- 1728 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer, dies at 63
- 1742 Giovanni Veneziano, composer, dies at 59
- 1822 Gaetano Valeri, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1825 Josef Gelinek, composer, dies at 66
- 1826 Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, dies at 62
- 1831 Ferdinand Kauer, composer, dies at 80
- 1864 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, dies at 74
- 1873 Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90
- 1886 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, dies at 68
- 1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36
- 1936 Milton Brown, American swing bandleader (b. 1903)
- 1944 Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 86
- 1946 William Henry Bell, English composer, dies at 72
- 1959 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician and conductor, dies at 57
- 1974 Stanley Smith, American actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at 71
- 1975 Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 60
- 1984 Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72
- 1986 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, commits suicide at 53
- 2005 Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (b. 1924)
- 2005 Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (b. 1945)
- 2005 [Salvador] Tutti Camarata, American composer and producer (Vic Damone Show), dies at 91
- 2013 Chi Cheng, American Bassist (Deftones), dies at 42