List of Famous people born in January

Edwin Cole McCain is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His songs "I'll Be" (1998) and "I Could Not Ask for More" (1999) were radio top-40 hits in the U.S., and five of his albums have reached the Billboard 200. In all, McCain has released eleven albums, with his first two being released independently.

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist and political commentator.

Romy Haag is a Dutch dancer, singer, actress and former nightclub manager.

Brais Méndez Portela is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RC Celta de Vigo as an attacking midfielder.

Mattias Clement is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Tyler Breeze.

Kevin Francis Herbert Maxwell is a British businessman. In the 1990s, Maxwell was charged with and acquitted of financial crimes related to the business practices of his father, publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. He is co-founder of the thinktank Combatting Jihadist Terrorism.

William Abadie is an actor best known for his roles in recent television series such as Gossip Girl (2007–2009), Chuck (2008), Homeland (2013), Person of Interest (2014), Gotham (2016) and Emily in Paris (2020).

Gregory Joseph Sierra was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amengual on Barney Miller and as Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G. Sanford on Sanford and Son.

Margaret O'Brien is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the age of four, O'Brien became one of the most popular child stars in cinema history and was honored with a Juvenile Academy Award as the outstanding child actress of 1944. In her later career, she appeared on television, on stage, and in supporting film roles.

Jack David Laugher is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears and later Daniel Goodfellow. Laugher and Mears became Britain's first diving Olympic champions by winning a gold medal in the men's synchronised 3m springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, an achievement many had expected double world 10m champion Tom Daley would achieve first. A week later, Laugher won a silver in the men's individual 3m springboard at the same Games, becoming the first British diver to win multiple Olympic diving medals at the same Games.