List of Famous people born in January

Rudolf Risch was a German racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1932 Tour de France.

James Wayne Stafford is an American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter. While prominent in the 1970s for his recordings "Spiders & Snakes", "Swamp Witch", "Under the Scotsman's Kilt", "My Girl Bill", and "Wildwood Weed", Stafford has headlined at his own theater in Branson, Missouri, since 1990. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ, and harmonica.

Jim Melchert is an American artist best known for his ceramics and sculptures.

Anya Major is an English athlete, actress, model and singer who starred in Apple Computer's's "1984" commercial, and in 1985 appeared as "Nikita" in the video to Elton John's song of the same name.

Jeffer Rosobin is a retired badminton player from Indonesia. He was the men's singles champion at the 1996 Asian Championships, and once occupied the top 10 BWF rankings. Rosobin was recorded as a Singapore national coach. In 2017, he joined the Indonesia national training camp, as a women's singles coach.