- 1656 Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55
- 1663 Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
- 1774 Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83
- 1794 Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51
- 1826 Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56
- 1885 Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66
- 1889 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, dies at 67
- 1898 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies
- 1903 Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer, dies at 64
- 1903 Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, composer, dies at 64
- 1907 James McGranahan, composer, dies at 67
- 1949 Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)
- 1955 Franco Casavola, composer, dies at 63
- 1968 Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73
- 1969 Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies at 69
- 1970 Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies
- 1975 Vito Frazzi, Italian composer, dies at 86
- 1990 Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer, dies at 32
- 1993 Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
- 2001 Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2001 Frederick Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and dolphin conservationist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies from skin cancer at 65
- 2003 Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
Syd Barrett
2006 Syd Barrett, English guitarist and early vocalist of the band Pink Floyd, dies of pancreatic cancer at 60
Syd Barrett