- Jan 2 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/American 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 10 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg 'the mad Baron', Baltic-German baron and anti-communist Russian general, born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1921)
- Jan 14 Hugh Lofting, English writer and illustrator (Dr. Doolittle), born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1947)
- Jan 17 Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
- Jan 17 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (The 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