List of Famous people born in January

Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labour in India and advocated the universal right to education. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." He is the founder of multiple social activist organizations, including Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education and Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation.

Kylie Bunbury is a Canadian-American actress.

Félix Sanz Roldán is a retired Spanish Army general and intelligence officer who served as Director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) from July 2009 to July 2019. He served as Chief of the Defence Staff (JEMAD) of the Spanish Armed Forces during the first government of prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2008).

Johannes Krisch is an Austrian actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1987.

María Celeste Cid is an Argentine actress.

Johannes von Trapp is an Austrian American singer and former member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical and movie The Sound of Music. He is the tenth and youngest child.

Zhenya Gershman is a Russian-born U.S. painter and portraitist. She is known for her "dramatic monumental portraits of iconic public and private figures" and interest in art history.

Michael Houghton is a British scientist and Nobel Prize laureate. Along with Qui-Lim Choo, George Kuo and Daniel W. Bradley, he co-discovered Hepatitis C in 1989. He also co-discovered the Hepatitis D genome in 1986. The discovery of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) led to the rapid development of diagnostic reagents to detect HCV in blood supplies, which has reduced the risk of acquiring HCV through blood transfusion from one in three to about one in two million. It is estimated that antibody testing has prevented at least 40,000 new infections per year in the US alone and many more worldwide.

Altagracia Ugalde Mota, better known as Ana Bárbara, is a Mexican singer, actress, television personality and model. She has become a prominent figure within Latin entertainment since her professional debut in 1994 and is one of the leading female figures in regional Mexican music.

Tetsuya Chiba is a Japanese manga artist famous for his sports stories.