- Jan 3 Henry Eichheim, American composer (Bali -Symphonic Variations), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1942)
- Jan 4 Percy Pitt, English composer (BBC), born in London, England (d. 1932)
- Jan 12 Karel Burian (also Carl Burrian), Czech operatic tenor, born in Rousínov, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1924)
- Jan 13 Henryk Opieński, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director, composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), born in Kraków, Russian Poland (d. 1942)
- Jan 20 Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian composer (Épithalame), born in Heusy, Belguim (d. 1894)
- Jan 22 Charles Arnold Tournemire, French organist and composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1939)
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