Editing 1922 (section)

===January===
* [[January 1]] – [[István Kühár]], [[Prekmurje Slovenes|Prekmurje Slovene]] writer, politician (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 5]] – Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]], British explorer (b. [[1874]])
* [[January 10]] 
** [[Ōkuma Shigenobu]], 2-time [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1838]])
** [[Frank Tudor]], Australian politician (b. [[1866]])
* [[January 15]] – [[John Kirk (explorer)|John Kirk]], British explorer (b. [[1832]])
* [[January 22]]
** [[Pope Benedict XV]] (b. [[1854]])
** [[Fredrik Bajer]], Danish politician, pacifist and [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient (b. [[1837]])
** [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce]], Irish-born politician, diplomat and historian (b. [[1838]])
** [[William Christie (astronomer)|William Christie]], British astronomer (b. [[1845]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Arthur Nikisch]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1855]])
* [[January 27]]
** [[Nellie Bly]], American undercover journalist (b. [[1864]])
** [[Giovanni Verga]], Italian writer (b. [[1840]])<ref>Cigliana, Simona; Fedi, Roberto (2002). ''Giovanni Verga''. Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.  p. 287. (in Italian).</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Heinrich Reinhardt (composer)|Heinrich Reinhardt]], Austrian composer (b. [[1865]])