- Dec 4 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], American singer and actress (Great Mogul), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 1922)
- Dec 17 Fritz Volbach, German conductor, musicologist and composer (Raffael), born in Wipperfürth, Germany (d. 1940)
- Dec 18 Lionel Monckton, British composer (Edwardian musical comedy), born in London, England (d. 1924)
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