Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/July 24
- Lynval Golding, Brit guitarist and member of The Specials, turns 75.
- Pam Tillis, American country music singer and actress, turns 69.
- Larry Gott, Brit guitarist with James, turns 69.
- Paul Geary, American drummer of Extreme fame, turns 65.
- Jennifer López, American actress and Grammy Award-winning singer, turns 56.
- Mary Ann Vieira, (a.k.a. Ladybug Mecca) member of hip hop group, Digable Planets, turns 53.
- Heinz Burt (July 24, 1942 –April 07, 2000), German bassist with The Tornados, would have turned 84 this year.
- Konstantin Georgyevich Nosov (1938 – 1984), Russian composer and trumpeter, would have turned 88.
- Cootie Williams (July 24, 1910 –September 15, 1985), American trumpeter, would have turned 116 this year.
- Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 –July 15, 1959), Swiss-born American composer, would have turned 146 this year.
- George James Webb (July 24, 1803 –October 07, 1887), Brit composer, would have turned 223 this year.