Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 3
- Chubby Checker, (nee Ernest Evans) American singer, turns 85.
- Rashid Bakr, American drummer, turns 83.
- Mike Clark, American drummer, turns 80.
- Lindsay Buckingham, American guitarist and vocalist with Fleetwood Mac, turns 79.
- Ronnie Laws, American flautist and reed player; briefly a member of Earth Wind and Fire, turns 76.
- Keb' Mo', (nee Kevin Moore) American blues singer, turns 75.
- Jack Wagner, American actor and singer, turns 67.
- Michael Bowie, American bassist, turns 65.
- Tommy Lee, American drummer for Motley Crue, turns 64.
- Niels Lan Doky, Danish jazz pianist and record producer, turns 63.
- Carsten Dahl, Danish pianist, turns 59.
- Gwen Stefani, American pop music performer; lead vocalist of No Doubt, turns 57.
- Jason Hook, American guitarist formerly of Five Finger Death Punch, turns 56.
- Kevin Richardson, American singer of Backstreet Boys fame, turns 55.
- India.Arie, (born India Arie Simpson) American singer-songwriter, turns 51.
- Talib Kweli, (born Talib Kweli Greene) American MC and rapper, turns 51.
- Jake Shears, American vocalist of Scissor Sisters fame, turns 49.
- Efe Yılmaz, Member of Turkish rock band maNga, turns 47.
- Josh Klinghoffer, American musician, multi-instrumentalist, and former guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as Ataxia, Warpaint, The Bicycle Thief, turns 47.
- Ashlee Simpson, American pop music performer, turns 42.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 –August 27, 1990), American guitarist and vocalist for Double Trouble, would have turned 72 this year.
- Alan O'Day (October 3, 1940 –May 17, 2013), American singer and songwriter, would have turned 86 this year.
- Eddie Cochran (October 3, 1938 –April 17, 1960), singer and multi-instrumentalist, would have turned 88 this year.
- George Wein (October 3, 1925 –September 13, 2021), renowned American pianist, would have turned 101 this year.
- Von Freeman (October 3, 1922 –August 11, 2012), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 104 this year.
- Booker Pitman (October 3, 1909 –October 13, 1969), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 117 this year.
- Puddinghead Battle (October 3, 1907 –February 06, 1977), (nee Edgar Battle) American trumpeter, would have turned 119 this year.
- Manuel Manetta (October 3, 1889 –October 10, 1969), American pianist, would have turned 137 this year.
- Roy Webb (October 3, 1888 –December 10, 1982), American film score composer, would have turned 138 this year.