Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/September 25

• Ian Tyson, Canadian folk & country musician, turns 91.
• Horace Arnold, American session musician (drummer) with Hugh Masekela, Charles Mingus, turns 87.
• Mike Gibbs, Zimbabwe-born bandleader and trombonist, turns 87.
• Jules "Gary" Alexander, guitarist and vocalist with The Association, turns 81.
• Billy Pierce, American tenor saxophonist, turns 76.
• Steven Severin, Brit bassist for Siouxsie and the Banshees, turns 69.
• Zucchero, (nee Adelmo Fornaciari) Italian singer, turns 69.
• Barbara Dennerlein, German organist, turns 60.
• Will Smith, American actor and singer, turns 56.

• Dean Ween, American guitarist and co-founder of Ween, turns 54.
• Declan Donnelly, Brit singer with (PJ and Duncan) actor, and TV presenter, turns 49.
• T.I., (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) American rapper and actor, turns 44.
• Diana Ortiz, American pop music vocalist with Dream, a girl group, turns 39.

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• Bryan MacLean (September 25, 1947 –December 25, 1998), American guitarist and vocalist for Love, would have turned 77 this year.
• John Locke (September 25, 1943 –August 04, 2006), American keyboardist for Spirit and Nazareth, would have turned 81 this year.

• Billy Mundi (September 25, 1942–March 29,  2014), American session drummer with Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, would have turned 82 this year.
• John Taylor (September 25, 1942 –July 17, 2015), Brit jazz pianist, would have turned 82 this year.
• Roland Alexander (September 25, 1935 –June 14, 2006), American saxophonist and pianist, would have turned 89 this year.
• Sam Rivers (September 25, 1930–December 26,  1998), American composer and multi-instrumentalist, would have turned 94 this year.
• Dave Wilkins (September 25, 1914–November 26,  1990), Barbados trumpeter, would have turned 110 this year.
• Karlo Bohlander (September 25, 1919 –July 05, 2004), German writer and trumpeter, would have turned 105 this year.
• Al Hoffman (September 25, 1902 –July 21, 1960), Russian songwriter and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, would have turned 122 this year.
• Alex Bigard (September 25, 1899 –June 27, 1978), American drummer, would have turned 125 this year.
• Charlie Allen (1908 – 1972), American trumpeter, would have turned 116.
• Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes (September 25, 1936 –April 02, 1996), Bluesman, would have turned 88 this year.
• Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 –January 01, 1942), Czech pianist, would have turned 118 this year.
• Shadow Wilson (September 25, 1919 –July 11, 1959), American drummer for Benny Carter, Thelonious Monk, would have turned 105 this year.
• Dmitri Shostakovich (September 25, 1906 –August 9, 1975), Russian composer and Pianist, would have turned 118 this year.
• Garvin Bushell (September 25, 1902 –October 31, 1991), American clarinetist, would have turned 122 this year.
• Glenn Gould (September 25, 1932–October 4, 1982), Canadian pianist known for his interpretation of the music of J. S. Bach, would have turned 92 this year.