List of Famous people born in January

Harvey Smith is an American video game designer and writer, working at Arkane Studios.

Poorvisha S. Ram is an Indian badminton player who specializes in doubles and mixed doubles. As of February 2020, she is ranked 48 in doubles. She had attained career best ranking of 30 in November 2018. She was previously ranked 3 in doubles at national level.

Allan Tai is a Malaysian former badminton player. He was part of the Malaysia junior team that won the silver medal at the 1998 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' team event. In 2001, Tai became the finalist at the India Satellite tournament, and in 2002, he won the Smiling Fish Satellite tournament in Thailand. The Kuala Lumpur borned, was the champion of the Asiatic Indahpura Badminton Championship in 2006 and 2007.

Lee Yu-rim is a South Korean badminton player who was educated at Janggok High School in Shiheung. She was a gold medallist in the girls' doubles event at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships and the World Junior Championships with Baek Ha-na. Among their key results in senior events, Lee and Baek reached the final at the 2017 Macau Open, but lost to Chinese pair Huang Yaqiong and Yu Xiaohan with the score 10–21, 17–21.

Johanita Scholtz is a South African badminton player. Scholtz won her first senior international title at the 2017 Botswana International tournament. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She was the women's singles gold medalist at the 2019 African Games, also won bronze medals in the team and women's doubles events.

R.A. Thorburn, better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper and producer. He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills. Thorburn signed to major label Jive Records at age 18, but his debut album, Night of the Bloody Apes, was never released.

László Szászfalvi is a Hungarian Calvinist pastor, theologian and politician, Member of Parliament for Marcali from 1998 to 2014, then for Barcs since 2014. He served as Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs between 2010 and 2012. He also served as mayor of Csurgó from 1990 to 2003 and from 2006 to 2010.

Xu Ya is a Chinese badminton player. In 2016, she won the Asia Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with Du Yue. She also won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with Du. In 2017, she won the China International Challengge tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Du and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles event with Tan Qiang.