List of Famous people born in January

Lars William Karlsson, nicknamed "Wild Bill", is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the second round, 53rd overall, by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. In addition to playing for Vegas, Karlsson has also played in the NHL for Anaheim and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr is a Saudi Arabian political prisoner who has participated in the Saudi Arabian protests during the Arab Spring as a teenager. He was arrested in February 2012, sentenced to death in May 2014, and previously awaited ratification of his sentence by King Salman of Saudi Arabia, which was to be carried out by beheading and crucifixion, respectively. Al-Nimr's trial was called unfair by Professor of Human Rights Law Christof Heyns, and Amnesty International, as well as French President François Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who called for the execution to be stopped. Ali al-Nimr is the nephew of Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, who was one of the 47 executed citizens during the 2016 Saudi Arabian mass execution. Ali al-Nimr's death sentence is presumed to have been overturned in April 2020 following several announcements from the Saudi government that people convicted as minors under 18 years of age are not to be executed.

Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker. His early award-winning films include The Sheep Thief (1997), winner of the 2nd Prize Cinéfondation for Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, and The Warrior (2001), winning the BAFTA Award for Best British Film 2003.

Carolina Cerezuela Gil is a Spanish actress who became famous playing Mónica Salazar in Camera Café, the Spanish spin-off of Caméra Café.

François-Marie Banier is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer. He is particularly known for his photographs of celebrities and other public figures and for his friendships with members of high society. In a prominent legal case, in 2016 he was convicted of 'abuse of weakness' of the elderly billionaire Liliane Bettincourt.

Yoshiaki Murakami is a Japanese investor, bull, former bureaucrat of the MITI, co-founder of "Mirakami Fund", and founder of the Murakami Family Foundation (村上財団).

Iain Andrew Stirling is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter and Twitch streamer.

Riza Shahriz bin Abdul Aziz, better known as Riza Aziz, is a Malaysian film producer and the co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, a Los Angeles-based film production company.

Tom Hudson is a French actor, who starred as 'Jeannot' in the French TV series Résistance.

Christopher Michael Massey is an American actor, comedian and rapper best known for starring as Michael Barret in the Nickelodeon television series Zoey 101. He is also known for appearing in several commercials in the early 2000s. He is the older brother of actor Kyle Massey.