- 1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and choir master, dies at 81
- 1865 Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer (Kullervo), dies of typhus at 30
- 1876 Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer, dies at 66
- 1933 Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
- 1936 James Philip Dunn, American composer, dies at 52
- 1947 Ernest Austin, English composer, dies at 72
- 1960 Carl Deis, American composer, dies at 77
- 1971 Alan Rawsthorne, English composer, dies at 66
- 1972 Bobby Ramirez, American drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
- 1976 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
- 1987 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
- 1991 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), dies at 53
- 1995 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
- 2001 Georges Dor [Dore], French Canadian author, playwright, radio broadcaster, singer and songwriter, dies at 70
- 2004 Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
- 2008 Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
- 2011 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
- 2011 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88
- 2013 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, dies at 84
- 2014 Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57
- 2016 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
- 2020 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), dies at 72
- 2023 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80