born 1 May 1970

Bernard Butler, London, England, guitarist/producer

Cee Cee Michaela, Hickory, North Carolina, actress

Fernanda Young, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, writer

Jarreth J. Merz, Zurich, Switzerland, actor

Leonardo Torres Vilar, Lima, Peru, actor

Leslie Jacobowitz, Chappaqua, New York, post-production supervisor

Lori K. Peterson, birthplace unspecified, American third assistant director

Meg Fisher, Lawrence, Kansas, actress

Octavia Saint Laurent aka Heavenly Angel Octavia Saint Laurent Manolo Blahnik aka Octavia Saint Laurent Mizrahi (died 17 May 2009), Brooklyn, New York, drag queen

Roy Rossello, San Juan, Puerto Rico, child actor

Russell Hess, Gary, Indiana, voice talent/producer

Salvador del Solar, Lima, Peru, actor

Thomas Roland Johnson, San Jose, California, artist

Once a sulky early-90s swishcore guitar prodigy who meant something to the English but nothing to us, Today’s Winner has convincingly reinvented himself as one of pop’s more sought-after young producers.

“Record producer” has to be the shadowiest important position in the whole entertainment business. I love the fact that there always is one, whether he’s the whole show or whether he’s simply the band slash singer’s minder slash drug dealer. I guess you can’t argue with long-term results, though. An recent interview with a well-known record producer that I enjoyed reading can be found here.