- Jan 10 George Melville, American polar explorer and naval engineer, born in New York City (d. 1912)
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Jan 14 French Impressionist painter who helped start the Impressionist movement, born in Bourges, France
- Jan 15 Frederick Stanley, British politician (Governor General of Canada 1888-93, presented hockey's Stanley Cup to Canada), born in London, England (d. 1908)
- Jan 18 (Alexis) Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (España; Joyeuse marche; Le roi malgré lui), born in Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 1894)
Alonzo Cushing (1841-1863)
Jan 19 American Union officer, born in Delafield, Wisconsin
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)
Jan 28 Welsh journalist and African explorer (found Livingstone in Africa), born in Denbigh, Wales
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