- 1681 Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77
- 1760 Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69
- 1790 Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
- 1841 Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
- 1857 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
- 1873 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52
- 1901 Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer, dies at 82
- 1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72
- 1937 Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
- 1943 Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
- 1955 Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77
- 1959 Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898)
- 1965 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84
- 1972 Lambertus “Bertus” van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
- 1980 Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
- 1987 Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63
- 1988 Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84
- 1990 Tony Holiday, German singer
- 1993 Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70
- 1994 Gary “BB” Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
- 1998 Claude Prey, French composer, dies at 72
- 1999 Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey), dies at 65
- 2006 Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
- 2006 Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
- 2006 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
- 2010 Doug Fieger, American musician The Knack (b. 1952)
- 2011 Sir George Shearing, Anglo-American jazz pianist (b. 1919)
- 2012 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter, dies at 86
- 2016 Steven Stucky, American composer (Los Angeles Philharmonic), dies of cancer at 66
