1599 – Francisco Guerrero (Spanish composer)
1890 – César Franck (Belgian composer & organist)
1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter (American R&B singer, pianist & songwriter)
1983 – James Booker (American jazz singer & pianist)
1992 – Larry Levan (American DJ, Paradise Garage, NYC)
1992 – Red Mitchell (American jazz bassist, active largely in Sweden)
1999 – Lester Bowie (American jazz trumpeter, Art Ensemble Of Chicago)
2001 – Aristidis Moschos [Αριστείδης Μόσχος] (Greek santouri player)
2003 – Guy Speranza (American metal singer, Riot)
2006 – Basil Poledouris (American film & television composer & conductor)
2011 – Heavy D (American hip-hop artist)