- Oct 4 Noël Chiboust, French jazz trumpeter, saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader, born in Thorigny-sur-Marne, France (d. 1994)
- Oct 7 Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist, born in Odesa, Ukraine (d. 1995)
- Oct 13 Scoville "Toby" Browne, American jazz saxophone and clarinet player, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1994)
- Oct 14 Kalervo Tuukkanen, Finnish composer (Karhunpyynti (The Bear Hunt)), born in Mikkeli, Finland (d. 1979)
- Oct 17 (William) "Cozy" Cole, American jazz drummer ("Topsy I"; "Topsy II"), and educator, born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1981)
- Oct 27 Henry "Mule" Townsend, American blues singer, guitarist, and piano player, born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2006)
- Oct 28 Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2000)
- Oct 28 Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (Primrose Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra, 1947-60) and pedagogue (Indiana University, 1960-95), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russian Empire (now Brest, Belarus) (d. 1995)
About October 1909
How Old? 114 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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