- Oct 20 Margaret Dumont, American actress and Marx Brothers' comic foil (Day at the Races), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
- Oct 24 Earl Morris, American archaeologist (Aztec Ruins National Monument), born in Chama, New Mexico (d. 1956) [1]
- Oct 25 'Smoky' Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher/outfielder (World Series 1912, 15, 20; MLB wins leader 34–5 1912; pitched no-hitter 1911; Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1985)
- Oct 25 Abel Gance, French movie director (J'accuse), born in Paris (d. 1981)
- Oct 27 Enid Bagnold, British novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1981)
- Oct 28 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer, born in Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1975)
- Oct 29 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, born in Laoting, Zhili Province (now Hebei), Qing dynasty of China (d. 1927)
- Nov 1 Philip Noel-Baker, British politician and disarmament advocate (Nobel 1959), born in London (d. 1982)
- Nov 3 Heinrich Campendonk, German painter and wood carver, born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (d. 1957)
- Nov 4 Alton Adams, American composer (1st black bandmaster in the United States Navy), born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (d. 1987)
- Nov 7 George Davis, Flemish actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1965)
- Nov 7 Lionel Hallam, English cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests, 4 x 50; Hampshire CCC) and politician (Member House of Lords, Lord Temporal 1928–51), born in London, England (d. 1951)
- Nov 9 Harry "Snub" Pollard, Australian actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1962)
- Nov 10 Claude Rains, British actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca), born in London, England (d. 1967)
- Nov 12 DeWitt Wallace, American publisher who founded Readers Digest, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1981)
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)
Nov 14 1st Prime Minister of India (1947-64) and important leader of the Indian independence movement, born in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India
- Nov 15 Manuel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1932)
- Nov 16 George S. Kaufman, American playwright (This is Show Business), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)
- Nov 16 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, Uruguayan composer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1957)
- Nov 18 Maria Realino [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curacao) (d. 1977)
- Nov 19 Clifton Webb [Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck], American actor (Razor's Edge, Laura), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1966)
Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)
Nov 20 American astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift), born in Marshfield, Missouri
Alexander Patch (1889-1945)
Nov 23 American WWII general (Guadalcanal Campaign, Operation Dragoon), born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Nov 23 Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (manager 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of GB; Queensland RFL secretary 1913-22; inspired establishment RL in France), born in Gympie, Australia (d. 1964)
- Nov 24 Cissy van Marxfield [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author of children's books, born in Oranjewoud, Netherlands (d. 1948)
- Nov 26 Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (Backbiters, Napoleon), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
- Nov 30 Edgar Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932-function of neurons), born in Hampstead, London (d. 1977)
- Dec 2 William Gaxton [Arthur Gaxiola], American stage and screen actor (A Connecticut Yankee; Destry; Convoy), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1963)
- Dec 4 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
- Dec 7 Heathcote Dicken Statham, English composer (d. 1973)
- Dec 8 Hervey Allen, American writer and poet (Anthony Adverse), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1949)
- Dec 9 Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1966)
- Dec 10 Ray Collins, American actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1965)
- Dec 11 Paul Kornfeld, Czech playwright, born in Prague (d. 1942)
Walter Knott (1889-1981)
Dec 11 American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in California and introduced the boysenberry to America, born in San Bernardino, California
- Dec 12 Václav Štěpán, Czech pianist and composer, born in Pečky, Austria-Hungary (d. 1944)
- Dec 20 Božidar Širola, Croatian composer, born in Žakanje, Croatia (d. 1956)
- Dec 21 Sewall Wright, American geneticist, born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
- Dec 22 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, born in Baskinta, Lebanon (d. 1988)
- Dec 22 Minor Watson, American actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 1965)
- Dec 24 Vladimir Sokoloff, Russian actor (Road to Morocco), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1962)
- Dec 28 F. W. Murnau German film director (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh), born in Bielefeld, Germany (d. 1931)
- Dec 30 Georg von der Vring, German painter and writer (Soldier Suhren), born in Brake, Lower Saxony, Germany (d. 1968)