- 1681 Georg Neumark, German composer and poet, dies at 60
- 1876 Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
- 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
- 1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
- 1905 Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, dies at 70
- 1941 Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
- 1942 Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
- 1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
- 1949 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
- 1957 Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
- 1961 Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
- 1971 Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)
- 1972 Lovie [Cora] Austin, American jazz pianist (Down Hearted Blues), dies at 84
- 1984 Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (The Three Stooges, The Rangers' Round-Up), dies from cancer at 73
- 1991 Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
- 1994 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
- 1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
- 2003 Kunio Toda, Japanese composer, dies at 87