John Adams (composer)

John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor whose music is rooted in minimalism. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, which are often centered around recent historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic and piano music.

15 February 1947

Born on the same birth date (15 February 1947): Marisa Berenson

Born on the same birth day (15 February): Art Spiegelman • Brandon Boyd • Derrick Jones Jr. • Eddie Basden • Emil Kraepelin • Florinda Bolkan • Georges Auric • Hank Locklin • James Yap • Jock Hobbs • John B. Anderson • John Trudell • Piero the Unfortunate • Sodapoppin • Tony McKegney • Ugueth Urbina

Born in the same month (February 1947): Adam Ingram (Labour politician) • Carla Del Ponte • Clemente Mastella • Farrah Fawcett • John Radford (footballer) • Judd Gregg • Mike Krzyzewski • Nicholas Owen (journalist) • Paul Auster • Peter Osgood • Pia Kjærsgaard • Salvador Flamenco • Stephanie Beacham • Yukio Hatoyama