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January 13 –
Sophie Tucker, singer •
February 22 –
York Bowen, pianist and composer (died 1961) •
March 14 –
Wintter Watts, composer of art songs (died 1962) •
March 17 –
Alcide Nunez, clarinetist •
March 18 –
Joe Burke, pianist, composer and actor (died 1950) •
March 26 –
Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (died 1969) •
April 22 –
Armas Launis, Finnish composer and ethnomusicologist (died 1959) •
April 23 –
Jurgis Karnavičius, Lithuanian composer (died 1941) •
May 19 – Arthur Meulemans, composer (died 1966) •
May 27 –
Max Brod, author, composer and journalist (died 1968) •
August 7 –
Billie Burke, American actress and singer (d. 1970) •
August 13 –
Edwin Grasse, composer and violinist (died 1954) •
September 6 –
Emerson Whithorne (birth name Emerson Whittern), composer and historian (died 1958) •
September 17 –
Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer (died 1920) •
September 24 –
Jonny Heykens, composer and orchestra leader (died 1945) •
October 6 –
Oliphant Chuckerbutty, organist and composer (died 1960) •
November 1 –
David Roitman, hazzan and composer (died 1943) •
November 6 •
May Brahe, composer and songwriter (died 1956) •
Ludomir Rozycki, composer (d. 1953) •
November 19 –
Norman Allin, English singer (d. 1973) •
November 23 –
Guy Bolton, English librettist •
November 30 –
Ture Rangström, composer (died 1947) •
December 29 –
Foster Adolph Reynolds, brass instrument maker (died 1960 at work) •
date unknown –
Alfred Reynolds, English composer (d. 1969) == Deaths ==