List of Famous people born in January

Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh is a New Zealand screenwriter, film producer, and lyricist. She has won BAFTA and Oscars for her music, film-producing, and script-writing.

Jessy Druyts is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Multum Accountants–LSK Ladies.

Baron Guy François Edouard Marie Ullens de Schooten Whettnall is a Belgian art collector, philanthropist, and former businessperson.

General Salah Abdallah "Gosh" is the former national security advisor of the Republic of the Sudan. Prior to this position he was the director of National Intelligence and Security Service. He currently holds the rank of army general. Salah Gosh was reinstated to his former position as the Director General of NISS on 11 February 2018 by President Omar al-Bashir. On 13 April 2019, he resigned from his post, which was confirmed to Sudanese TV by the ruling Transitional Military Council.

King Muhammad Fareed Didi, , the son of the Sultan Prince Abdul Majeed Didi, was the last Sultan of Maldives and the first Maldivian monarch to assume the title of "King" with the style of "His Majesty". He was the Sultan of the Maldives from March 7, 1954, until November 11, 1968. He was deposed in 1968 from the throne when Maldives became a republic, and died the following year in Maldives.