List of Famous people born in January

José Antonio Ortega Lara is a former Spanish prison officer who was kidnapped by the terrorist organization ETA for 532 days between 1996 and 1997. He was a member of the People's Party between 1987 and 2008. He currently lives in Burgos. On January 16, 2014 he presented, as a member of the Provisional Executive Committee, a new political party called Vox along with other former members of the People's Party.

Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Leeds United and the Portugal national team.

Yulia Antonovna Putintseva is a Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin and descent. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, and she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 in February 2017. So far, she has won one WTA singles title.

Kang Ji-young, also known as Jiyoung or JY, is a South Korean actress and singer based in Japan. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Kara.

Ryotaro Araki is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for J1 League club Kashima Antlers.

Glenn Alan Robinson III is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. He was an all-state high school basketball player for Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana. After his sophomore season at Michigan for the 2013–14 team he declared for the NBA draft. Robinson was drafted 40th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2014 NBA draft. He has also played in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, where he was the 2017 NBA Slam Dunk Champion, the Detroit Pistons and the Golden State Warriors. He is the son of Glenn Robinson, the 1994 NBA first overall draft pick.

Lisa Byington is a play-by-play announcer, studio host, and feature producer/reporter. She has broadcast games for Fox Sports, FS1, Big Ten Network, CBS, Turner Sports, Pac-12 Network, ESPN, SEC Network.

James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire, who now lives in London.

Hassan Diab is a Lebanese politician, engineer and academic who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Lebanon since 21 January 2020. He submitted his resignation on 10 August 2020 in wake of the 2020 Beirut explosion and has since served as Caretaker Prime Minister until a successor forms a new government. He was appointed by Lebanese President Michel Aoun on 19 December 2019 to succeed Saad Hariri, amidst the 2019–20 Lebanese protests that had caused Hariri's resignation. Prior to his premiership, he served as the Minister of Education from June 2011 to February 2014 under President Michel Suleiman.

Justin Gabriel Hurwitz is an American film composer and a television writer. He is best known for his longtime collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), and First Man (2018).