List of Famous people born in January

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist who has been an outspoken critic of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the former President of the United States, Donald Trump.

Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose is an Indian politician.He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India from Andhra Pradesh in the 2020 Rajyasabha elections as a member of the YSR Congress Party.

Maximilian Brückner is a German actor. He has won numerous awards including the Deutscher Kritikerpreis in 2006 and received a European Shooting Stars Award in 2007.

Naomi Judd is an American country music singer and actress.

Erriyon Knighton is an American male sprinter specializing in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He currently holds the world under-18 and world under-20 records in the 200 meters with a time of 19.88 seconds, set on June 26, 2021 at the US Olympic Trials.

Walther Hewel was a German diplomat before and during World War II, an early and active member of the Nazi Party, and one of German dictator Adolf Hitler's personal friends.

Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova or Bestemyanova is a Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her partner Andrei Bukin, she is the 1988 Olympic Champion, 1984 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World champion, three-time World silver medalist, and five-time European champion.

Marouane Chamakh is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability". Chamakh is also Bordeaux’s eighth highest goalscorer of all-time.

Sunderlal Bahuguna is an Indian noted Garhwali environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of Chipko movement was of his wife and the action was taken by him. For years he has been fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the Anti-Tehri Dam movement starting 1980s, to early 2004. He was one of the early environmentalists of India, and later he and people associated with the Chipko movement started taking up environmental issues, like against large dams.

Maria Antónia Palla is a feminist, journalist and writer who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country, having been taken to court for a television programme she produced on the topic. In 2004 Palla was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Liberty.