List of Famous people born in January
Hanno Balitsch
Hanno Balitsch is a German retired footballer
Daisy Head
Daisy May Head is an English actress. She played Grace in the American drama series Guilt, Amy Stevenson in BBC One's drama The Syndicate, and Kate Bottomley in the third season of Hulu series Harlots.
Wang Yihan
Wang Yihan is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she began to shine in major tournaments. By October 2009 she was the top ranked Women's singles player in the world.
Roekiah
Roekiah, often credited as Miss Roekiah, was an Indonesian kroncong singer and film actress. The daughter of two stage performers, she began her career at the age of seven; by 1932 she had become well known in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, as a singer and stage actress. Around this time she met Kartolo, whom she married in 1934. The two acted in the 1937 hit film Terang Boelan, in which Roekiah and Rd Mochtar played young lovers.
Ahed Al-Tamimi
Ahed Tamimi is a Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Salih in the occupied West Bank in the Palestinian territories. She is best known for appearances in images and videos in which she confronts Israeli soldiers. Tamimi's advocates consider her a freedom fighter for Palestine, comparing her to Malala Yousafzai; her detractors argue she is manipulated by political parents and has been taught to engage with violence.
Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is the middle child and only son of Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his first wife, Princess Charlotte of Croÿ. Upon the death of his father in 2004, he became the titular Prince (Fürst) of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Bindu
Bindu Nanubhai Desai, better known mononymously as Bindu, is an Indian actress who was popular in the 1970s. She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned four decades, receiving seven Filmfare award nominations. She is most remembered for her role in as Shabnam in Kati Patang (1970) and for her films opposite Prem Chopra.
Yan Pei-Ming
Yan Pei-Ming, born 1 December 1960, is a Chinese painter. Since 1981 he has been living in Dijon, France. His most famous paintings are "epic-sized" portraits of Mao Zedong worked out in black and white or red and white. He works with big brushes, and his paintings are brought to life by the rapid brush strokes which structure the picture space.
Monica Evans
Monica Evans is an English actress known for her portrayal of Cecily Pigeon in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. She was in the original Broadway cast for its entire run, then appeared in the film version in 1968, and finally appeared in some episodes of the first season of the television series based on the play, all in the same role, alongside Carole Shelley as her sister Gwendolyn Pigeon. She also provided voices for the Disney animated films The Aristocats, as Abigail Gabble and Robin Hood (1973) as Maid Marian.
Andrew Lawrence
Andrew James Lawrence is an American actor, singer, director and producer. He is known for his roles as Andy Roman in Brotherly Love and T.J. Detweiler in Recess. Outside of his acting and music career, Lawrence made his directorial debut with the film of 2020, Money Plane.