- Jan 5 Leighton Lucas, English composer and conductor, born in London, England (d. 1982)
- Jan 6 Boris Blacher, German composer (Orchester-Ornament), born in Yingkou, China (d. 1975)
- Jan 6 Maurice Abravanel, American classical music conductor, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 1993)
- Jan 6 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1974)
- Jan 7 Shalva Azmayparashvili, Georgian composer and conductor, born in Tbilisi, Russian Empire (d. 1957)
- Jan 7 Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, Russian composer and conductor, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1986)
- Jan 10 Jean Morel, French-born American conductor, born in Abbeville, France (d. 1975)
- Jan 18 (Wilford) "Min" Leibrook, American jazz tuba player and bassist (Paul Whiteman Orchestra), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1943)
- Jan 18 Berthold Goldschmidt, German-British opera composer (Beatrice Cenci), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1996)
- Jan 22 Robin Milford, English composer, born in Oxford, England (d. 1959)
About January 1903
How Old? 121 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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