List of Famous people born in January

Robert Bogumił Mateusiak is a male badminton player from Poland.

Stéphane Israël is a senior French civil servant. He was a magistrate at the Court of Audit, chief of staff at the French Minister of Economics, Arnaud Montebourg; worked in the aeronautics industry at Astrium, a subsidiary of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company. He was appointed CEO of Arianespace in 2013.

Masaaki Yanagishita is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Charles Michael Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district since 1999. The district, located in the outer northern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, includes all of Napa County and portions of Contra Costa, Lake, Solano, and Sonoma counties. Thompson is the Chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Jane Elliot is an American actress, best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital.

Irma Urrila is a Finnish operatic soprano, best known internationally for her role as Pamina in Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film production of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute.