1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Black English composer (d.1912); his father was from Sierra Leone and his mother English; best known for The Song of Hiawatha, a trilogy of cantatas produced between 1898 and 1900; the first part, Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, carried the composer's name around the world; achieved such success that he was once called the ‘African Mahler.’
1888 Albert Spalding – American composer and violinist (d.1953); first American violinist to appear with the Paris Conservatory Orchestra; his uncle was Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Albert Spalding, who created the A.G. Spalding sporting goods company.
1890 Jacques Ibert – French composer (d.1962); best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922).
1896 Léon Theremin – Russian inventor (d.1993); most famous for the electronic instrument which bears his name; its sound was used or imitated in a number of film scores such as Spellbound and The Day the Earth Stood Still (and in the Beach Boys’ song Good Vibrations).
1922 Lukas Foss (born Lukas Fuchs, Berlin) – American composer, pianist, and conductor (d.2009); child prodigy who studied at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia; Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-1970; and of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, 1971-1988.