- Jan 7 Rudolf Moser, composer
- Jan 8 Werner Wehrli, composer
- Jan 15 Frank Hutchens, New Zealand-born composer working in Australia, born in Leeston, New Zealand (d. 1965)
- Jan 27 Mitya Stillman, composer
- Jan 30 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, American composer, pianist and lecturer (Tre Ritratti Characteristici), born in Delta, Ohio (d. 1978)