Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 11
- Tom Zé, Brazilian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, turns 89.
- Gene Watson, American country music singer, turns 82.
- Gary Mallaber, American drummer for Steve Miller Band, turns 79.
- Mwata Bowden, American aerophone virtuoso, turns 78.
- Daryl Hall, American blue-eyed soul vocalist of Hall and Oates, turns 76.
- Al Anderson, Jamaican songwriter and guitarist with Bob Marley and The Wailers, turns 75.
- Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter, turns 74.
- Claude Morrison, Canadian vocalist with The Nylons, turns 73.
- Paulette Carlson, American country music singer, turns 72.
- Linda Boone, American singer, turns 70.
- Blair Cunningham, American drummer for Brit pop music outfit, Haircut 100, turns 68.
- Andy McCoy, Finnish lead guitarist with Hanoi Rocks, turns 63.
- Todd Snider, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 59.
- Mike Smith, American guitarist with theSTART and Snot, turns 54.
- Petra Haden, American violinist with The Rentals and that dog., turns 54.
- MC Lyte, American rapper, turns 54.
- Brendan Brown, American guitarist and vocalist for Wheatus, turns 52.
- Cardi B, (born Belcalis Almanzar), American rapper, turns 33.
- Andrew Woolfolk (October 11, 1950–April 24, 2022), American multi-instrumentalist of Earth Wind and Fire, would have turned 75 this year.
- Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 –November 08, 1999), American trumpeter, would have turned 84 this year.
- Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 –May 03, 2001), American free jazz and hard bop drummer, would have turned 89 this year.
- Dottie West (October 11, 1932 –September 04, 1991), (nee Dorothy Marsh) American country music singer, would have turned 93 this year.
- Luděk Hulan (October 11, 1929 –February 22, 1979), Czech jazz bass player, would have turned 96 this year.
- Tony Kinsey (October 11, 1927 –February 09, 2025), renowned Brit jazz drummer, would have turned 98 this year.
- Loys Choquart (October 11, 1920 –December 10, 1989), (or Loïs Choquart) Swiss bandleader and clarinettist, would have turned 105 this year.
- Curtis Amy (October 11, 1919 –June 05, 2002), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 106 this year.
- Art Blakey (October 11, 1919 –October 16, 1990), American bebop drummer, would have turned 106 this year.
- Bob Dukoff (October 11, 1918 –May 3, 2012), American jazz vocalist, would have turned 107 this year.
- Teddy Weatherford (October 11, 1903 –April 25, 1945), American jazz pianist, would have turned 122 this year.
- Jakov Gotovac (October 11, 1895 –October 16, 1982), Croatian composer, would have turned 130 this year.
- Simon Sechter (October 11, 1788 –September 10, 1867), Austrian organist, conductor, and composer, would have turned 237 this year.