- Jan 14 Vincenzo Davico, Italian composer, born in Monaco (d. 1969)
- Jan 19 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Davos Switzerland, painter, sculptor and dancer
- Jan 25 Vladimir Scherbachov, Russian composer & professor (Blokovskaya, Thunderstorm), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1952)
- Jan 29 Francisco Santiago, composer
- Jan 29 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer