1662 – Henry Lawes (English composer, son of William)
1793 – Johann Ernst Hartmann (German composer & ancestor of several other composers)
1798 – Johann Christoph Schmugel (German composer & organist)
1805 – Johann Baptist Lasser (German composer)
1810 – Franz Teyber, composer
1897 – Paul Kuczynski (Polish composer)
1905 – Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
1919 – Sven August Korling, composer
1924 – Martin-Pierre Joseph Marsick, violinist & composer
1965 – Bill Black, American rock & country bassist
1969 – Jack Kerouac, American novelist & poet
1977 – Ferit Tuzun, composer
1984 – Dalibor Vačkář composer
1991 – Lorenc Antoni (Kosovo Albanian composer)
1995 – Shannon Hoon (American rock singer, Blind Melon)
1995 – Maxene Andrews (American pop & jazz singer, The Andrews Sisters)
2003 – Elliott Smith (American rock & folk singer, songwriter, guitarist & multi-instrumentalist)
2006 – Sandy West (American rock drummer & singer, The Runaways)
2007 – Paul Fox (English punk guitarist & singer, The Ruts)
Write-up and more detailed list to follow.