1976 in Music - Births

Births

• January 8 – Jenny Lewis, vocalist (Rilo Kiley)
• January 16 – Stuart Fletcher (The Seahorses)
• January 18 – Damien Leith, Australian singer/songwriter
• January 20 – Sid Wilson (Slipknot)
• January 21 – Emma Bunton, British singer (Spice Girls)
• February 4 – Cam'ron, rapper
• February 13 – Leslie Feist (Broken Social Scene)
• February 15
  • Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
  • Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (The Killers)
• February 28 – Ja Rule, American rapper
• March 8 – Gareth Coombes, British singer (Supergrass)
• March 16 – Blu Cantrell, singer
• March 17 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (died.2009)
• March 20 – Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
• March 26 – Dave Keuning (The Killers)
• April 2 – Lucy Diakovska, German-Bulgarian pop singer
• April 10 - Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (d.2006)
• April 18 – Sean Maguire, British actor and singer
• April 29 – Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and record producer
• May 8
  • Martha Wainwright, singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle
  • Ian Watkins, British singer (Steps)
• May 10 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
• May 14 – Hunter Burgan (AFI)
• May 17 – Kandi Burruss (Xscape)
• May 22 – Daniel Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Arch Enemy)
• May 29 – Dave Buckner (Papa Roach)
• June 2
  • Tim Rice-Oxley, British musician (Keane)
  • Adrian Olivares (Menudo)
• June 7 – Necro (Ron Braunstein), American rapper and record producer
• June 11 – Tai Anderson, American rock bassist (Third Day)
• June 13
  • Jason "J" Brown, English rock musician (5ive)
  • Kym Marsh, English singer (Hear'Say)
• June 15
  • Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish rock musician and songwriter (Snow Patrol)
  • Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm)
• June 21 – Mike Einziger (Incubus)
• June 22 – Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party)
• June 26 – Paul Phillips, guitarist (Puddle of Mudd)
• June 27 – Leigh Nash, American singer (Sixpence None the Richer)
• July 1
  • Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • Plies, American rapper
  • Lina Rafn, Danish singer
• July 3 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone)
• July 5
  • Bizarre, African American rapper
  • Mike DeWolf, American rock musician (Taproot)
• July 10
  • Elijah Blue Allman, American musician, son of Cher and Greg Allman
  • Philip Howard, pianist and composer
• July 16 – Chiara Zeffirelli, crossover soprano
• July 20 – Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock singer/guitarist (Wolfmother)
• July 22 – Kokia, Japanese singer-songwriter
• August 8
  • JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
  • Drew Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees)
• August 11
  • Brendan Bayliss, American rock guitarist and vocalist
  • Ben Gibbard, American rock musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
• August 12
  • Mikko Lindström, Finnish rock guitarist
  • Joseph Poole, American rock lead singer (Murderdolls, FDQ)
• August 13 – Roddy Woomble, Scottish musician
• August 14 – Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
• August 18
  • Alex Katunich, American rock bassist
  • Dirk 'Alex' Lance (Incubus)
• September 12 – Bizzy Bone, American rapper, member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
• September 16
  • Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club 7)
  • Elīna Garanča, operatic soprano
• October 6 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• October 7 – Taylor Hicks, American singer
• October 19 – Omar Gooding, rapper
• October 20 – Tom Wisniewski (MxPx)
• October 22 – Jon Foreman, American rock singer/guitarist (Switchfoot)
• November 11
  • Jesse F. Keeler (Death from Above 1979)
  • Mike Leon Grosch, German singer
• November 12 – Tevin Campbell, singer-songwriter
• November 13 – Shagrath, Dimmu Borgir
• November 16 – Mario Barravecchia, Italian singer
• November 18 – Shagrath, Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir)
• November 19 – Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
• December 4 – Amie Comeaux, American country music singer (d. 1997)
• December 12 – Dan Hawkins, British rock guitarist (The Darkness)
• December 18 - Red Cafe, rapper
• December 25
  • Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish metal keyboardist (Nightwish)
  • Armin van Buuren, Dutch music producer and DJ
• date unknown
  • John Collura (The Ataris)
  • Mike Davenport (The Ataris)
  • Patrick Riley (The Ataris)