List of Famous people born in January

Marilyn Suzanne Miller is an American television writer and producer. She was one of only three female writers on the original staff of Saturday Night Live and was also a writer for such 1970s sitcoms as The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Maude, and Barney Miller.

Werner Gustav Schulz is a German politician. He was from 1990 to 2005 a Member of the German Bundestag and from 2009–2014 a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Schulz is considered the only profiled civil rights activist from East Germany who prevailed permanently in his party.

Glynnis Talken Campbell is an American historical romance author, composer, musician and voice actress, and is married to bass guitarist Richard Campbell. Glynnis Campbell graduated from California State University, Chico with a degree in Vocal Music Performance. Her first novel, My Champion, was nominated for a Romance Writers of America's RITA award for Best First Book and Best Long Historical Romance in 2001. In 2009, her novel Danger's Kiss, received the "Book Buyers Best Award for Historical Romance." She has also written under the pen names Sarah McKerrigan and Kira Morgan.

Yana Volodymyrivna Shemyakina is a Ukrainian épée fencer. An Olympic champion at the 2012 Games, she also earned bronze individually at the World Championships in 2014, as well as bronze in 2015 in the team event.

Horst Joachim Arthur Caspar was a German actor, prominent in German theatre and film in the 1930s and 1940s. His postwar career was cut short by his sudden death at 39.

Masaki Takemiya is a professional Go player.

Charles Randolph is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay along with Adam McKay for co-writing The Big Short.