List of Famous people born in January

Stanislav Galiev is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Michel Bernanos was a French poet and fantasy writer. He was the fourth child of French writer Georges Bernanos. He also used Michel Talbert and Michel Drowin as pen names to avoid the reputation of his father's name. His great cycle of initiation, inspired by two trips to Brazil between 1938 and 1948, centers around the novel The Other Side of the Mountain (1967).

Hugo Moura Arruda da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a Defensive Midfielder for Coritiba on loan from Flamengo.

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah is a Ghanaian journalist, a Pan-Africanist and an editor of Al Ahram Weekly newspaper. He is the eldest son of the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, and his Egyptian wife Fathia Nkrumah.