- Oct 1 Constantin C. Nottara, Romanian composer (d. 1951)
- Oct 9 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1970)
- Oct 9 Jānis Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1966)
- Oct 12 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
- Oct 13 Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer, born in Silvbergs, Sweden (d. 1966)
- Oct 15 Arcady Dubensky, Russian composer, born in Kirov, Russia (d. 1966)
- Oct 20 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1941)
- Oct 24 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, American composer, born in Hollywood, California (d. 1951)
- Oct 28 Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1940)
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