Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/September 5
- Al Stewart, British singer-songwriter, member of Time Passages, turns 81.
- Loudon Wainwright III, American folk singer, turns 80.
- Sal Solo, Brit vocalist with Classix Nouveaux, turns 72.
- Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, turns 68.
- Terry Ellis, American R&B singer of En Vogue fame, turns 60.
- Brad Wilk, American drummer with Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, turns 58.
- Dweezil Zappa, American heavy metal guitarist, turns 57.
- Sondre Lerche, Norwegian singer, songwriter, turns 44.
- Jamie Oldaker (September 5, 1951 –July 16, 2020), American country musician with The Tractors and Eric Clapton Band alum, would have turned 75 this year.
- Charles Bobo Shaw (September 5, 1947 –January 16, 2017), American drummer and co-founder of the Black Artists Group, a musical collective, would have turned 79 this year.
- Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 –November 24, 1991), Brit pianist and frontman for seminal rock act, Queen, would have turned 80 this year.
- Buddy Miles (September 5, 1946 –February 26, 2008), American drummer, would have turned 80 this year.
- Dean Ford (September 5, 1946 –December 31, 2018), (nee Thomas MacAleese) Scottish lead vocalist for Marmalade, would have turned 80 this year.
- John Stewart (September 5, 1939–January 19, 2008), American folk singer and songwriter with The Kingston Trio, would have turned 87 this year.
- Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 –July 25, 2005), German bandleader and trombonist, would have turned 98 this year.
- Joki Freund (September 5, 1926 –February 15, 2012), German aerophone multi-instrumentalist, would have turned 100 this year.
- Hans Sachs (September 5, 1494 –January 19, 1576), German meistersinger, would have turned 532 this year.