- Jan 1 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, Lithuanian composer and conductor, born in Kalnujai, Lithuania (d. 1949)
- Jan 1 Raymond Loucheur, French composer, born in Tourcoing, France (d. 1979)
- Jan 6 Sophie-Carmen "Sonia" Eckhardt-Gramatté, Russian-Canadian pianist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1974) [1]
- Jan 7 Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (Concert champêtre; Les Biches), born in Paris, France (d. 1963)
- Jan 12 Pierre Bernac, French baritone, born in Paris, France (d. 1979)
- Jan 19 Herbert Sumsion, English organist and composer (Gloucester cathedral), born in Gloucester, England (d. 1995)
- Jan 21 Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian pianist and composer, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1977)
- Jan 25 "Sleepy" John Estes, American blues musician, born in Ripley, Tennessee (d. 1977)
- Jan 27 Granville English, American composer, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1968)
- Jan 27 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, Finnish composer, born in Pyhtää (d. 1976)
- Jan 28 Zilner Randolph, American jazz trumpeter, arranger, and music educator, born in Dermott, Arkansas (d. 1994)
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