* 1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer ( d. 1797 )

* 1566 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer ( d. 1650 )

Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual () ( 29 May 1860, Camprodon – 18 May 1909, Cambo-les-Bains ) was a Spanish pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms.

* 1904 – Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor ( b. 1904 )

* 1980 – Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist

Sketches of Spain ( 1959 – 1960 ) featured songs by contemporary Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo and also Manuel de Falla, as well as Gil Evans originals with a Spanish flavor.

* 1876 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer ( d. 1946 )

* August 3 – Manuel Esperón, Mexican musician and composer ( d. 2011 )

* April 24 – Manuel Ponce, Mexican composer ( b. 1882 )

* November 14 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer ( b. 1876 )

* November 23 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer ( d. 1946 )

* December 11 – ( baptised ) – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer ( d. 1650 )

* November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer ( b. 1566 )

* September 24 – Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer ( b. 1547 )

At Granada in 1922 he became associated with the Concurso de Cante Jondo promoted by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla.

Firstly, contemporary works, including concertos and sonatas, usually specifically written for Segovia himself by composers he forged working relationships with, notably Spaniards such as Federico Moreno Torroba, Federico Mompou, and Joaquín Rodrigo, the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and the great Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

* Manuel Brancal ( born 1968 ), musician and composer.

Later, with his friendship with composer Manuel de Falla Spanish folklore became his muse.

Early in 1922 at Granada García Lorca joined the composer Manuel de Falla in order to promote the Concurso de Cante Jondo, a festival dedicated to enhance flamenco performance.

Spain has also played an important role within the history of western classical music, particularly in its early phase from the 15th to the 17th centuries ; ranging from a composer like Tomás Luis de Victoria, the zarzuela of Spanish opera, the ballet of Manuel de Falla, to the classical guitar music of Pepe Romero.

Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García was born in Paris to the Garcías, a Spanish opera family led by her father, tenor, singing teacher, composer and impresario Manuel García.

* 1640 – Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer ( d. 1697 )

They were popular throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, for example with the poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut.

Salieri collaborated with Casti to produce a parody of the relationship between poet and composer in Prima la musica e poi le parole ( First the Music and then the Words ).

* 1845 – Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher ( d. 1904 )

* 1966 – Michael Franti, American singer, musician, composer, and poet ( The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy )

* 1567 – Christoph Demantius, German composer, music theorist, writer and poet ( d. 1643 )

* 1572 – Jan Campanus, Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist ( d. 1622 )

* 1982 – Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani writer, poet composer of the National Anthem of Pakistan ( b. 1900 )

The poet Nicholas Moore and the composer Timothy Moore were his sons, by Dorothy Moore, born 1892, died 1977.

This early form of democracy was recorded by the philosopher Rousseau, by the poet Wordsworth, by the dramatist Tirso de Molina and by the composer Iparraguirre, who wrote the piece called Gernikako Arbola.

The police still used gross indecency laws instead to harass homosexuals, but the gay community in Poland thrived, with many important public figures, such as the composer Karol Szymanowski, the poet Bolesław Leśmian and the novelists Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and Maria Dąbrowska being of homosexual orientation.

* 2012 – Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist, composer, and poet ( Griot Galaxy ) ( b. 1942 )

* 1930 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian singer, musician, poet, and composer

* 1948 – Valeri Brainin, Russian / German musicologist, music manager, composer, and poet

* 1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet ( d. 1651 )

* 1865 – Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer ( d. 1910 )

* 1468 – Juan del Encina, Spanish composer, poet, and playwright ( d. 1530 )

Famous visitors to Luxembourg in the 18th and 19th centuries included the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the French writers Emile Zola and Victor Hugo, the composer Franz Liszt, and the English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner.

* 1916 – Moondog, American composer, musician, and poet ( d. 1999 )

* 1775 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, South Indian poet and composer, considered one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music ( d. 1835 )

* Micah Hawkins ( 1777 – 1825 ), American poet and composer

* 1922 – Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, poet, writer, dramatist and filmmaker ( d. 1995 )

* 1940 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish musician, composer and poet ( d. 2002 )

* Oscar ( opera ), an opera about Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet by composer Theodore Morrison to be presented by The Santa Fe Opera in 2013.