List of Famous people born in January
Daler Kuzyayev
Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev is a Russian football player of Tatar descent. He plays as a midfielder for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Manu Sharma
Siddharth Vashisht, better known as Manu Sharma, is an Indian murderer, convicted in 2006 to serving life imprisonment for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal, but was released in June 2020, 14 years into the sentence, for good conduct during the jail time. Sharma is the son of the former Indian National Congress leader Venod Sharma and the brother of media baron Kartikeya Sharma.
Simon Yates
Simon Yates is an English mountaineer. He has described himself as 'an adventurer'. Yates is most well known as being one of two British mountaineers that conquered the previously unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. He and Joe Simpson completed the difficult climb, at times enduring extreme weather conditions. They subsequently survived a dramatic series of events on the descent. Simpson recounted the story in the book Touching the Void, which was later adapted into a film.
Günter Lamprecht
Günter Lamprecht is a German actor known for his leading role in the Fassbinder miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war film Das Boot (1981).
Keiji Kuroki
Keiji Kuroki is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a member of Exile and Exile The Second. He is a former member of the Nidaime J Soul Brothers.
Romano Fenati
Romano Fenati is an Italian motorcycle racer who competes at Grand Prix level. He was European 125 cc Champion in 2011, championship runner-up of the Italian 125GP series, and also competed in the Spanish 125GP series.
Tyler Ritter
Tyler David Thomas Ritter is an American actor, best known as the star of The McCarthys.
Karol Conká
Karol Conka is a Brazilian rapper, songwriter, actress, record producer, model and television presenter. Born in Curitiba, Conka is one of the most prominent female rappers in Brazil today. Her music is a blend of modern hip-hop and rap with sounds from Brazilian pop and traditional music. In 2013, she won Multishow's Best New Artist award and released her debut album, Batuk Freak. Her song, "Boa Noite", is featured in the EA Sports video game, FIFA 14. Her album Ambulante was ranked as the 34th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine and among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2018 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.
Viktor Bout
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout is a Russian arms dealer.
Lucy Porter
Lucy Donna Porter is an English actress, writer and comedian. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Brighton Festival and many clubs around Britain. She is also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 in various panel shows, including Quote... Unquote and The Personality Test.