So, out of morbid curiosity upon becoming a semi-centurion (and not, the dreaded AARP mailing hasn’t shown up yet!), I wondered what other music types were born on Twelfth Night: This is what I found, mostly thanks to the so-called “intelligence aggegator” NNBD.com:
Maurice Abravanel
| Conductor | 6-Jan-1903 | 22-Sept.-1993 | Music Director, Utah Symphony 1947-1979
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| Syd Barrett | Singer, songwriter, guitarist
| 6-Jan-1946 | 7-Jul-2006 | Pink Floyd |
| Max Bruch | Composer | 6-Jan-1838 | 2-Oct-1920 | Kol Nidrei |
| Van McCoy | Musician | 6-Jan-1940 | 6-Jul-1979 | The Hustle |
| Johnny O’Keefe | Musician | 6-Jan-1935 | 6-Oct-1978 | King of Australian rock and roll |
Don Sickler
| trumpet, arranger, composer, record producer | 6-Jan-1944 | | Nightwatch |
| Alex Turner | Singer | 6-Jan-1986 | | Lead singer, Arctic Monkeys |
| Jack Varney | Banjoist, Guitarist
| 6-Jan-1918 | | Aussie Jazz pioneer
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| Kim Wilson | Harmonica, bass, vocals
| 6-Jan-1951 | | Fabulous Thunderbirds |
Beyond music, a few other famous names jumped out at me, including (so some sources claim) the Benjamin that It’s All About:
| John DeLorean | Business | 6-Jan-1925 | 19-Mar-2005 | Automobile designer and entepreneur |
| Louis Harris | Business | 6-Jan-1921 | | Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates |
| Lou Holtz | Football | 6-Jan-1937 | | Head Coach, South Carolina, 1999-2004 |
| Victor Horta | Architect | 6-Jan-1861 | 9-Sep-1947 | Art Nouveau architect |
| Joan of Arc | Religion | 6-Jan-1412 | 30-May-1431 | Visionary burned at the stake |
| Sam Rayburn | Politician | 6-Jan-1882 | 16-Nov-1961 | Speaker of the US House, 1940-61 |
| Alan Watts | Philosopher | 6-Jan-1915 | 16-Nov-1973 | Zen beat counterculture sage |
| Bob Wise | Politician | 6-Jan-1948 | | Governor of West Virginia, 2001-05 |
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