List of Famous people born in January

Jürg Häusermann is a Swiss-German media scholar and emeritus professor. He studied Germanic, Russian language and literature and French linguistics at the University of Zurich and the Moscow State Linguistic University. Häusermann doctorate in 1977 in Zurich. 1985 to 1989 he was visiting professor at the University of Trieste in Italy. From 1993 to 2017, Häusermann was professor of media analysis and production at the University of Tübingen. He was director of the German seminar at Tübingen.

Elizabeth J. Braswell, often known as Liz Braswell, is an English-born American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for The Nine Lives of Chloe King, a series that was adapted as a 2011 television show of the same name. She is also known to publish work under the names Tracy Lynn and Celia Thompson.

Edward Jurkiewicz is a Polish former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 1.95 m tall tall small forward. He was a member of the senior Polish national team.

Édgar Sosa is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for Louisville.

Jost-Stefan Heinig is CEO of the major German company KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH from Bönen. KiK came under pressure by dumping salaries and abusing female workers in Bangladesh and other Third World countries. Heinig participates with his Dortmund Firma H. H. Holding GmbH by 65% from TEDi and with 15% an KiK. The main shareholder of KiK is the company Tengelmann International GmbH from Mülheim an der Ruhr with a stake of 83.02%.

Don Daglow is an American computer game and video game designer, programmer and producer. He is best known for being the creator of early games from several different genres, including pioneering simulation game Utopia for Intellivision in 1981, role-playing game Dungeon in 1975, sports games including the first interactive computer baseball game Baseball in 1971, and the first graphical MMORPG, Neverwinter Nights in 1991. He founded long-standing game developer Stormfront Studios in 1988.

Petri Lindroos is a melodic death/folk metal guitarist and vocalist. He is currently the lead vocalist in Ensiferum. Previously, he was a founding member and lead vocalist for Norther.