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