- Jan 3 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)
- Jan 10 James Philip Dunn, American organist and composer, born in New York City (d. 1936)
- Jan 12 (Mary Louise) "Texas" Guinan, American vaudeville singer, silent film actress, and speakeasy (saloon) proprietor, born in Waco, Texas (d. 1933)
- Jan 12 Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1964)
- Jan 13 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russian-born American singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama) known as "last of the red hot mammas", born in Tulchyn, Russian Empire (d. 1966)
- Jan 19 Albert Louis Wolff, French conductor and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1970)
- Jan 25 Edward Kilenyi, Sr. [Kilényi Ede], Hungarian composer and teacher (Clipped Wings, Outside the Law), born in Békésszentandrás, Hungary (d. 1968)
- Jan 29 Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, born in Holstre, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
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