1971 in Music - Births

Births

• January 8 – Karen Poole (Alisha's Attic)
• January 9 – Angie Martinez, American rapper and radio talk host
• January 11
  • Mary J. Blige, American singer
  • Tom Rowlands (Chemical Brothers)
  • Stuart Davis, lyricist
• January 13 – Lee Agnew (Nazareth)
• January 17 – Kid Rock, singer and rapper
• January 18 – Jonathan Davis (KoЯn)
• January 19 – John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
• January 20
  • Gary Barlow, British singer-songwriter (Take That)
  • Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, American musician, composer, producer, photographer, and author
• January 21 – Tweet, American singer
• January 25 – China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner)
• January 27 – Lil Jon, rapper and producer
• January 28 – Anthony Hamilton, American singer
• February 1 – Ron Welty (The Offspring)
• February 2
  • Michelle Gayle, British singer
  • Ben Mize (Counting Crows)#
• February 5 – Sara Evans, American singer
• February 13 – Sonia, English pop singer
• February 16
  • Amanda Holden, British actress and singer
  • Steven Houghton, British actor and singer
• February 19 – Gil Shaham, violinist
• February 26 – Erykah Badu, American singer
• February 27 – Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, singer (TLC)
• March 4 – Feargal Lawler Irish drummer (The Cranberries)
• March 6 – Betty Boo, singer
• March 9 – C-Murder, American rapper
• March 10 – Timbaland, American rapper/singer
• March 11 - Erin O'Donnell, American Christian musician
• March 21 – John Hendy, British singer (East 17)
• March 29 – Attila Csihar, Hungarian vocalist (Mayhem)
• March 31 – Ewan McGregor, actor and singer
• April 1 – Method Man, American rapper
• April 2 – Zeebra, Japanese rapper
• April 3 – Wes Berggren, American musician
• April 4 – Josh Todd, American rock singer (Buckcherry)
• April 11 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
• April 16 – Selena Quintanilla Perez, American singer (d. 1995)
• April 20 – Mikey Welsh (Weezer)
• April 24
  • Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitar player and singer (Evil Superstars, Deus)
  • Alejandro Fernandez, Mexican singer
• April 29
  • Siniša Vuco, Croatian musician
  • Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV)
• May 3 – Damon Dash, record label executive
• May 6 – Chris Shiflett, American rock musician (Foo Fighters)
• May 9 – Paul McGuigan British bassist (Oasis)
• May 10 – Craig Mack, American rapper
• May 17 – Vernie Bennett, British singer (Eternal)
• May 22 – Raimund Marasigan, drummer (Eraserheads)
• May 27 – Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American rapper and songwriter TLC (d. 2002)
• May 30
  • Patrick Dahlheimer, Live
  • Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
• May 31 – Adam Walton, British DJ
• June 1 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
• June 5 – Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
• June 9 - Erika Miklósa, Hungarian coloratura soprano
• June 16 – Tupac Shakur, rapper (d. 1996)
• June 17
  • Bif Naked, singer
  • Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
• June 18 – Nathan Morris American singer (Boyz II Men)
• June 21 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish)
• June 27 – DJ Screw, rapper (d. 2000)
• June 29 – Matthew Good, Canadian musician
• July 1 – Missy Elliott, American singer
• July 11 – Leisha Hailey, American musician and actress
• July 12 – MC Breed, American rapper (d. 2008)
• July 17
  • DJ Minutemix, P.M. Dawn
  • Ed Kowalczyk, Live
• July 20 – DJ Screw, American hip hop deejay (d. 2000)
• July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer-songwriter
• July 23
  • Alison Krauss, American singer
  • Scott Krippayne, American Christian musician
  • Dalvin DeGrate, American rapper (Jodeci)
• July 30 – Calogero, singer
• July 31 – John Lowery, American guitarist
• August 3 – DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-n-Pepa)
• August 4 – Yo-Yo, rapper
• August 7 – Rachel York, American actress and singer
• August 12 – Phil Western, Canadian musician
• August 17
  • Anthony Kearns, Irish tenor
  • Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean actress and singer
• August 18 – Richard D. James, Irish musician
• August 20 – Fred Durst, American singer (Limp Bizkit)
• August 23 – Bone Crusher, American rapper
• August 26 – Thalía, Mexican actress and singer
• August 27 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• August 30 – Lars Frederiksen (Rancid)
• September 1 - DJ Cocoa Chanelle, djer
• September 6 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish vocalist (The Cranberries)
• September 11 – Richard Ashcroft, British singer and songwriter
• September 18 - Anna Netrebko, operatic soprano
• September 19 – D-Flame, hip-hop and reggae performer
• September 21 – Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, singer and dancer
• September 24 – Marty Cintron American singer (No Mercy)
• September 28 – A. J. Croce, singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce
• October 2
  • Tiffany, American singer
  • James Root, guitarist for Slipknot
  • LeShaun, American rapper
• October 3 – Kevin Richardson American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• October 4 – Brian Transeau, American disc jockey
• October 5 – South Park Mexican, American rapper
• October 10 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
• October 11 – MC Lyte, American rapper
• October 17
  • Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer 'N Sync
  • Derrick Plourde (The Ataris) (died 2005)
• October 20
  • Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
  • Snoop Dogg, American rapper
• October 25
  • Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
  • Midori, Japanese violinist
• October 26 – Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
• October 30 – John Alford, British singer and actor
• November 5 – Jonny Greenwood, British musician, song writer and composer
• November 6 – Joey Beltram, DJ and record producer
• November 8
  • Tech N9ne, rapper
  • Aaron Yates, American rapper
• November 12 – Tom Shear, American musician and producer
• November 13 – Buddy Zabala, bassist (Eraserheads)
• November 16 - Annely Peebo, operatic mezzo-soprano
• November 18 – Özlem Tekin, Turkish singer
• December 8 – Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• December 16 – Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men)
• December 20
  • Roger J. Beaujard, American musician
  • Simon O'Neill, New Zealand opera singer
• December 24 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
• December 25
  • Dido, English singer
  • Noel Hogan Irish guitarist (The Cranberries)
• December 31 – Marcus Adoro, lead guitarist (Eraserheads)