List of Famous people born in January

Joseph Mimran is a Canadian fashion designer and entrepreneur who is best known for launching the Club Monaco and Joe Fresh brands. In 2015, he was announced as one of the new "dragon" investors on Season 10 of the Canadian version of the Dragons' Den television series.

Jack Cowin is a Canadian-Australian businessman and entrepreneur with a long-term involvement in franchised fast food chains in Australia and Canada. Cowin brought KFC to Australia, founded and owns Hungry Jack's, the Burger King franchise in Australia, has at various stages controlled the Domino's Pizza franchise in Australia prior to its 2005 listing on the ASX, and has an ownership stake in the Lone Star Texas Grill restaurant chain in Canada, with upstream Australian investments in cattle stations and food processing. Cowin is the Executive Chairman of Competitive Foods Australia, one of Australia's largest privately held businesses. Cowin has also been an investor in Australia's Ten Network, serving as a non-executive director.

Richard Suckle is an American film producer. Suckle was one of several producers nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2013 film American Hustle.

Adrian Shaw, frequently known as Ade Shaw, is a musician primarily working in the psychedelic field. He has a long history dating back to the 1960s working with such acts as Hawkwind, Country Joe McDonald, Arthur Brown, and the Deviants. Shaw played bass for former Tyrannosaurus Rex percussionist Steve Peregrin Took's band in 1974 and three years later, while appearing with Hawkwind on the former other half of Tyrannosaurus Rex Marc Bolan's TV show, was himself invited to join T.Rex; however Bolan's death very shortly thereafter prevented this.