Birthdays in Music
- Jan 6 Georges Martin Witkowski, French conductor & composer, born in Mostaganem, Algeria (d. 1943)
- Jan 9 Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), born in Hergenrath, Rhine Province (now part of Kelmis, Belgium) (d. 1935)
- Jan 20 Yvette Guilbert [Emma Laure Esther Guilbert], French singer and actress, born in Paris, France (d. 1944)
- Jan 23 Herbert Bedford, English author and composer, born in Holborn, London (d. 1945)
- Jan 27 Claude Terrasse, French organist and operetta composer, born in L’Arbresle, Rhône, France (d. 1923)
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