List of Famous people born in January

Hikmet Sami Türk is a Turkish academic and politician. He was at the faculty of law of Ankara University from 1967 until 1995. Elected to parliament from 1995 to 2002 for the Democratic Left Party, he was Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice. He joined the faculty of Bilkent University in 2005. In 2009 he survived an assassination attempt by Dev-Sol.

James M. Baker was the 54th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. He took office in January 2001, during a Special Meeting of the Wilmington City Council, and left office in January 2013.

Jim Middelburg is a Dutch male badminton player. Born in Delft, Middelburg had been training in DKC badminton club, then he moved to VELO. In 2011, he won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in mixed doubles event with his partner Soraya de Visch Eijbergen.