Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927)
Jan 17 American activist and founder of the Girl Scouts of America, dies of breast cancer at 66
- Jan 19 Carlota of Mexico, princess of Belgium and empress consort of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
- Jan 19 Jim McLaughlin, American Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey (Kentucky Derby 1881, Preakness Stakes 1885, 6 x Belmont Stakes), dies at 65
- Jan 21 Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
- Jan 22 John McCausland, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 90
- Jan 27 Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Matulewicz), Lithuanian bishop
- Jan 30 Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, dies at 64
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