List of Famous people born in January

Keiji Kokuta is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.

Cho Kwi-jae is a former South Korean football player and manager.

Wing Han Tsang, popularly known simply as Wing, is a Hong Kong-born New Zealand singer. Her singing style has drawn comparisons to Florence Foster Jenkins and Mrs. Miller. She is an example of outsider music.

Kenneth Mason Easley Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a strong safety in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was a three-time consensus All-American. A first-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, Easley played professionally for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks from 1981 to 1987. Easley has been considered to be among the best defensive backs during his era and one of the Seahawks' all-time greatest players.

Peyton Derek Hillis is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). Hillis attended Conway High School in Conway, Arkansas and was a highly touted recruit. Hillis attended the University of Arkansas where he was primarily used as a fullback. After being drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, Hillis rose to the top of the depth chart as the starting fullback for the Denver Broncos. Due to injuries to the running back corps, he became the starting running back. After spending two years in Denver, Hillis was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2010. In 2011, Hillis won a nationwide vote which put him on the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL 12 video game.

Jonatas Figueira Fernandes, known simply as Jô or Jô Fernandes, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Scarlet Rivera, born Donna Shea, is an American violinist. She is best known for her work with Bob Dylan, in particular on his 1976 album Desire and as part of the Rolling Thunder Revue.

Satoshi Kuroda is a former professional Japanese baseball infielder and current coach for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Adrián Ricardo Centurión is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-winger for Vélez Sarsfield.

Tomasz Schafernaker is a Polish-British meteorologist for BBC Weather.