- Jan 5 Frederick Converse, American composer (The Pipe of Desire), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1940)
- Jan 15 Bertram Shapleigh, American composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1940)
- Jan 22 Léon Jessel, German light classical and operetta composer (The Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Schwarzwaldmädel (The Black Forest Girl)), born in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) (d. 1942)
- Jan 29 Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, Spanish composer, born in Valencia, Spain (d. 1970)
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