Birthdays in Music
- Jan 2 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer
- Jan 8 Jaromir Weinberger, composer (Bird's Opera), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Jan 9 Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971)
- Jan 15 Jacobo Ficher, composer
- Jan 17 Harry Reser, American banjo player and bandleader (Sammy Kaye Show), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1965)
- Jan 20 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
- Jan 20 George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], American actor, comedian and singer (Oh God, Burns and Allen), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)