- Oct 6 Mihovil Logar, Serbian composer (A Would-be Lady), born in Rijeka, Croatia (d. 1998)
- Oct 15 William Edmonson, American bass harmony and gospel vocalist (Southernaires), radio, stage and screen actor (Thirty Years Later), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1979)
- Oct 21 Hilarion Rubio, Filipino composer, born in Bacoor, Cavite (d. 1985)
- Oct 23 Otmar Nussio, Swiss conductor and composer (Boccaccio Suite), born in Grossetto, Italy; (d. 1990)
- Oct 23 Otto J. Gombosi, Hungarian-American musicologist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1955)
- Oct 25 Eddie Lang [Salvatore Massaro], American jazz guitarist known as the "father of jazz guitar", born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1933)
- Oct 30 Armin Kaufmann, Austrian composer, born in Bukowina, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Romania) (d. 1980)
About October 1902
How Old? 121 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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