- Jan 3 Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23) and businessman, dies at 56
- Jan 3 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies at 37
- Jan 4 Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87
Calvin Coolidge
Jan 5 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
Calvin Coolidge
- Jan 5 Arthur Borton, English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 49
- Jan 6 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist, dies at 84
- Jan 7 Herbert "Bert" Hinkler, Australian aviator who made first solo flight from England to Australia (1928), dies in a plane crash at 40
- Jan 9 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (5-time Australasian C'ship winner), dies of ectopic pregnancy at 29
- Jan 12 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, dies at 71
- Jan 17 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), dies at 77
- Jan 17 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer (b. 1848)
- Jan 21 George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
- Jan 25 William Faulkes, English organist, transcriber and composer, dies at 59
- Jan 26 Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
- Jan 28 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist and writer, dies at 80
- Jan 29 Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
- Jan 31 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932), dies at 65