- 1728 Johann Christoph Schmidt, German composer, dies at 63
- 1742 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, dies at 59
- 1822 Gaetano Valeri, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1825 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, dies at 66
- 1826 Franz Danzi, German composer & cellist, dies at 62
- 1831 Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian composer, dies at 80
- 1864 Johann Schneider, German composer & organist, dies at 74
- 1873 Carlo Coccia, Italian composer, dies at 90
- 1886 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, dies at 68
- 1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, Basque priest, organist and composer of religious music, dies at 36
- 1936 Milton Brown, American swing bandleader, dies at 32
- 1944 Cecile Chaminade, French composer, dies at 86
- 1944 Cécile Chamindale, French composer and pianist, dies at 86
- 1946 William Henry Bell, English composer, dies at 72
- 1959 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician & conductor, dies at 58
- 1974 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71
- 1984 Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72
- 1986 Johnny Dollar, American country & rockabilly singer, commits suicide at 53
- 2000 Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, dies at 94
- 2005 Johnnie Johnson, American blues & jazz piano player (Chuck Berry's band), dies of kidney problems and pneumonia at 80
- 2005 Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer, dies at 59
- 2005 [Salvador] Tutti Camarata, American composer & producer (Vic Damone Show), dies at 91
- 2013 Chi Cheng, American Bassist (Deftones), dies at 42
- 2013 Bernhard Krol, German hornist and composer (Figaro Metamorphoses), dies at 92 [1]
- 2013 Stephen Dodgson, British composer, dies at 89
- 2020 Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer, band leader, and synthesizer software programmer, dies at 73