1813 Guiseppe Verdi – Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida)

I have seen/heard all of those operas and loved them all.






1917 Thelonius Monk – US jazz pianist and composer (Round Midnight, Misterioso, Straight No Chaser, Blue Monk, Epistrophy)

I have several albums with him on them.







1946 Ben Vereen – US singer, dancer, and stage and screen actor (Pippin, All that Jazz, Funny Lady, Webster, Roots, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe)

All That Jazz used to be a cult classic midnight movie the same way Rocky Horror still is. I went to see it many times... after midnight.