Birthdays in Music
- Jan 2 Janis Kepitis, composer
- Jan 6 Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer, born in Stanislaviv, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
- Jan 7 Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
- Jan 12 Jose Limon, Mexican-American dancer & choreographer (I, Odysseus), born in Culiacán, Mexico (d. 1972)
- Jan 14 Russ Columbo [Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo], American baritone, violinist and actor (You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1934)
- Jan 15 Roberta Bitgood, American organist & composer, born in New London, Connecticut (d. 2007)
- Jan 26 Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, born in Paris, France (d. 1997)
- Jan 27 Oran Page, American musician (d. 1954)
- Jan 28 Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
- Jan 31 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine folk musician, born in Pergamino, Argentine (d. 1992)
About January 1908
How Old? 111 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation or the G.I. Generation
Leap Year: Yes