List of Famous people born in January

Laurent Boyer is a French radio and television host. He is the companion of singer Alice Dona.

Erran Boaz Baron Cohen is an English composer and trumpet player known for collaborations with his younger brother, Sacha Baron Cohen.

Thomas Anthony Watson is a British former politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019 and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019.

Christopher Ruddy is the CEO and majority owner of Newsmax Media, which publishes Newsmax.com and broadcasts the news network, Newsmax TV.

Mahmoud Dahoud is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

Pierre Rosanvallon is a French historian and sociologist. He was named a professor at the Collège de France in 2001, holding the chair in modern and contemporary political history.

Owen Lee Hargreaves is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known as a hard-working and "solid defensive midfielder who worked tirelessly to win the ball" and provide his teammates with possession. He played with Calgary Foothills as a youth before beginning his professional football career in Germany with Bayern Munich. After seven years with the Munich side – during which time he won four German league titles and the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League – Hargreaves signed for Manchester United in 2007, winning the Premier League and UEFA Champions League in his first season. However, his time at Manchester United was plagued with injuries and he was allowed to leave the club at the end of his contract in June 2011. Hargreaves posted YouTube videos in a bid to convince potential suitors of his fitness, and in August 2011, Manchester City offered a one-year contract to Hargreaves, which he accepted.

Sophie Wilmès is a Belgian politician who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since October 2020. She is the country's first female foreign minister, and was over the year from October 2019 the first female prime minister in Belgian history. She is a member of the Reformist Movement.

Harmony Korine is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author, artist, photographer and skateboarder. He is best known for writing Kids (1995) and for writing and directing Gummo (1997), Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), Mister Lonely (2007) and Spring Breakers (2012). His film Trash Humpers (2009) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the main prize, the DOX Award, at the CPH:DOX. In 2019, Korine directed his first project in six years, The Beach Bum.

İbrahim Turhan, Ph.D. was the chairman and CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2015 and a Member of the Turkish parliament for the governing Justice and Development Party from 2015 to 2018. He is alleged to be a member of the Gulen Movement.