- Jan 3 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
- Jan 8 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (founder of Doubleday & Co), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1934)
- Jan 10 Walter Travis, Australian-American golfer, writer, course designer (US Amateur C'ship 1900-01, 03; British Amateur 1904), born in Maldon, Australia (d. 1927)
Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
Jan 24 American Pulitzer prize-winning novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth), born in New York City
- Jan 29 Frederick Delius, British composer (A Mass of Life; Brigg Fair; In a Summer Garden), born in Bradford, England (d. 1934)
- Jan 30 Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor (New York Symphony, 1885-1928; commissioned Gershwin's Piano Concerto), and composer (The Man Without A Country), born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1950) [1]
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90