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- Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet-born Russian composer, turns 93.
- Tony Hicks, Brit guitarist with The Hollies, turns 80.
- Benny Andersson, Swedish keyboardist and vocalist for ABBA, turns 79.
- Rene McLean, American tenor saxophonist, turns 79.
- Trevor Pinnock, British conductor and harpsichordist, turns 79.
- Jim Dvorak, American trumpeter for Mama Quartetto, turns 77.
- Billy Gibbons, American guitarist and vocalist for ZZ Top, turns 75.
- Robben Ford, American guitarist, turns 74.
- Steven Irvine, Scottish drummer for Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, turns 66.
- Mike Fahn, American trombonist, turns 65.
- Laurence Cottle, Welsh bassist for Black Sabbath, turns 64.
- Christopher Thorn, American multi-instrumentalist with Blind Melon, turns 57.
- Michael McCary, American vocalist of Boyz II Men, turns 54.
- Paul van Dyk, (born Matthias Paul) German trance music DJ and producer, turns 54.
- Scott Storch, Canadian hip-hop music producer, turns 52.
- Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian lead vocalist for Billy Talent, turns 50.
- Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian Eurovision Song Contest 2006 contestant, turns 46.
- Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian pop music singer, turns 43.
- Keita Tachibana, Japanese j-pop vocalist with w-inds., turns 40.
- John Abercrombie (December 16, 1944 –August 22, 2017), American guitarist, would have turned 81 this year.
- Joe Farrell (December 16, 1937 –January 06, 1986), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 88 this year.
- Jim Glaser (December 16, 1936 –April 06, 2019), American country singer, solo and with Tompall and the Glaser Brothers , would have turned 89 this year.
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 –June 04, 1997), (born John Robert Smith) American organist, would have turned 92 this year.
- Ron Anthony (December 16, 1933–January 19, 2021), American guitarist for Frank Sinatra and George Shearing, would have turned 92 this year.
- Karl Denver (December 16, 1931 –December 21, 1998), (born Angus Murdo McKenzie) Scottish singer, would have turned 94 this year.
- James McCracken (December 16, 1926 –April 29, 1988), American tenor vocalist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Sam Brown (December 16, 1925 –August 27, 1998), (born Samuel Livermore Brown) Jamaican roots reggae singer, would have turned 100 this year.
- Steve Allen (December 16, 1921 –October 30, 2000), American composer and pianist, would have turned 104 this year.
- Turk Murphy (December 16, 1915 –May 30, 1987), (born Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) American trombonist, would have turned 110 this year.
- Andy Razaf (December 16, 1905 –February 03, 1973), American composer, would have turned 120 this year.
- Noel Coward (December 16, 1899 –March 26, 1973), British composer, would have turned 126 this year.
- Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 –March 06, 1967), Hungarian composer, would have turned 143 this year.
- Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770 –March 26, 1827), German composer and pianist, would have turned 255 this year.