List of Famous people born in January
Johanna Gastdorf
Johanna Gastdorf is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1993.
Jake Elliott
Jake Daniel Elliott is an American football placekicker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Memphis. He was part of the Eagles' Super Bowl LII championship team against the New England Patriots.
Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría Álvarez GCB is a Mexican lawyer, academic and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the 57th President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, he was Secretary of the Interior (1963–1969). At 99, he is the oldest living former Mexican president.
Tusse
Tousin Michael Chiza, known as Tusse, is a Congolese-Swedish singer.
Makoto Hasebe
Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played for the Japan national team, for which he served as captain.
Rodion Nakhapetov
Rodion Rafailovich Nakhapetov is a Soviet-American-Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. He received the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Asteroid 256697 Nahapetov, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Timur Krjačko in 2008, was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 June 2011.
Jérémie Renier
Jérémie Renier is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in the critically praised La Promesse (1996), directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. He became better known to worldwide audiences in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and L'Enfant (2005). The latter was also directed by the Dardenne brothers. He portrayed singer Claude François in the 2012 film My Way.
Willi Graf
Wilhelm Graf was a member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. Followers of the Catholic Church in Germany regard Graf as a martyr. His beatification cause for sainthood is already in progress.
Filiz Akın
Filiz Akın is a Turkish actress, writer and TV presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın won a huge fan base in Turkey.
Mohamed Sissoko
Mohamed Lamine Sissoko is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.