- Jan 5 Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (Skazi), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1951)
- Jan 6 Yuliya Veysberg, Russian music critic and composer, born in Orenburg, Russia (d. 1942)
- Jan 11 Rudolf Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer, born in Curaçao (d. 1950)
- Jan 25 Francis George Scott, Scottish composer (Intuitions), born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland (d. 1958)
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