Editing 1949 (section)

===January===
[[File:Gennaro Righelli.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Gennaro Righelli]]]]
[[File:Yoshijiro Umedu (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Yoshijirō Umezu]]]]
* [[January 6]] 
** [[Victor Fleming]], American director (b. [[1889]])
** [[Gennaro Righelli]], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 7]]
** [[José Ramos Preto]], Portuguese jurist, politician and 75th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. [[1870]])
** [[Suehiko Shiono]], Japanese lawyer, politician and cabinet minister (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Yoshijirō Umezu]], Japanese general (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 9]] 
** [[Martin Grabmann]], German Catholic priest, mediaevalist and historian (b. [[1875]])
** [[Tommy Handley]], British radio comedian (b. [[1892]])
** [[Tom Longboat]], Canadian Olympic runner (b. [[1887]])<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tom-longboat Tom Longboat]</ref>
*[[January 10]] – [[Erich von Drygalski]], German geographer (b. [[1865]])
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Nelson Doubleday]], American publisher (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Barron]], Spanish engineer, pilot (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 14]]
** [[Juan Bielovucic]], Peruvian aviator (b. [[1889]])
** [[Harry Stack Sullivan]], American psychiatrist (b. [[1892]])
** [[Joaquín Turina]], Spanish composer (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Charles Ponzi]], Italian-born American con man (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-schemer-charles-ponzi/|title=Almanac: Schemer Charles Ponzi|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=3 March 2019 }}</ref>
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[William Wright (actor)|William Wright]], American actor (b. [[1911]])
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Joseph Cawthorn]], American actor (b. [[1868]])
* [[January 22]] 
** [[Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett]], British industrialist, politician (b. [[1898]])
** [[Henry Slocum (tennis)|Henry Slocum]], American tennis player (b. [[1862]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Erich Klossowski]], German-born Polish historian, painter (b. [[1875]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]], French race car driver (b. [[1908]])
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Henri De Vries]], Dutch actor (b. [[1864]])