List of Famous people born in January

José Luís Mendes Andrade, known as Zé Luís, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow as a striker.

Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter.

Patti Harrison is an American actress and comedian. She has acted in the television shows Shrill, I Think You Should Leave, Search Party, and Broad City. Harrison was named one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2019.

Marlion Pickett is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At age 27 and after a six and a half season career with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League which included a club best and fairest award, Pickett was drafted by Richmond with the 13th selection in the 2019 mid-season rookie draft. He won the Norm Goss Memorial Medal as best on ground during Richmond's reserves side's premiership in 2019 before making his debut in a victorious AFL grand final the following week. Pickett was the first player to debut in a VFL/AFL grand final in 67 years and the first to win a premiership in his debut game since 1926. He became a two-time premiership winner with Richmond's grand final victory in 2020, earning the second honour in just his 20th game at AFL level.

Max Adler is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dave Karofsky on the television series Glee (2009–2015).

Yuri Mitsui , is a Japanese actress and model. She is also a race car driver. She was born in Chiba Prefecture.

Gisela Lladó Cánovas, known mononymously as Gisela, is a Spanish pop singer and voice actress. She was born in El Bruc (Barcelona), in Catalonia, Spain and studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona before becoming famous after placing eighth in the first Spanish edition of Operación Triunfo in 2001. She is also known for representing Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Diogo Miguel Morgado Soares, is a Portuguese actor who may be best known for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in the History Channel epic mini-series The Bible and in the film Son of God.

Adil Abdul-Mahdi al-Muntafiki is an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq from October 2018 until May 2020. During Abdul-Mahdi’s term, nearly 560 people were killed in anti-government unrest against Iran and Government corruption. Much of the death toll consists of protesters killed by security forces in violent clashes, though some security personnel were killed as well. Adel Abdul Mahdi was to submit his resignation, after more than 40 people were killed on the bloodiest day since anti-government protests began. Abdul-Mahdi is an economist and was one of the vice presidents of Iraq from 2005 to 2011. He formerly served as minister of finance in the Interim government and Oil Minister from 2014 to 2016.

Ariane Lipski is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She is a former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion and currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).