List of Famous people born in January

John Bryan Taylor is a British physicist known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application in the field of fusion energy. Notable among these is the development of the "Taylor state", describing a minimum-energy configuration that conserves magnetic helicity. Another development was his work on the ballooning transformation, which describes the motion of plasma in toroidal (donut) configurations, which are used in the fusion field. Taylor has also made contributions to the theory of the Earth's Dynamo, including the Taylor constraint.

Talvin Singh OBE is an English musician, producer, and composer. A tabla player, he is known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass. Singh is generally considered involved with an electronica subgenre called Asian Underground, and more recently as Indian and/or Asian electronica.

Mario Innauer is an Austrian former ski jumper. He is the son of Olympic gold medalist Toni Innauer.

Katrine Boorman is an English actress and director of film, television and stage since 1974. She is the daughter of British director John Boorman.

John Dahl is an American film and television director and writer, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre.