Mike Mills

Michael Edward Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of R.E.M., his musical repertoire also includes keyboards, guitar and occasional lead vocals. He contributed to a majority of the band's musical compositions and is the only member to have had formal musical training.

17 December 1958

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Alexander Agassiz • Antoine Rigaudeau • Bob Stinson • David Rudisha • Eddie Fisher (drummer) • Grethe Grünberg • Haron Keitany • Joel Brooks • John Abraham • John Kennedy Toole • Josef Lada • Naiktha Bains • Ryan Hunter-Reay • Syed Mushtaq Ali • Vilhelm Petersen (painter)

Born in the same month (December 1958): Alannah Myles • Bart Oates • Chris Hughton • David Heavener • James Thomson (cell biologist) • Jeff Ruland • Kathryn Stott • Limahl • Pedro Costa • Richard Kastle • Rob Curling • Sergei Starikov • Sheree J. Wilson • Spider Stacy • Steven Smith (astronaut) • Terry Butcher • Tim Butler • Vladimir Parfenovich