1706 – Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
1823 – Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, dies at 57
1927 – George Nichols, American director and actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62 or 63
1957 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (Finlandia), dies at 91
1968 – Frank Pelleg, Czech-Israeli composer, dies at 57
1984 – Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble), dies at 36
1994 – Davidson Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author, dies at 70
1996 – Paul Draper, dancer, dies at 87
2006 – John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
2015 – Charles Kenneth “C K” Williams, American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000), dies at 78