Births
- January 4 – Beth Gibbons, British vocalist (Portishead)
- January 12 – Rob Zombie, heavy metal musician
- January 14 – Slick Rick, English rapper
- January 15 – Adam Jones (Tool)
- January 20
- Greg Kriesel (The Offspring)
- Heather Small, British soul singer (M People)
- January 22
- Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
- January 25 – Toni Halliday, lead singer and bass guitarist of Curve
- January 26 – Siavash Shams, Iranian singer
- February 18 – Dr. Dre, record producer and actor
- February 25 – Brian Baker of Minor Threat and Bad Religion
- February 27
- Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician
- Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
- March 4
- Andrew Collins, British radio DJ and journalist
- WestBam (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ
- March 12 – Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress
- March 23 – Marti Pellow, Scottish vocalist (Wet Wet Wet)
- March 24 – Patrick Scales, British-German electric bass guitar player
- April 1 – Robert Steadman, English composer
- April 3 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (d. 2000)
- April 12 – Pinchers, reggae/dancehall artist
- April 18 – Vinnie Moore, guitarist
- April 19
- Suge Knight, American record producer
- Natalie Dessay, French soprano
- April 23 – Tommy DeCarlo, vocalist (Boston)
- April 25 – Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
- May 13 – Tasmin Little, English violinist
- May 16 – Krist Novoselic, Croatian-American bassist Nirvana
- May 17 – Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
- May 28 – Chris Ballew, American rock musician (The Presidents of the United States of America)
- May 31 – Lisa I'Anson, British DJ
- June 7
- Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
- Christine Roque, French singer
- June 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- June 19 – Sean Marshall, American child actor and singer
- July 4 – Jo Whiley, British radio DJ
- July 5 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
- July 9
- Courtney Love (Hole)
- Frank Bello (Anthrax)
- July 19 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
- July 23 – Slash, guitarist (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
- August 6
- Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist
- Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
- August 18 – Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
- August 19 - Johan Botha, South African operatic tenor
- August 28 – Shania Twain, Canadian country singer
- September 1 – Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer
- September 3 – Todd Lewis (Toadies)
- September 7 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
- September 11 – Moby, American musician
- September 12 – Norwood Fisher, Fishbone
- September 13 – Zak Starkey, drummer, son of Ringo Starr
- September 23 – Marco Blaauw, trumpeter (musikFabrik)
- September 26 – Cindy Herron, American singer (En Vogue)
- October 8 – C.J. Ramone, bassist (Ramones)
- October 14 – Constantine Koukias, Australian composer
- October 18 – Curtis Stigers, American jazz musician and singer
- October 20 – Jil Caplan, French singer and songwriter
- October 22 – John Wesley Harding, singer
- October 26 – Aaron Kwok, Hong Kong singer and actor
- October 30 – Gavin Rossdale, English musician
- November 4
- Pata, Japanese rock guitarist (X Japan)
- Jeff Scott Soto, American musician
- Wayne Static, American rock singer (Static-X)
- November 9 – Bryn Terfel, Welsh bass-baritone
- November 20
- Sen Dog (Cypress Hill)
- Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese rock composer, piano and drummer (X Japan)
- November 21
- Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter
- Gabrielle Glaser (Luscious Jackson)
- November 25 – Tim Armstrong, American singer and musician (Rancid)
- December 5 – John Rzeznik, American rock singer (The Goo Goo Dolls)
- December 13 – Jeff Blosser, American singer and musician
- December 23 – Bobby Schayer (Bad Religion)
- December 29 – Dexter Holland, American rock singer (The Offspring)
Read more about this topic: 1965 In Music
Famous quotes containing the word births:
“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)