- Jan 1 Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter and sculptor, dies of pneumonia at 38
- Jan 2 Erich Wichmann, Dutch fascist painter and sculptor, dies at 38
- Jan 5 Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and general in World War I (1914-18), dies at 72
- Jan 6 Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers; builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden, NYC), dies of complications from an appendectomy at 59
- Jan 7 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
- Jan 11 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
- Jan 13 H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
Wyatt Earp (1848-1929)
Jan 13 American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, dies at 80
Wilfred Baddeley (1872-1929)
Jan 24 British tennis player (Wimbledon 1891-2, 95), dies at 57
- Jan 24 Willem Royaards, Dutch theater director (Adam in Ballingschap), dies at 62
- Jan 28 Maritcha Remond Lyons, American educator, suffragist, and civil rights leader (co-founder of the Women's Loyal Union of New York and Brooklyn), dies at 80
- Jan 29 La Goulue [Louise Weber], French can-can dancer (Moulin Rouge), known as the Queen of Montmartre, dies at 62
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