List of Famous people born in January

Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2017 until her retirement in 2020, and serves as a member of the House of Lords as a Lord Temporal.

Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American politician and attorney who served as the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007, and was a councilman from the Third Council District in the northeast section of the city on the Baltimore City Council from 1991 to 1999.

Anthony Allen, nicknamed "The Grindfather," is an American former professional basketball player who played for 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a six-time member on the NBA All-Defensive Team, including three times on the All-Defensive First Team. Allen won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in 2008.

Steffen Freund is a German former professional football player who played as a defensive midfielder in both the German and English top flights. He was capped 21 times for his country and played a significant part in Germany's UEFA Euro 1996 winning campaign. He is currently working for Tottenham Hotspur. His son, Niklas plays for SV Empor Berlin as a goalkeeper.

Kazushige Nagashima is a Japanese actor, sports commentator and former professional baseball player. His father is Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima.

Lee Jin-kyung, professionally known as Lee Sun-bin (Korean: 이선빈), is a South Korean actress and singer. She is known for starring in Squad 38 (2016), Missing 9 (2017) and Criminal Minds (2017). She is a former member of South Korean girl group JQT.

Masanori Ishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently a pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Vasile Boli is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender, and a current television sports presenter.

Erika Ikuta is a Japanese idol singer, actress and a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. In addition to her work with Nogizaka46, Ikuta has appeared in multiple television and stage productions, including a Japanese production of Les Misérables.

Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13.