- Jan 3 Edwin George Monk, English church organist and composer, dies at 80
- Jan 8 Billy Bates, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 5 x 50, 50 wickets, BB 7/28, hat-trick 1883; Yorkshire CCC), dies from pneumonia at 44
- Jan 20 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
- Jan 20 R. D. Blackmore, English novelist (Norie, Lorna Doone), dies at 74
David Edward Hughes (1831-1900)
Jan 22 British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter), dies at 68
- Jan 30 Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71
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