List of Famous people born in January

Peter René Baumann, better known under his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. BoBo has also released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted high not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories.

Sunil Lahri, also called Sunil Lahiri, is an Indian actor. He is most famous for appearing in the television works of Ramanand Sagar, beginning with his most famous role as Lakshman in Ramayan. Before Ramayan, he appeared in some stories of Vikram aur Betaal and Dada-Dadi Ki Kahaniyan.

Parakala Prabhakar is an Indian political economist, political commentator, economic, and social affairs. He served as Communications Advisor, held a cabinet rank position in Andhra Pradesh Government between July 2014 and June 2018. For several years he presented a current affairs discussion programme on television channels of Andhra Pradesh. His programmes, Pratidhwani on ETV2 and Namaste Andhra Pradesh on NTV. He was also a former spokesman and one of the founding general secretaries of Praja Rajyam Party. In the early 2000s, Parakala was the spokesperson of the Andhra Pradesh unit of the BJP.

Henry Nichols Beard is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine National Lampoon and the author of several best-selling books.

Chung Mong-hong, also known by his pseudonym, Nagao Nakashima, is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Alexey Gennadievich Nilov is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006).

Kelly Ann Lynch is an American actress and model.

Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik is a Soviet and Russian actor and film producer.

Eric García Martret is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Spain national team. García moved from FC Barcelona at the age of 17 to Manchester City. He made his Premier League debut for City on 21 September 2019.

Osman Öcalan is a Kurdish militant politician and former commander of the PKK, a Kurdish militant organization.