude Morrison, Canadian vocalist with The Nylons, turns 55.
- Mwata Bowden, American aerophone virtuoso, turns 60.
- Mike Smith, American guitarist with theSTART and Snot, turns 36.
- Art Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), American bebop drummer, would have turned 88 this year.
- Jakov Gotovac (October 11, 1895 – October 16, 1982), Croatian composer, would have turned 112 this year.
- Luděk Hulan (October 11, 1929 – February 22, 1979), Czech jazz bass player, would have turned 78 this year.
- Teddy Weatherford (October 11, 1903 – April 25, 1945), American jazz pianist, would have turned 104 this year.
- Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 08, 1999), American trumpeter, would have turned 66 this year.
- Loys Choquart (October 11, 1920 – December 10, 1989), (or Loïs Choquart) Swiss bandleader and clarinettist, would have turned 87 this year.
- Curtis Amy (October 11, 1919 – June 05, 2002), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 88 this year.
- Dottie West (October 11, 1932 – September 04, 1991), (nee Dorothy Marsh) American country music singer, would have turned 75 this year.
- Simon Sechter (October 11, 1788 – September 10, 1867), Austrian organist, conductor, and composer, would have turned 219 this year.
- Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 03, 2001), American free jazz and hard bop drummer, would have turned 71 this year.
