- 1673 Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68
- 1781 Georg Simon Löhlein, German pianist and composer, dies at 56
- 1783 Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
- 1790 Ludwig August Lebrun, German composer, dies at 38
- 1816 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73
- 1833 Friedrich August Kanne, Austrian-German composer, dies at 55
- 1852 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80
- 1861 Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71
- 1870 Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31
- 1914 Ivan Zajc, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 82
- 1921 Camille Saint-Saens, French composer (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso), dies at 86
- 1923 Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50
- 1927 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
- 1940 William Wallace, Scottish composer, dies at 80
- 1950 Otto Vrieslander, German composer, dies at 70
- 1961 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61
- 1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer, prima donna, dies at 93
- 1965 Tito Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (La Rondine), dies at 77
- 1978 Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76
- 1988 Sylvester [James Jr], American singer-songwriter (Do Ya Wanna Funk), dies of complications from HIV and AIDS at 41
- 1991 Fred Scott, American vocalist and actor (Melody of the Plains, Vincent Lopez), dies at 89
- 1994 Samuel Lipman, American pianist and music critic, dies of leukemia at 60
- 1995 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85
- 1997 Nicolette Larson, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45
- 2001 Stuart Adamson, Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (The Skids, Big Country), dies at 43
- 2003 Gary Stewart, American country singer (She's Actin' Single), commits suicide by shooting himself in the neck at 59
- 2006 Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
- 2006 Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
- 2007 Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)
- 2013 Ray Price, American singer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 87
- 2015 Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer (contralto), dies at 91
- 2017 Keely Smith [Dorothy Keely], American jazz and popular music singer (Mrs Louie Prima), dies from heart failure at 89