* Dallas Austin ( born 1970 ), American musician

* AM ( musician ), an American musician, composer, and producer

* 1937 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and musician

* 1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician

* 1975 – Damon Pampolina, American musician and actor ( The Party )

* 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter ( Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits )

* 1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader ( d. 1991 )

* 1940 – Herbie Hancock, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer

* 1957 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Pure Prairie League and The Notorious Cherry Bombs )

* 1971 – Nick Hexum, American singer and musician ( 311 )

* 1987 – Brendon Urie, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Panic at the Disco )

* 1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician ( Modern Jazz Quartet ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1925 – Johnny Horton, American singer and musician ( d. 1960 )

* 1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and activist

* 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer ( Santo & Johnny )

* 1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist ( d. 2001 )

* 1969 – Warren Defever, American musician and composer ( His Name Is Alive )

* 1972 – JR Richards, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( Dishwalla )

* 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn )

* 1949 – Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Alabama )

* 1986 – Tyler " Telle " Smith, American singer-songwriter and musician ( The Word Alive and In Fear and Faith )

* 1917 – Scott Joplin, American musician and composer ( b. 1868 )

* 1998 – Rozz Williams, American musician ( Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation ) ( b. 1963 )

* 1999 – Jesse Stone, American musician and songwriter ( b. 1901 )

This refusal to accept any renunciation of allegiance to the Crown led to conflict with the United States over impressment, and then led to further conflicts even during the War of 1812, when thirteen Irish American prisoners of war were executed as traitors after the Battle of Queenston Heights ; Winfield Scott urged American reprisal, but none was carried out.

* 1972 – Scott Martin Brooks, American actor

* 1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot ( d. 2006 )

* 1949 – Scott Turow, American writer

* 1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American writer and illustrator

* 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator ( d. 1983 )

* 1948 – Scott Powell, American singer ( Sha Na Na )

* 1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter ( d. 1843 )

* 1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor ( d. 2007 )

* 1973 – Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Creed )

* 1959 – Scott McKinsey, American director

* 1981 – Jake Scott, American football player

* 1929 – Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster ( d. 2005 )

* 1959 – Scott Altman, American astronaut

* 1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player

* 1949 – Scott Asheton, American drummer ( The Stooges and Sonic's Rendezvous Band )

* 1976 – Scott Caan, American actor

* 1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player

* 1923 – Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge ( d. 2007 )

* 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress ( d. 2005 )

* 1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater

* 1956 – Melody Thomas Scott, American actress

* 1962 – Scott Boman, American politician