Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Jan 6 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), dies in NY at 60
- Jan 7 Henry Ware Eliot, American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot, dies at 75
- Jan 8 Jim O'Rourke, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL HR leader 1880 Boston Red Caps; NY Giants) and manager (Buffalo Bisons 1881-84, Washington Sens 1893), dies at 68
- Jan 8 Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
- Jan 10 Wallace Sabine, American physicist (father of architectural acoustics), dies at 50 [1]
- Jan 15 Karl Liebknecht, German Marxist revolutionary (Sparta Party), murdered at 47
- Jan 15 Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German Marxist revolutionary and founder of the Spartacus League, murdered by the Freikorps at 47
- Jan 16 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
- Jan 16 Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 19
- Jan 18 Prince John of the United Kingdom, youngest son of English king George V, dies at 13
- Jan 21 Gojong, Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (1897-1907), dies at 66
- Jan 22 Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (Midwinter Sacrifice - Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts), dies at 65
- Jan 27 Endre Ady, Hungarian lyric poet (Még egyzer, Uj versek), dies from complications related to alcoholism at 41
- Jan 30 Sam Steele, Canadian soldier, dies from influenza at 71
- Jan 31 Paul Lindau, German playwright and critic (Estimate), dies at 79
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning