List of Famous people born in January

Ali Ahmad Jalali is an Afghan politician, diplomat, and academic. Jalali served as the Minister of Interior from January 2003 to September 2005. He has also been a distinguished professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. In August 2021, amid the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government, Jalali was rumored to become the leader of the Taliban-controlled interim Afghan government, which he has denied on Twitter as "fake news."

Haarsh Limbachiyaa is an Indian screenwriter, producer and television personality. He has written the shows Comedy Circus Ke Tansen, Comedy Nights Bachao and Comedy Nights Live. Limbachiyaa also wrote Dialogues for the film PM Narendra Modi and lyrics for the title-track of the film Malang. He has also created, produced and hosted Khatra Khatra Khatra and Hum Tum Aur Quarantine. He hosted the show India's Best Dancer along with his wife Bharti Singh.

Jalen Armand Reagor is an American football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU and was drafted by the Eagles in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Arun Krishnamurthy is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India. He is known for founding the NGO, Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) 2011 based in Chennai which has its branches in other cities such as Hyderabad, Delhi and Coimbatore. Arun with the organisation has been successful in cleaning at least 39 lakes in the country and having worked in Google before quitting the job to dedicate voluntarily. He was chosen as among the five people for prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise award in 2012 for scientific lake restoration in Chennai.

Akira Neo is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chunichi Dragons.

Yusuf Yazıcı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lille OSC and the Turkey national football team.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy is a Finnish footballer who most recently played for Finnish Kolmonen side PK-35.

Amrita Arora is an Indian film actress, model, TV Presenter and VJ. She is the Sister of Bollywood actress and host Malaika Arora.

Nagihan Karadere is a Turkish short-distance and hurdles runner. She is the first and only female athlete to run under 56sec in the 400m hurdles. Turkey's record rating in the 400m hurdles is 55.09 seconds. He competed in the Olympics, passing the a threshold at the 2012 London Olympics.Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında |title=Sporcular/Atletizm-Nagehan Karadere |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801202553/http://gsb.gov.tr/londra2012/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=367 |archivedate=2012-08-01 }}</ref>

Ngô Đình Cẩn was a younger brother and confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and an important member of the Diệm government. Diệm put Cẩn in charge of central Vietnam, stretching from Phan Thiết in the south to the border at the 17th parallel, with Cẩn ruling the region as a virtual dictator. Based in the former imperial capital of Huế, Cẩn operated private armies and secret police that controlled the central region and earned himself a reputation as the most oppressive of the Ngô brothers.