- Jan 21 Ken Viljoen, South African cricket batsman (27 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 124; Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Transvaal), dies at 63
- Jan 30 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (left-arm bowler 1909-12), dies at 87
- Jan 31 Glenn Morris, American athlete (Olympic gold decathlon 1936) and actor (Tarzan's Revenge; Hold That Co-ed), dies of congestive heart failure at 61
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