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- Akon, (born Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Akon Thiam) Senegalese R&B singer, turns 26.
- Usher, (born Usher Raymond IV) American actor, dancer, and R&B singer, turns 29.
- Shaznay Lewis, Brit singer and songwriter with All Saints, turns 32.
- Natalie Maines, American country musician with Dixie Chicks, turns 33.
- Dusko Goykovich, Yugoslavian trumpeter, turns 76.
- Karyn White, American R&B singer, turns 42.
- Chris Amoo, Brit performer and songwriter for The Chants, The Real Thing, turns 55.
- La Monte Young, American composer, turns 72.
- Lukas Resetarits, Austrian cabaret artist and actor, turns 60.
- Colin Hodgkinson, Brit bassist with Whitesnake, turns 62.
- Thomas Dolby, British new wave music keyboardist, turns 49.
- Ivory Tilmon, American vocalist with Detroit Emeralds, turns 59.
- Marcia Barrett, Jamaican vocalist of Boney M fame, turns 59.
- Melba Montgomery, American country singer for George Jones, Charlie Louvin, and Gene Pitney, turns 69.
- Bryan Breeding, American singer B5, a boy band, turns 13.
- Constantine Koukias, Australian composer, turns 42.
- Garrison Fewell, American guitarist, turns 54.
- Justin Hayward, Brit composer, guitarist and singer for The Moody Blues, turns 61.
- Doug Virden, American country music vocalist for Sons of the Desert, turns 36.
- Dan McCafferty, Scottish lead vocalist for Nazareth, turns 61.
- Billy Harrison, Irish guitarist for Them, turns 65.
- Cliff Richard, British singer with The Shadows, turns 67.
- Fritz Pauer, Austrian pianist, turns 64.
- Joseph Utsler, (aka Shaggy 2 Dope) American rapper of Insane Clown Posse fame, turns 33.
- Kazumi Watanabe, Japanese guitarist, turns 54.
- Red McKenzie (October 14, 1899 – February 07, 1948), American vocalist, would have turned 108 this year.
- Nikhil Banerjee (October 14, 1931 – January 27, 1986), Indian classical musician, would have turned 76 this year.
- John Graas (October 14, 1924 – April 13, 1962), American french horn player, would have turned 83 this year.
- Allan Jones (October 14, 1907 – January 27, 1992), American actor and singer, would have turned 100 this year.
- Jan Morks (October 14, 1925 – September 04, 1984), Dutch clarinettist, would have turned 82 this year.
- Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965), American composer and pianist, would have turned 118 this year.
- Leo Addeo (October 14, 1914 – May 04, 1979), Italian bandleader, would have turned 93 this year.
