List of Famous people born in January

Rick Jones was a Canadian-born television presenter and musician, best known for his work in BBC children's television programmes Play School and Fingerbobs during the 1970s.

Kirsty Jane Gallacher is a British television presenter and model. She began her career at Sky Sports News in 1998 and hosted Kirsty's Home Videos, RI:SE, Simply the Best before returning to Sky Sports News from 2011–2018.

Vishwanath Patekar, better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian film actor and writer, philanthropist and filmmaker, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema.

Fahri Ogün Yardım is a German actor.

Emanuela Orlandi was a citizen of Vatican City who mysteriously disappeared on 22 June 1983. Sightings of Orlandi in various places have been reported over the years, including inside Vatican City, but all have been unreliable.

Renaud Capuçon is a French classical violinist. Since late 2016 he has been teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Youki Kudoh is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for The Crazy Family. She also won the awards for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award and at the 1992 Blue Ribbon Award for War and Youth. Additionally, Kudoh has been nominated three times for Best Actress, in the 5th independent Spirit Award for Mystery Train, in the 15th Japanese Academy Prize for War and Youth, and in the 4th Golden Satellite Award for Snow Falling on Cedars.

Abdul Rashid Dostum is an Afghan politician and Marshal in the Afghan National Army who has served as Vice President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2020. An ethnic Uzbek, he fought for the communist government and the Soviets and in 2001 was the key indigenous ally to US Special Forces and the CIA during the campaign to topple the Taliban government after the 9/11 attacks. He is regarded as a warlord and is known for siding with winners during different wars in Afghanistan. He is the founder of the political party Junbish-e Milli.

Cláudio Luiz Rodrigues Parise Leonel, commonly known as Claudinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as either an attacking midfielder or a forward for Red Bull Bragantino.

Venus Wong Man-yik is Chinese actress from Hong Kong who has starred in films such as To Love or Not to Love, Camera and Lucky Boy. After beginning her career in television on the teen idols' show Y2K Series (Y2K系列) in 2006, she appeared in a number of supporting roles in television and film before being cast in the 2014 film Never Dance Alone.