List of Famous people born in January

James W. Breyer is an American venture capitalist, founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, an investment and venture philanthropy firm, and a partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm. Breyer has invested in over 40 companies that have gone public or completed a merger, with some of these investments, including Facebook, earning over 100 times cost and many others over 25 times cost. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.

Mohamed Abo Elala is an Egyptian football player. The left-footed can play either as a Center-Midfielder or Left Wingback. Abo Elala was a former Zamalek captain.

Seiji Sasaki is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Theatre Company Subaru. He often dubs over African-American actors.

Shahriar Bahrani is an Iranian director.

Magdy A Ishak MD, FRCS, CCIM, is an orthopedic surgeon and the President of the Egyptian Medical Society UK. He is also Chairman of the Scottish-Egyptian Association and Vice Chairman of the British Egyptian Society. he is also Chairman of M I Holdings. He is honorary Companion Chartered Institute of Management.

Gema Pascual Torrecilla is a track and road cyclist from Spain. She represented her nation at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's points race.

Mahmud Abouhalima is a convicted perpetrator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.