List of Famous people born in January

Tsutomu Hanahara is a retired Japanese wrestler who won a gold medal in the flyweight class at the 1964 Olympics. He competed at the 1958 and 1967 world championships and finished in sixth and third place, respectively.

Alexander Tsymbalyuk is a Ukrainian bass opera singer, a member of the Hamburg State Opera. He made his debut with The Royal Opera for the 2013/14 season, singing the Commendatore in Don Giovanni.

Giuliano Figueras is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998 with Mapei team and won a stage of the Tour de Langkawi that year. In 1999 and 2000 Figueras had 7 wins including a stage of the Giro di Romandia. He rode for the Panaria-Fiordo team for 4 years and had one win each year. In 2005 Figueras switched to the new Lampre-Caffita team. Figueras has in total 14 professional wins.

Nicolas Goussé is a retired French football striker.

Alessandro Paganessi is an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 20 of the 1983 Giro d'Italia.

Alice Kuipers is a British-born author living in Saskatchewan, Canada who is best known for her young adult novels. Life on the Refrigerator Door won the Grand Prix de Viarmes, the Livrentête Prize, the Redbridge Teenage Book Award in 2008 and the Saskatchewan First Book Award in 2007, was narrated as an audio book by Amanda Seyfried and Dana Delany, and has been adapted for theater in England, France and Japan. 40 Things I Want To Tell You won a Saskatchewan Book Award for Young Adult Literature in 2013. The Worst Thing She Ever Did won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book in 2011.