- 1648 Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
- 1729 Manuel de Egues, composer, dies at 71
- 1810 Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, dies at 75
- 1853 Louis-Emmanuel Jadin, French pianist, music director, and composer, dies at 84
- 1887 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, Russian composer, dies at 54
- 1901 Ivar Hallström, Swedish composer, dies at 74
- 1936 Mitya Stillman, Russian composer and violinist, dies at 44
- 1952 Wadih Sabra, Lebanese composer (Kulluna lil Watan), dies at 76
- 1961 Francis de Bourguignon, Belgian composer, dies at 70
- 1969 Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Norwegian composer, dies at 74
- 1984 Fred Robinson, American jazz trombonist (Louis Armstong's Hot Five; Fats Waller; Cab Calloway), dies at 83
- 1992 Adele Dixon, British stage and screen actress and singer (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
- 1998 Ivan Tcherepnin, American experimental and postmodern composer, dies at 55
- 2000 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
- 2000 Lucia Dlugoszewski, Polish-American composer (Fire Fragile Flight), dies at 74
- 2001 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian, singer and goon (The Goon Show; Oliver!), dies of cancer at 79
- 2001 Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
- 2006 June Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), dies of cancer at 52
- 2006 Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
- 2011 Billy Bang [William Walker], American free jazz violinist and composer, dies of lung cancer at 63
- 2011 La Esterella [Ester Lambrechts], Flemish pop singer ("Oh Lieve Vrouwetoren"), dies at 91
- 2011 Lacy Gibson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Switchy Titchy"), dies of a heart attack at 74
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American prima ballerina (The Nutcracker), dies at 88
- 2014 Jesse Winchester, American musician and songwriter, dies from bladder cancer at 69
- 2016 Emile Ford, Caribbean-born British singer and engineer (first black male singer to top UK charts), dies at 78
- 2017 J. Geils [John Warren Geils Jr], American rock guitarist (J. Geils Band - Centerfold), dies at 71
- 2017 Toby Smith [Grafftey-Smith], British keyboardist and songwriter, dies of cancer at 46