- Jan 2 William "Kid" Gleason, American baseball utility (St. Louis Browns, NY Giants, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (Chicago White Sox, during "Black Sox" scandal), dies from a heart condition at 66
- Jan 3 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies at 37
- Jan 3 Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23) and businessman, dies at 56
- Jan 5 Arthur Borton, English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 49
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
Jan 5 30th US President (Republican: 1923-29), dies of coronary thrombosis at 60
- Jan 6 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist, dies at 84
- Jan 7 Herbert "Bert" Hinkler, Australian aviator who made first solo flight from England to Australia (1928), dies in a plane crash at 40
- Jan 9 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30), dies of ectopic pregnancy at 29
- Jan 12 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, dies at 71
- Jan 17 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), dies at 77
- Jan 17 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer known for his glasswork (Tiffany & Co), dies at 84
- Jan 21 George Moore, Irish novelist and painter (Esther Waters), dies at 80
- Jan 25 William Faulkes, British organist, transcriber and composer, dies at 59
- Jan 26 Alva Belmont, American socialite and women's suffrage activist (co-founder and President of the National Woman's Party), dies at 80
- Jan 29 Sara Teasdale, American lyric poet (Pulitzer Prize 1918 "Love Songs"), commits suicide at 48
- Jan 31 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga, 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature), dies at 65
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