Music Birthdays – March 16

1881 – Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)
1885 – Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 1943)
1906 – Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
1920 – John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (d. 1998)
1925 – Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)
1929 – Betty Johnson, American singer
1930 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
1931 – Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
1934 – Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
1935 – Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress
1936 – Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1940 – Keith Rowe, English guitarist
1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
1948 – Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alice Cooper)
1948 – Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
1949 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
1949 – Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
1951 – Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Asleep At The Wheel)
1954 – Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress (Heart)
1959 – Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
1959 – Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
1959 – Steve Marker, American musician
1963 – Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
1963 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (d. 2002)
1964 – Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist
1967 – John Darnielle, American musician and novelist (Mountain Goats)
1967 – Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
1970 – Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
1991 – Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist (Van Halen)