Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/July 16
- Rubén Blades, is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, and actor, turns 77.
- Alan Fitzgerald , keyboard and bassist of Montrose and Night Ranger, turns 76.
- Stewart Copeland, drummer of Curved Air and The Police, turns 73.
- Ed Kowalczyk, lead vocalist of Live, turns 54.
- Jeremy Enigk, lead vocalist of Sunny Day Real Estate, turns 51.
- Kevin Abstract, lead member of Brockhampton, turns 29.
- Thomas Boggs (July 16, 1944 –May 05, 2008), of The Box Tops, would have turned 81 this year.
- Desmond Dekker (July 16, 1941 –May 24, 2006), reggae icon, singer-songwriter, would have turned 84 this year.
- Denise LaSalle (July 16, 1939 –January 08, 2018), American blues and R&B singer , would have turned 86 this year.
- Tony Jackson (July 16, 1938 –August 18, 2003), bass player of The Searchers, would have turned 87 this year.
- John Chilton (July 16, 1932 –February 25, 2016), trumpeter and writer, would have turned 93 this year.
- Ralph Escudero (July 16, 1898 –April 10, 1970), bass player, would have turned 127 this year.