List of Famous people born in January

Geno Silva was an American actor, best known for his role as The Skull, Alejandro Sosa's silent hitman in Scarface.

Shalmali Kholgade is an Indian playback singer, who predominantly sings for Hindi language films. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in other Indian languages such as Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil. Through her singing career, she has received one Filmfare Award from two nominations, and has been praised for her singing style.

Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo Cohen is a Panamanian politician who has served as President of Panama since 2019. Cortizo Cohen is the former President of the National Assembly and Minister of Agricultural and Livestock Development. He was also a member of the National Assembly between 1994 and 2004, serving a year as chamber president.

Adam Thomas Jones is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American musician and visual artist, best known as the guitarist for Tool. Jones has been rated the 75th-greatest guitarist of all time by the Rolling Stone and placed ninth in Guitar World's Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. With experience in special effects and set design in the Hollywood film industry, Jones is also the director of the majority of Tool's music videos.

Stefanie Dolson is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted sixth overall in the 2014 WNBA draft. Dolson played center for the UConn women's basketball team, and won back to back national championships in 2013 and 2014

Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017, Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee, Rex Tillerson, was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee, John J. Sullivan.

Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento, known as Tinga, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Korkut Eken is a former Turkish military officer and National Intelligence Organization agent. He became involved in the Susurluk scandal in Turkey after some of his subordinates, notably Ayhan Çarkın, were convicted of extrajudicial killings. In 2001, among the first convictions arising from the scandal, Eken was found guilty of establishing and managing a criminal gang with the aim of "creating panic in society" and sentenced to six years in prison.

Nikita Galrani is an Indian film actress, model and fashion designer who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. Her first major commercial successful films are in Malayalam language 1983 (2014), Vellimoonga (2014) and in the Tamil language horror film Darling in 2015. The media began referring to Galrani as the "Darling" of Tamil cinema. She has established a career in South Indian film industries as a leading actress, and she is a recipient of several awards. Kochi Times placed her fifth in their list of the "25 Most Desirable Women of 2015".

Paloma Roberta Silva Santos, better known by her stage name MC Loma, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, who achieved national success in 2018 with the hit "Envolvimento", The hit reached first place on Spotify's top 50 list and reached more than 200 million views on YouTube.