Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. He also helped drive such genres into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive and consistent, in addition to socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder.

13 May 1950

Born on the same birth date (13 May 1950): Bobby Valentine • Danny Kirwan

Born on the same birth day (13 May): Bea Arthur • Buckethead • Fred Melamed • Gil Evans • Ken Darby • Mike Bibby • Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland • Tim Pigott-Smith

Born in the same month (May 1950): Billy Squier • Bruce Boxleitner • Dee Dee Bridgewater • Edgar Savisaar • Georg Bednorz • Jane Parker-Smith • Jeremy Paxman • John Coates (sports administrator) • Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley • Lou Gramm • Makis Dendrinos • Rebbie Jackson • Reinaldo Merlo • Richard Chase • Robby Steinhardt • Rod Milburn • Sadashiv Amrapurkar • Tim Russert • Valeriya Novodvorskaya • Will Hutton