List of Famous people born in January

Abigail Elizabeth Smith, known professionally as Yebba, is an American Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter from West Memphis, Arkansas. She first became known for her backing vocal performance on Chance the Rapper's SNL performance of the song "Same Drugs" in 2016 and releasing her debut single "Evergreen" in 2017. She has also collaborated with a number of artists, including PJ Morton, Sam Smith, Mark Ronson, Stormzy and Ed Sheeran.

Lee Sang-il is a Zainichi Korean film director and screenwriter. His first film, Chong, was a short film about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan.

Kazuki Nakajima is a professional racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Williams-Toyota team from 2007 to 2009. Racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing since 2016, he won the 2018, 2019 and 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is 2018-19 World Endurance champion along with team-mates Fernando Alonso and Sébastien Buemi. He is the second FIA world champion from Japan after Toshi Arai.

Justin Donovan Houston is an American football defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Georgia, where he earned All-American honors, and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, he was also named to the All-Pro team in 2014.

Jorge Resurrección Merodio, known as Koke, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains Atlético Madrid as a midfielder.

Yesisca Iskandar or known as Jessica Iskandar is an Indonesian actress, model, presenter, singer, businesswoman, comedian and writer. She is also known by her nickname, Jedar.

Naidra Ayadi is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2012 for her role in the film Polisse.

Jacob Muntaz Scipio is an English actor and writer from London. In 2020, he played villain Armando Aretas in the action comedy Bad Boys for Life, directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

John W. Aaron is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program. He is widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 mission when it was struck by lightning soon after launch, and also played an important role during the Apollo 13 crisis.

Yusuke Yamamoto is a Japanese actor. He was born in Aichi, Japan. His debut role was as Tsurugi Kamishiro, a.k.a. Kamen Rider Sasword, in Kamen Rider Kabuto. On July 10, 2020, he had been tested positive for COVID-19. A week later, his agency announced that he recovered from the virus.