- Jan 2 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, born in Millbury, Massachusetts (d. 2000)
- Jan 5 Uta Graf, German-American soprano and teacher, born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; (d. 1995)
- Jan 10 (Woodrow Wilson) "Buddy" Johnson, American jump blues pianist, bandleader, and songwriter ("They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool"; "Since I Fell for You"), born in Darlington, South Carolina (d. 1977)
- Jan 10 Dean Dixon, American conductor, born in Harlem, New York City (d. 1975)
- Jan 18 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer, rebetiko and laïkó songwriter, and bouzouki player, born in Trikala, Greece (d. 1984)
- Jan 19 Alvy West, American orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
- Jan 24 Vitezslava Kapralova, Czech composer, born in Brno, Czechia (d. 1940)
- Jan 25 Ewan MacColl [James Miller], Scottish folk singer-songwriter ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), born in Broughton, England (d. 1989) [1]
- Jan 27 Jack Brymer, British classical clarinetist (Royal Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; London Symphony), and teacher, born in South Shields, England (d. 2003)
- Jan 29 Fred Ramsey, American jazz writer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
- Jan 29 John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2003)
- Jan 31 Alan Lomax, American ethnomusicologist, and folklorist (Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2002)
- Jan 31 Bobby Hackett, American jazz cornetist, trumpeter (Glenn Miller; Benny Goodman; Jackie Gleason), and orchestra leader (Air Time '57), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1976)
About January 1915
How Old? 109 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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