- Dec 3 Lev Knipper, Russian-Soviet composer (Poem of the Komsomol Fighter; Tales of a Plaster God), and secret agent, born in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) (d. 1974)
- Dec 5 Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (One Night of Love), born in Slabtown, Tennessee (d. 1947)
- Dec 13 Daniel Lazarus, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1964)
- Dec 14 Frederick Douglass Hall, American composer, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1982)
- Dec 15 Fernando Remacha, Spanish composer, born in Tudela, Navarre, Spain (d. 1984)
- Dec 24 Warren "Baby" Dodds, American jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1959)
- Dec 29 Jeanne Leleu, French pianist and composer, born in Saint-Mihiel, France (d. 1979)
- Dec 30 Vincent Lopez, American jazz pianist and big band bandleader ("Nola"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1975) [1]
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