Darren Jessee

Darren Michael Jessee is an American musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five. He has also worked as an instrumentalist for Sharon Van Etten and Hiss Golden Messenger and released three solo albums and four albums as singer and songwriter for indie band Hotel Lights. His first solo album, The Jane, Room 217, was released on August 24, 2018, to near-universal acclaim from critics.

8 April 1971

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Adrian Boult • Albert Bustamante • Alexi Laiho • Amit Trivedi • Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Barbara Kingsolver • Catfish Hunter • David Wu • Dionysios Solomos • Gary Carter • Harri Rovanperä • Ian Smith • Ivan Supek • John Hicks • John Schneider (screen actor) • Kenny Benjamin • Kofi Annan • Lewis Morris • Manuel Ortega (singer) • Marie Byles • Sonja Henie • Taran Noah Smith • Tracy Grammer • William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke • Yemane Tsegay

Born in the same month (April 1971): Bridget Moynahan • Danie Mellor • Franck Esposito • Jacques Villeneuve • Jason Lewry • Josia Thugwane • Karl Turner (British politician) • Leo Fortune-West • Natasha Zvereva • Nelson Parraguez • Peter Canavan • Simona Cavallari (actress) • Yanic Perreault