List of Famous people born in January

Takae Itō is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2016. She represents the Hyogo at-large district and is a member of the Komeito party.

Paul van Hyfte is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is a former rider at the Danish professional cycling team, CSC–Tiscali from 2002 to 2003. He left the team after 2003 and joined a Belgian team, Vlaanderen-T Interim for his final season in 2004.

Steffen Warias is a para-cyclist from Germany. He won medals in cycling at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics. He is set to compete in Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Eric Go is an American male badminton player of Chinese-Filipino descent.

Wu Jianqiu is a retired female badminton player from China.

Ralf Loose is a German football coach and former player. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team.

William Joseph Norton was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Tánaiste from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, Leader of the Labour Party from 1932 to 1960, Minister for Social Welfare from 1948 to 1951 and Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1954 to 1957. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1926 to 1927 and from 1932 to 1961.

Stephen Graham Bennett is a former English football referee who operated in the Premier League, and previously for FIFA as an assistant referee and then referee.