List of Famous people born in January

Olivier Van Hoofstadt is a Belgian screenwriter and film director.

Abdul Ahad Mohmand is a former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first Pashtun, first Afghan citizen and fourth Muslim to journey to outer space.

Inès Feriel Ibbou is an Algerian tennis player.

Jean-Patrick Nazon is a French former professional road bicycle racer who turned professional in 1997. He is the brother of former racing cyclist Damien Nazon.

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being one of the very few Western yoginis trained in the East, having spent twelve years living in a remote cave in the Himalayas, three of those years in strict meditation retreat.