List of Famous people born in January

Roman Jerala is a Slovenian biochemist and synthetic biologist, internationally best known as the leader of Slovenian teams that won the Grand prize at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition several times.

Aminata Dramane Traoré is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the current Coordinator of Forum pour l'autre Mali and Associate Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and was elected to the board of the International Press Service in July 2005. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.

Zhang Peili is a Chinese geologist and the wife of former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Von Jour Caux is the pseudonym of Toshiro Tanaka , a Japanese architect, artist, and thinker. He has been referred to as the Japanese Gaudi.