List of Famous people born in January

Josef Deimer (born 1936 in Landshut] is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.Between 1982 and 2000 he was a member of the Bavarian Senate. He was the mayor of Landshut 1970–2004.

Wolfgang Freiherr von Stetten is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He served as Member of Parliament from 1990 to 2002. He represented the constituency of Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe, and was succeeded by his son Christian von Stetten.

Peter Straughan is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.

Benjamin Robert Moody is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as co-founder, lead guitarist, and co-songwriter of rock band Evanescence from its inception in 1995 to his departure in October 2003. Since leaving Evanescence, Moody has collaborated with an array of performers vocally, instrumentally, and as a writer. Notable recent bands Moody has been involved with include The Halo Method and We Are the Fallen.

Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She is a faculty member at the University of Kansas.

Robert B. Rowling is an American billionaire businessman, and the Founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym.