- Jan 2 Chris Cheney, Australian rockabilly guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (The Living End - "One Said to the Other"; "White Noise"; The Wrights - "Evie"), record producer and studio owner, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2 Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank - "The Reason"), born in Agoura Hills, California
- Jan 6 Yukana, Japanese voicer actress and singer, born in Futtsu, Japan
- Jan 8 DJ Clue, [Ernesto Shaw] American hip-hop DJ and music producer, born in New York City
- Jan 8 Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer, born in Chennai, India
- Jan 10 Shannon Kavanaugh, American rocker (Ivory Soul), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jan 12 Chase Hampton, American pop-rocker (The Party - "Rodeo", "That's Why"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Jan 12 Jason Freese, American musician, born in Orange County, California
- Jan 15 Shahab Tolouie, Iranian Persian-Falmenco fusion guitarist, composer, and singer, born in Shahsavar, Mazandaran Province, Iran
- Jan 17 Coco Lee, Chinese-American pop singer ("A Love Before Time"; "Tragic"), born in Hong Kong (d. 2023)
- Jan 17 Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter and producer, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jan 17 Tom Jenkinson, English bassist, composer, and electronic music producer (Squarepusher), born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom
- Jan 19 Noah Georgeson, American musician and producer, born in Nevada City, California
- Jan 20 Kati Agócs, American-Canadian composer (The Debrecen Passion), and educator (New England Conservatory), born in Windsor. Ontario
- Jan 21 Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer (The Bandwagon; Selma; From the Dancehall to the Battlefield) and educator, born in Houston, Texas
- Jan 28 Lee Latchford-Evans, British pop singer (The Steps), born in Chester, England
- Jan 30 Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi), born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Jan 31 Kate Shutt, American jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
About January 1975
How Old? 49 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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