- Jan 1 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
- Jan 7 Herbert Magidson, American lyricist, winner of first Academy Award for Best Original Song ("The Continental"; "Gone With The Wind"; "The Masquerade Is Over"), born in Braddock, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
- Jan 8 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist
- Jan 11 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer
- Jan 12 Tex Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind), born in Murvaul, Texas (d. 1974)
- Jan 13 Maxime Jacob, composer
- Jan 14 Walter Knape, German conductor & composer, born in Bernburg, Germany (d. 2000)
- Jan 15 Rezso Kokai, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1962)
- Jan 19 Lanny Ross, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show), born in Seattle, Washington
- Jan 27 Radames Gnattali, composer
- Jan 31 Benjamin Frankel, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1973)
About January 1906
How Old? 114 or 115 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No