List of Famous people born in January

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. Her career began in 1991 when she was signed to Uptown Records. She went on to release 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold 50 million albums in the United States and 80 million records worldwide. Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song "Mighty River". Furthermore, she also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year.

Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu known by his stage name as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist, and dialogue writer. Sethupathi works predominantly in Tamil besides few Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi productions. Being referred as "Makkal Selvan", he has starred in more than 30 films including several successful ventures. He has won numerous awards, including two Filmfare Awards South and three Vijay Awards.

David Edward Card is a Canadian labour economist and Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

William Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He is known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present) and the similar late-night show called Politically Incorrect (1993–2002), originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.

Anthony Scaramucci is an American financier who served as the White House Director of Communications from July 21 to July 31, 2017.

Naveen Kumar Gowda, better known by the stage name Yash, is an Indian film actor who works in Kannada cinema.

Zachary Kapono Wilson is an American football quarterback for the BYU Cougars.

Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian former drug lord, who once was one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali.

Frances Tiafoe is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as No. 29 in the world. Tiafoe won his first ATP title at the 2018 Delray Beach Open.

John Simon Bercow is a British politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. He was the first MP who was elected Speaker without previously serving as a Deputy Speaker since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971. Prior to his election as Speaker, he was a Conservative MP.