1905 in Jazz

Tommy Dorsey 1905–1956 · American big band leader and musician

Jan Werich 1905–1980 · Czech actor, playwright and writer (1905–1980)

Jack Teagarden 1905–1964 · American jazz trombonist and singer (1905–1964)

Eddie Condon 1905–1973 · US musician (1905–1973)

Constant Lambert 1905–1951 · British composer and conductor (1905–1951)

Meade Lux Lewis 1905–1964 · American boogie-woogie pianist and composer (1905–1964)

Ivie Anderson 1905–1949 · American jazz singer (1905-1949)

Red Nichols 1905–1965 · American jazz musician (1905–1965)

Harlan Leonard 1905–1983 · American musician (1905–1983)

Doc Cheatham 1905–1997 · American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (1905-1997)

Arthur Parker Whetsol 1905–1940 · American jazz trumpeter (1905–1940)

Sidney De Paris 1905–1967 · American musician (1905–1967)

Teddy Powell 1905–1993 · American musician (1905-1993)

Cecil Scott 1905–1964 · American musician (1905–1964)

Alphonse Trent 1905–1959 · American musician (1905–1959)

Alain Romans 1905–1988 · French composer (1905–1988)

Louis Metcalf 1905–1981 · American musician (1905-1981)

Peggy Gilbert 1905–2007 · American musician (1905–2007)

Darnell Howard 1905–1966 · American musician

Don Kirkpatrick 1905–1956 · American musician (1905-1956)

Willie Lewis 1905–1971 · American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician (1905–1971)

Teddy Grace 1905–1992 · American jazz singer (1905–1992)

Fletcher Allen 1905–1995 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer…

Tamara Drasin 1905–1943 · American actress (1905-1943)

Born in 1905