- 1619 Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53
- 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies at 59
- 1693 Benedict Schultheiss, composer, dies at 39
- 1771 Isfrid Kayser, German composer, dies at 58
- 1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer/pianist, dies at 62
- 1788 Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56
- 1797 Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36
- 1804 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63
- 1817 Luigi Gatti, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1859 Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61
- 1914 Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer, dies at 47
- 1918 Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64
- 1928 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62
- 1928 Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer, dies at 77
- 1932 Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1906)
- 1964 Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54
- 1965 Boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77
- 1970 Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (b. 1894)
- 1972 Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63
- 1974 Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (b. 1935)
- 1976 Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
- 1980 John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87
- 1985 Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66
- 1991 Scott Huston, composer, dies at 74
- 1994 Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51
- 1994 Walter Kent, US composer (I’ll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
- 1994 Sandro Fuga, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 87
- 2000 Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)
- 2006 Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
- 2015 Orrin Keepnews, American Jazz record label executive and producer (Riverside records), dies at 91
- 2016 Martha Wright, American actress and singer (South Pacific, The Martha Wright Show), dies at 92
