- 1640 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies
- 1748 Isaac Watts, English writer, preacher and hymnist (Horae Lyrican), dies at 74
- 1750 Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77
- 1755 Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76
- 1773 Carl Höckh, German composer and violinist, dies at 66
- 1815 Johann Peter Saloman, German composer and violinist, dies at 70
- 1830 Pierre Rode, French composer, dies at 56
- 1881 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute, dies at 87
- 1883 Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, dies at 76
- 1895 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer and musicologist, dies at 68
- 1899 Robert Lowry, American hymn composer, dies at 73
- 1901 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62
- 1914 Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, dies at 79
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American actor and tap dancer (Stormy Weather; The Little Colonel), dies at 71
- 1952 Antonio Guarnieri, Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala, 1929-50), dies at 72
- 1952 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), dies at 71
- 1965 Dame Myra Hess, British concert pianist, dies at 75
- 1968 Marcel Labey, French conductor and composer, dies at 93
- 1974 Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter (Pink Moon), dies of a drug overdose at 26
- 1983 Anton Dolin [Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-kay], British dancer (Girl From Petrovka), dies at 79
- 1997 Barbara [Monique Andrée Serf], French singer ("L'Aigle noir"), dies at 67
- 1997 Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62
- 2006 Bobby Byrne, American orchestra leader (Club Seven), dies at 88
- 2006 Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)
- 2006 Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
- 2010 Ann Southam, Canadian electronic and classical music and dance composer (Glass Houses; Figures; The Emerging Ground), dies at 73
- 2010 Peter Christopherson, British rock musician (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), commercial and music video director, dies at 55
- 2011 (Henry) Lee "Shot" Williams, American blues singer ("I Like Your Style"), dies ar 73
- 2012 Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, American doo-wop vocalist (Cadillacs; The Coasters), dies of complications from diabetes and a stroke at 75
- 2013 (Foreststorn) "Chico" Hamilton, American jazz drummer (Lester Young; Gerry Mulligan; Count Basie), and bandleader (Chico Hamilton Quintet), dies at 92
- 2013 Oralia Domínguez, Mexican mezzo-soprano, dies at 88
- 2013 Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer, dies of pneumonia at 77
- 2016 Alexander Yossifov, Bulgarian conductor and composer (Back To The Beginning), dies at 76
- 2016 Russell Oberlin, American countertenor (Pro Musica Antiqua, 1952-66) and educator (Hunter, 1966-94), dies at 88 [1]
- 2019 Iain Sutherland, Scottish folk-soft rock vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist (Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - "Arms of Mary"; "(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway"), dies at 71
- 2020 Duris Maxwell [Ted Lewis], Canadian session and touring drummer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers; Powder Blues Band), dies of heart failure at 74
- 2022 Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), dies at 63