List of Famous people born in January

Abigail Eaton is a racing driver from the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She starred as the test driver for the second and third series of The Grand Tour.

Choe Ryong-hae is a North Korean politician and military officer who is serving as President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and First Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission since April 2019. He is also a member of the Presidium of the Politburo and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He also served as Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's military second-in-command. He is also father in law of Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong.

Scott Thorson is an American known for his relationship with and lawsuit against the entertainer Liberace. Since 2008, he has had multiple criminal convictions and has been an inmate in the Nevada Department of Corrections system since January 2014.

Maureen Brigid Dowd is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author.

Tsuneo Watanabe is a Japanese journalist and businessman. He is the Representative Director, Editor-in-Chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings company, which publishes the largest Japanese daily newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun and substantially controls the largest Japanese commercial television network Nippon Television Network. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun since 1985.

Gao Hanyu, also known as Kido, is a Chinese actor and singer.

Danièle Thompson is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter. Thompson is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman.

Alapan Bandyopadhyay is an Indian civil servant and the current Chief Secretary of State for the Government of West Bengal. He took over from IAS officer Rajiva Sinha, in the year 2020, starting his tenure under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Rogelio Frigerio is an Argentine economist and politician. He was Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing during the Mauricio Macri's administration.

Christian Anders is an Austrian singer, musician, composer, author and conspiracy theorist.