List of Famous people born in January

Zhang Qi is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Hainan province. He was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China, in September 2019. Previously he served as Party chief of Haikou, capital of Hainan province. Zhang is the first senior official who was placed under investigation in Hainan since the Communist Party of China's 19th National Congress in late 2017 and the fourth incumbent provincial level official was sacked for graft since then.

Ekaterina Sergeevna Ananina is a badminton player from Russia. She was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships in 2002 and 2009. Now, she was known as Ekaterina Vikulova. Ananina was prepared to compete at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but she was failed to qualified.

Allan Cameron is a Scottish author and translator.

Kavitark Ram Shriram is an Indian-American billionaire businessman. He is a founding board member and one of the first investors in Google. He was earlier employed by Amazon.com, working for Jeff Bezos. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August 1998, when the company acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Shriram was president. Before Junglee and Amazon, Shriram was a member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue. According to Forbes, as of September 2020, his net worth was $2.3 billion.