List of Famous people born in January
Luke Willson
Luke Michael Willson is a Canadian professional American football tight end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Rice University. He was previously selected by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2012 CFL Draft, but did not sign. He has also been a member of the Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders.
Tamao Akae
Tamao Akae is a Japanese freelance announcer, chairperson, and radio personality. She is a former Asahi Broadcasting Corporation announcer. Currently she is a freelancer.
Norberto Alonso
Norberto Osvaldo Alonso, known colloquially as "Beto" Alonso, is an Argentine former football midfielder, who played the majority of his career for the Argentine club River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of their most notable players. He stands in fifth place in River Plate's all time goalscoring records with 149 goals and 7th place in their all time appearances record with 374 matches played. A former Copa Libertadores, Intercontinental Cup and FIFA World Cup champion, Alonso was regularly regarded as one of the best South American players in the world during the 1970s.
Ryōko Moriyama
Ryoko Moriyama is a Japanese folk singer. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotaro Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician.
Paula Deen
Paula Ann Hiers Deen is an American TV personality and cooking show host. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant and Paula Deen's Creek House with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published fifteen cookbooks. Though married since 2004 to Michael Groover, she uses the last name Deen, from her first marriage.
Jack Reynor
Jack Reynor is an Irish actor. His notable roles include the lead in Lenny Abrahamson's film What Richard Did (2012), for which he won an IFTA Award for Best Film Actor, the blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction, Glassland, for which he won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival, Macbeth, Sing Street, Midsommar, and the CBS All Access streaming series Strange Angel.
Tatyana Yumasheva
Tatyana Borisovna Yumasheva is the younger daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Naina Yeltsina.
Peyton Kennedy
Peyton Kennedy is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Betty Nelson on the ABC television drama series, Grey’s Anatomy (2018-2019). She is also known for her film roles in The Captive (2014), American Fable (2016), and Lavender (2016). She played Kate Messner in the Netflix series, Everything Sucks! (2018), where she played a 15-year-old girl who is trying to figure out her sexuality. She is also known for her role as Dr O in Odd Squad.
Patrick M. Byrne
Patrick M. Byrne is an American entrepreneur who was the CEO of Overstock.com. In 1999, Byrne launched Overstock.com after leading two smaller companies, including one owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
Anne de Gaulle
Anne de Gaulle was the youngest daughter of General Charles de Gaulle and his wife, Yvonne. She was born in Trier, Germany, where her father was stationed with the Army of Occupation in the Rhineland.