- Oct 12 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1975)
- Oct 17 Herbert Howells, British organist, composer (chiefly of Anglican Church scared music), and teacher, born in Lydney, Gloucestershire England (d. 1983)
- Oct 17 Otakar Jeremiáš, Czech composer and conductor, born in Písek, Bohemia (d. 1962)
- Oct 19 Ilmari Hannikainen, Finnish pianist and composer, born in Jyväskylä (d. 1955)
- Oct 28 Ollie "Dink" Johnson, American Dixieland jazz clarinetist, pianist, and drummer, born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1954)
- Oct 31 Olof Thiel, Swedish film score composer, under the pseudonym of Jacques Armand, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1978)
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