List of Famous people born in January

Minoru Terada is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Karl-Johan Anton Johnsson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for FC Copenhagen as a goalkeeper.

Paul Amar is a French journalist and television presenter.

Bishnu Shrestha is a Gurkha soldier in the Indian Army and recipient of the Sena Medal for bravery, and the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak medal, both awarded for his gallant conduct during an armed train robbery.

Takatoshi Kaneko is a Japanese actor. He made his debut in the popular 2001 film Waterboys.

Roger Reece Kibbe was an American serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler".

Erol Mütercimler is a Turkish journalist, columnist and academic. He is a retired naval officer. In 2009 he was charged in the second indictment of the Ergenekon trials.

Adrien Taquet is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State for Child Protection in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2019. From 2017 until 2019, he was a member of the French National Assembly, representing the department of Hauts-de-Seine.

Louisa Johnson, known mononymously as Louisa, is a British singer. In 2015, she won the twelfth series of The X Factor. She subsequently released her winner's single "Forever Young", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, and featured on Clean Bandit's UK top five single "Tears".

Neil Dudgeon is an English actor who, since 2011, has played DCI John Barnaby in the ITV drama series Midsomer Murders. He replaced John Nettles in the lead role.