- Jan 2 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)
- Jan 2 Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
- Jan 3 John G Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas)
- Jan 8 Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], prophet (Moorish Science Temple), born in North Carolina
- Jan 14 Hugh Lofting, English writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle), born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1947)
- Jan 17 Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
- Jan 17 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (Flower Beneath the Foot), born in London, England (d. 1926)
- Jan 18 Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
- Jan 18 Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist
- Jan 21 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
- Jan 26 Joannes A Veraart, Dutch economist/MP (Jews of the Netherlands)
- Jan 28 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
- Jan 28 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
- Jan 31 Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), born in Honda, Colombia (d. 1959)