- Jan 3 Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
- Jan 10 Charles Trowbridge, Mexican-American actor (Fatal Hour), born in Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1967)
- Jan 12 Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1930)
- Jan 17 Noah Beery, American character actor (Story of Esther, The Mark of Zorro), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1946)
- Jan 22 Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1956)
- Feb 8 George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), born in New York City (d. 1928)
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
Feb 15 American actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Feb 28 Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (Story of American Singer), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
- Mar 1 Gwen Lally, English pageant master and actress (only played male roles), born in London, England (d. 1963) [1]
- Mar 1 Ida Moore, American character actress (Mr. Music; Ma and Pa Kettle; Desk Set), born in Altoona, Kansas (d. 1964)
- Mar 2 Wallis Clark, British-American stage and screen actor (Penny Serenade; Great Guy; Postal Inspector; Easy Money), born in Essex, England (d. 1961)
- Mar 6 Guy Kibbee, American actor (Big Shot), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1956)
- Mar 23 C. Montague Shaw, Australian actor (Buck Rogers; Zorro's Fighting Legion), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1968)
- Apr 18 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-40; Disney's Fantasia, 1939; American Symphony Orchestra, 1962-72), organist, and arranger, born in London, England (d. 1977)
- May 10 Thurston Hall, American actor (Roaming Lady, In Society), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1958)
- May 21 Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier, Hostage Rights of Aemstel), (d. 1950)
- May 23 James Gleason, American writer and actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool), born in New York City (d. 1959)
- May 25 Harry Fox [Arthur Carringford], American vaudeville dancer, comedian and actor (Talent Scout), born in Pomona, California (d. 1959)
- May 25 Marie Doro, American stage and film actress of the early silent film era (The Heart of Nora Flynn, The White Pearl), born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
- Jun 4 Karl Valentin, Bavarian comedian and film producer, born in Munich (d. 1948)
- Jul 16 Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1972)
- Jul 16 Felix Locher, Swiss insurance salesman, mapping system inventor, and late in life, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), born in Berne, Switzerland (d. 1969)
- Jul 27 Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), born in Bow, London, England (d. 1974)
- Jul 30 Holmes Herbert, British actor (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Kiss), born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1956)
- Aug 8 Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974)
Aug 17 Polish born Jewish-American film producer (The Best Years of Our Lives) and movie magnate, born in Warsaw, Poland
- Sep 9 Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (NBC Radio; RKO newsreels), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1962)
- Sep 10 Paul Harvey, American actor (Spellbound, Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), born in Sandwich, Illinois (d. 1955)
- Sep 30 George Bancroft, American actor (Underworld), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
Oct 20 Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Oct 24 Sybil Thorndike, British actress (Stage Fright, Gone to Earth), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire (d. 1976)
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