List of Famous people born in January
Carlos Alberto Sicupira
Carlos Alberto Sicupira is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, a partner in 3G Capital, which owns or has major stakes in Burger King, H.J. Heinz Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Lojas Americanas. He lives in Switzerland.
Iker Jiménez
Iker Jiménez Elizari is a Spanish journalist and television host. He is a graduate in sciences of information from the Complutense University of Madrid and the European University of Madrid, and gained prominence directing and presenting, along with his wife and collaborator Carmen Porter, mystery investigation program Milenio 3 in Cadena SER, after which they moved to television with the program Cuarto Milenio in Cuatro. In 2018 he created the weekly YouTube podcast Milenio Live, and in 2020 started presenting the divulgation program Horizonte, initially in Telecinco and later in Cuatro.
Jessica Alves
Jessica Alves is a Brazilian-British television personality noted for having undergone dozens of plastic surgeries to alter her appearance. Prior to her transition, she was often referred to as a human Ken doll.
Alisha Lehmann
Alisha Lehmann is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for English FA WSL club Everton, on loan from West Ham United, and the Switzerland national football team. She previously played for BSC YB Frauen of the Nationalliga A.
Marco Fu
Marco Fu Ka-chun, MH, JP is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open. He has been a runner-up at two Triple Crown events, at the 2008 UK Championship and the 2011 Masters. In addition, Fu has reached the semi-finals of the World Championship twice—in 2006 and in 2016.
Preston
Samuel Dylan Murray Preston, more commonly known simply as Preston, is an English singer in the band The Ordinary Boys. He also appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, in which he finished fourth. After The Ordinary Boys split in 2008, he embarked on a songwriting career. In 2013, he officially reunited The Ordinary Boys and in 2015 they released their self-titled comeback album.
Roberto Solis
Roberto Solis is an American armored car robber, convicted murderer, and poet. He has more than 30 aliases including Pancho Aguila, a pen name he used in prison while writing poetry. He disappeared in October 1993.
Valentina Zenere
Valentina Zenere is an Argentinian actress, model and singer, known for her portrayal of Ámbar Smith in the Disney Channel original series Soy Luna and Juacas, as well as for her portrayal of Alai Inchausti in the Argentine telenovela Casi Ángeles.
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music in her adolescence and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock band the Distillers. The group released three albums before disbanding in 2006. She began another project, Spinnerette, which released an eponymous album in 2009. In 2014, she released Diploid Love, her first album under her solo name.
Jack Whittaker
Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. After winning the lottery, he had several brushes with the law and personal tragedies.