Births
- February 10 - Jimmie Durante, comedian and singer
- February 15 - Walter Donaldson, songwriter (died 1947)
- February 21 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist
- April 2 - Sergei Protopopov, Russian composer and music theorist
- April 16 - Federico Mompou, composer (died 1987)
- June 26 - Big Bill Broonzy, blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 1958)
- June 28 - Luciano Gallet, Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor
- July 3 - Mississippi John Hurt, country blues singer and guitarist (died 1966)
- July 28 - Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist
- August 22 - Dorothy Parker, US writer, poet and lyricist (died 1953)
- September 13 - Larry Shields, Dixieland jazz clarinetist
- October 1 - Cliff Friend US composer
- November 8 - Clarence Williams, US jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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