List of Famous people born in January

Ladj Ly is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor, producer, writer, and director best known for appearing in several films including Saving Private Ryan (1998), 15 Minutes (2001), Life or Something Like It (2002), Confidence (2003), A Sound of Thunder (2005), The Holiday (2006), The Groomsmen (2006), One Missed Call (2008), 27 Dresses (2008), Man on a Ledge (2012), Friends with Kids (2012), and Alex Cross (2012). Burns directed movies such as The Brothers McMullen (1995), She's the One (1996), Sidewalks of New York (2001), Purple Violets (2007), and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012). He also starred as Bugsy Siegel in the TNT crime drama series Mob City and as Terry Muldoon in TNT's Public Morals.

Carole Elizabeth Middleton is an English businesswoman. She is the mother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa Matthews and James Middleton.

Jan Åge Fjørtoft is a former Norwegian footballer. A powerful centre forward with goalscoring ability, he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany. He appeared in 71 international matches and scored 20 goals for Norway. His nickname was Fjøra, meaning The Feather in a Norwegian dialect.

Loiza Lamers is a Dutch model and businesswoman, best known for being the winner of the eighth cycle of Holland's Next Top Model, and the world's first transgender winner of the global Top Model TV-franchise.

Yumi Ishikawa is a Japanese actress, model, writer and opinion leader. She is a founder of the KuToo movement. In 2019, she was included on the BBC's 100 Women list.

Mohamed Lamine Diaby-Fadiga is a French professional footballer who plays as forward for Ligue 2 club Paris FC.

Alain Frachon is a French journalist for Le Monde, France's centre-left newspaper of record, and the author of several books.

Gregory John Page, AM is an Australian singer, musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead singer and a founding member of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2006 and then again from 2012 to 2013. Page has also recorded several solo albums.

Hans von Storch is a German climate scientist. He is a Professor at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg, and Director of the Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany. He is a member of the advisory boards of the journals Journal of Climate and Annals of Geophysics.