List of Famous people born in January
Claudio Capéo
Claudio Ruccolo, better known as Claudio Capéo, is a French singer and accordion player of Italian descent. He grew up in Steinbach, Haut-Rhin.
Keen'V
Kevin Bonnet, better known as Keen'V, earlier Keen V, is a French ragga musician. He made his breakthrough with the single "J'aimerais trop" during 2011, peaking at number 3 on the French Singles Chart.
J.B. Pritzker
Jay Robert "J. B." Pritzker is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 43rd governor of Illinois. He is a private business owner based in Chicago and a managing partner and co-founder of the Pritzker Group, and a member of the Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain. He has an estimated personal net worth of $3.4 billion.
Emmett Shear
Emmett Shear is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and TwitchTV. He is the Chief executive officer of Twitch. He is also a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator.
Éder Militão
Éder Gabriel Militão is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Brazil football team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back or defensive midfielder.
Güldal Akşit
Güldal Akşit was a Turkish politician and the President of the Parliamentary Commission on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women. She was elected as a member of parliament for Istanbul in 2002 and re-elected in 2007. She was the Minister of Culture and Tourism in the cabinet of Abdullah Gül and the first cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Akşit was the head of the AKP women's branch and interested in women's rights.
Cheteshwar Pujara
Cheteshwar Pujara is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test cricket for India and represents Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010. As of 22 January 2021, he is ranked as the world No.6 Test batsman, according to the ICC Player Rankings with a tally of 760 points. He signed a short term contract with Gloucestershire County CC. He is regarded as the modern day 'Wall' of test cricket, because of his atrribute of not loosing his wicket easily
Virginia Roberts Guiffre
Virginia Louise Giuffre is an American advocate of justice for sex trafficking victims. She is one of the most prominent and outspoken survivors of the sex trafficking ring that was operated by convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. She founded the nonprofit organization Victims Refuse Silence in 2015 and has been widely featured in interviews with American and British media describing her alleged experiences of being trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, to individuals including Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, and Jean-Luc Brunel.
Konstantin von Notz
Konstantin von Notz is a German lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens party.
Ebrar Karakurt
Ebrar Karakurt is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.96 m tall and plays as opposite. She is part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.