List of Famous people born in January

Øystein "Pølsa" Pettersen is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. He has four World Cup podiums, his best finish being second in individual sprint events. He and Petter Northug won gold in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. In the Individual Sprint he was one of three Norwegians to reach the six-man final.

Charles O'Rear is an American photographer. His image, Bliss, was used as the default desktop wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. O'Rear started his career with the daily newspapers Emporia Gazette, The Kansas City Star, and Los Angeles Times, worked for National Geographic magazine, and was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project. He began photographing winemaking in 1978.

Royce Spencer Clayton is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and appeared in the film Moneyball. He is currently the head varsity baseball coach at Oaks Christian School.

Masaaki Ōsumi is a Japanese director known for his work in television and movie animations.

María Ellingsen is an Icelandic actress starring in movies such as The Mighty Ducks 2. She can speak Icelandic, English, German, Danish and Faroese. She had a contract role on NBC's daytime drama Santa Barbara as Katrina Rukyer from 1991 to 1992.

Maryse Paillet born in Limoges and died at an indeterminate date after 1970, was a French singer and actress.

Li Datong was the Managing Editor of Freezing Point, a section of China Youth Daily. He now writes for openDemocracy, which is based in London.

Maxat Mukhtarovich Ayazbayev is a Kazakh former road cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Apple Team.