- Jan 1 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies
- Jan 1 Sir Edward Lutyens, British architect who designed New Delhi (b. 1869)
- Jan 1 Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
- Jan 1 Edwin Lutyens, English architect (Viceroy's House, New Delhi), dies at 74
- Jan 3 Jurgis BaltruĊĦaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
- Jan 4 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
- Jan 4 Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies
- Jan 5 Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
- Jan 6 Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
- Jan 7 J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
- Jan 7 Lou Hoover, U.S. First Lady (b. 1874)
- Jan 7 Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet, dies at 56
- Jan 7 Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33), wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover, dies at 69
- Jan 8 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)
- Jan 11 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
- Jan 12 Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
- Jan 14 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74
- Jan 19 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
- Jan 20 James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
- Jan 21 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
- Jan 21 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major and pilot, shot down
Edvard Munch
Jan 23 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo
Edvard Munch