Blues Timeline: 1900-19
1900
- [Approx. Date]: Birth of Willie Brown in Clarksdale, Mississippi
- [Uncertain Year]: Birth of Blind Joe Reynolds (real name: Joe Sheppard; aka: Blind Willie Reynolds) in Arkansas, according to his death certificate. See 1904
- [Approx. Date]: Birth of Tony Hollins between 1900 and 1915, possibly in Clarksdale, Mississippi
- [Approx. Date]: Birth of Maggie Jones (real name: Fae Barnes; a.k.a. "The Texas Nightingale") in Hillsboro, Texas
- [Approx. Date]: Birth of Charlie Spand in Ellijay, Georgia
- [Uncertain Date]: Birth of Ramblin' Thomas (real name: Willard Thomas) in Logansport, Louisiana
- Birth of Hannah Sylvester (a.k.a. Genevia Scott) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Birth of Lottie Beaman (full name: Lottie Kimbrough), probably in Kansas City
- Birth of Walter Roland in Alabama
- Birth of Charley Lincoln (aka: Laughing Charley; real name: Charley Hicks) in Lithonia, Georgia
- Birth of "Signifying" Mary Johnson (nee Mary Smith; Lonnie Johnson's wife from 1925 to 1932) in either Eden Station or Yazoo City, Mississippi
- Birth of Buddy Woods (real name: Oscar Woods) in Shreveport, Louisiana
1900 April
- 28: [Uncertain Year] Birth of Wiley Barner (aka Willie Barnes) in Selma, Alabama. See 1899 April
1900 May
- 18: Birth of Little Son Joe (real name: Ernest Lawlers) in Huges, Arkansas
1900 August
- 06: Birth of Willie Brown in Clarksdale, Mississippi
1900 September
- 12: Birth of Alger "Texas" Alexander in Jewett, Texas
1900 October
- 10 [Uncertain Date]: Birth of Joe Callicott in Nesbit, Mississippi. See 1901
1901
- [Uncertain Date] Birth of Joe Callicott in Nesbit, Mississippi. See 1900 October
1901 January
- 02: Birth of Rubin "Rube" Lacy in Pelahatchie, Mississippi
- 09: Birth of Ishman Bracey in Byram, Mississippi
1901 February
- 02: Birth of Walter Vinson (a.k.a. Walter Vincson, Walter Vincent) in Bolton, Mississippi
- 15: Birth of Kokomo Arnold (full name: James Arnold) in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia
1901 April
- 17: Birth of Clifford Gibson (aka Grandpappy Gibson) in Louisville, Kentucky
1901 August
- 25: Birth of Charlie Burse (aka Charlie "Uke" Burse) in Decatur, Alabama
1901 September
- 01: Birth of Mrs. Van Zula Carter Hunt in Somerville, Tennessee
1901 November
- 20: Birth of Julius Daniels in Denmark, Bamberg County, South Carolina
1901 December
- 07: Birth of Irene Scruggs (aka Chocolate Brown) in Mississippi
1902
- [Uncertain Year] Birth of Garfield Akers in Bates, Mississippi
1902 February
- 09: Birth of Blanche Dorothea Calloway in Baltimore, Maryland
- 26: Birth of Jaydee Short (aka Jelly Jaw Short, J.D. Short) in Port Gibson, Mississippi
1902 March
- 12: Birth of Romeo Nelson in Springfield, Tennessee
- 21: Birth of Son House (real name: Eddie James House Jr.) in Riverton, Mississippi
1902 June
- 09: Birth of Skip James (real name: Nehemiah James) in Bentonia, Mississippi
1902 September
- 11: Birth of Barbecue Bob (real name: Robert Hicks) in Lithonia, Georgia
1902 December
- 21: Birth of Peetie Wheatstraw (real name: William Bunch; a.k.a. The Devil's Son In Law, High Sheriff Of Hell) in Ripley, Tennessee
1903
1903 January
- 02: Birth of Edith North Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri
1903 February
- 21: Birth of Scrapper Blackwell (full name: Francis Blackwell) in Syracuse, South Carolina
1903 March
- 09: Birth of Georgia White in Sandersville, Georgia
1903 June
- 26: Birth of St. Louis Jimmy Oden (real name: James Burke Oden) in Nashville, Tennessee
1903 October
- 16: Birth of Big Joe Williams (real name: Joseph Lee Williams; a.k.a. Po' Joe Williams) in Crawford, Mississippi
1904
- [Uncertain Year] Birth of Blind Joe Reynolds (real name: Joe Sheppard; aka: Blind Willie Reynolds) in Tallulah, Louisiana. See 1900
1904 January
- 08: Birth of Tampa Red (real name: Hudson Whittaker) in Smithville, Georgia
- 24: Birth of Will Batts in Michigan, Mississippi
- 24 [Uncertain Date]: Birth of Dan Sane (or Dan Sing) in Hernando, Mississippi. Also see September 22, 1896
1904 July
- 10: Birth of Hociel Thomas in Huston, Texas.
1904 September
- 11: Birth of Jazz Gillum (full name: William McKinley Gillum) in Indianola, Mississippi
1905
- [Uncertain Year]: Birth of Bill Gaither (aka Leroy's Buddy) in Belmont, Kentucky. Also see 1908 and 1910
- [Approx. Date]: Birth of James "Stump" Johnson (real names: James Johnson) in St. Louis, Missouri
- Birth of Herb Morand
1905 March
- 15: Birth of Bertha "Chippie" Hill (real name: Bertha Hill) in Charleston, South Carolina
- 27: Birth of Leroy Carr in Memphis, Tennessee
1905 May
- Birth of Ed Bell (real name: Edward Bell; may be the same as "Barefoot Bill" and "Sluefoot Joe") in Atlanta, Georgia or Fort Deposit, Alabama
- 07: Birth of Bumble Bee Slim (full name: Amos Easton) in Brunswick, Georgia
- 11: Birth of Joe McCoy (aka Kansas Joe, Big Joe, Georgia Pine Boy, Hamfoot Ham, Mississippi Mudder, Bill Wilber) in Raymond, Mississippi
1905 August
- 24: Birth of Arthur Crudup (aka "Big Boy" Crudup, "Pop" Crudup) in Forest, Mississippi
1906
- [Uncertain Date]: Birth of Buddy Moss (real name: Eugene Moss) in Jewel, Georgia. See 1914 January
1906 January
- 31: Birth of Roosevelt Sykes (aka Honeydripper) in Elmar, Arkansas
1906 March
- 02: Birth of Teddy Darby (real name: Theodore Roosevelt Darby: aka Blind Teddy Darby, Teddy Roosevelt, Blind Squire Turner, Blind Darby, Blind Squire Darby) in Henderson, Kentucky
- 25: Birth of Curley Weaver (real name: James Weaver) in Covington, Georgia
1906 April
- 15: Birth of Carl Martin in Big Stone Gap, Virginia
- 18: Birth of Little Brother Montgomery (real name: Eurreal Wilford Montgomery) in Kentwood, Louisiana
1906 October
- 15: Birth of Victoria Spivey in Houston, Texas
- 18 [Uncertain Date]: Birth of Johnnie "Geechie" Temple in Canton, Mississippi. See 1908
1906 November
- 12: Birth of Bukka White (real name: Booker T. Washington White) in Houston, Mississippi
1907
- Birth of Red Nelson (real name: Nelson Wilborn) in Summer, Mississippi
- [Approx. Date] : Birth of Walter Roland in Alabama
1907 July
- 10: Birth of Blind Boy Fuller (full name: Fulton Allen) in Wadesboro, North Carolina
1907 December
- 21: Birth of Black Ace (real name: Babe Kyro Lemon Turner; a.k.a. Babe Turner, Buck Turner, Black Ace Turner, B. K. Turner) in Huges Springs, Texas
1908
- [Uncertain Year]: Birth of Bill Gaither (aka Leroy's Buddy) in Belmont, Kentucky. Also see 1905 and 1910
- [Uncertain Date]: Birth of Johnnie "Geechie" Temple in Canton, Mississippi. See 1906 October
1908 April
- 08: Birth of Tommy McClennan
1908 December
- 23: Birth of Sonny Boy Nelson (real name: Eugene Powell) in Utica, Mississippi
1909
- Birth of Teddy Bunn in Freeport, Long Island, New York
- Birth of Katherine Henderson in St. Louis, Mississippi
1909 March
- 04: Birth of Howard Armstrong (real name: William Howard Taft Armstrong) in Dayton, Tennessee
- 16: Birth of Son Bonds in Brownsville, Tennessee
- 20: Birth of Frank Edwards in Washington, Georgia
1909 May
- 26: Birth of "Papa" Charlie McCoy (aka Mississippi Mudder) in Jackson, Mississippi
1909 July
- 10: Birth of Casey Bill Weldon (real name: Will Weldon; a.k.a. Casey Bill, Kansas City Bill) in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
1909 August
- 06: Birth of Lem Johnson (real name: Lemuel Charles Johnson) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1909 October
- 27: Birth of Henry Townsend in Shelby, Mississippi
1909 November
- 30: Birth of Robert Nighthawk (real name: Robert Lee McCoy) in Helena, Arkansas