- Jan 1 Viktor Ullmann, Austrian pianist, conductor, and composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), born in Teschen, Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1944)
- Jan 4 Roger Vuataz, Swiss composer and musician, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1988)
- Jan 7 Al Bowlly, South African-British dance band vocalist ("Midnight, The Stars, And You"), and bandleader, born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique (now Maputo, Mozambique) (d. 1941)
- Jan 7 Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster, Mexican woodwind player, composer, and music teacher, born in Hopelchén, Campeche (d. 1967)
- Jan 9 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), born in Rochdale, England (d. 1979)
- Jan 12 Jose Forns y Cuadras, Spanish composer and teacher, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952)
- Jan 13 Carlo Tagliabue, Italian operatic baritone, (La Scala, 1930-55), born in Mariano Comense, Italy (d. 1978)
- Jan 21 Avery Claflin, American banker and composer ("Lament for April 15" - income tax form instructions set to music), born in Keene, New Hampshire (d. 1979) [1]
- Jan 22 Alexander Abramsky, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Lutsk, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1985)
- Jan 22 Gustaf Paulson, Swedish organist and composer (The Resurrection Symphony), born in Hälsingborg, Sweden (d. 1966)
- Jan 28 Vittorio Rieti, Jewish Italian-American composer, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1994)
- Jan 29 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist, composer and conductor (La Guerre), born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1971)
- Jan 31 Fred Rich, Polish-American jazz pianist and dance band bandleader ("I'm Tickled Pink with a Blue-Eyed Baby"; The Abbott and Costello Show), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1956)
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