Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916)
Jan 3 American railroad engineer (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific) and Major General (Union Army), dies at 84
- Jan 8 Ada Rehan, Irish-American stage actress and comedian (Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre), dies from arteriosclerosis and cancer at 58
- Jan 8 Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
Victoriano Huerta (1850-1916)
Jan 13 Mexican general who seized power in a coup and installed himself as dictator and President of Mexico (1913-14), dies cirrhosis of the liver or possibly cancer at 65