List of Famous people born in January
Thomas Brezina
Thomas C. Brezina is an Austrian writer of children's books and TV-Presenter. He is especially known for his series The Knickerbocker Gang, A Case for You and the Tiger-Team and his stories about the talking bike Tom Turbo. He has published over 550 books and his work has been translated into 35 languages.
Mairis Briedis
Mairis Briedis is a Latvian professional boxer. He is a three-time cruiserweight world champion, having held the IBF and Ring titles since September 2020; the WBC title from 2017 to 2018; and the WBO title in 2019. Upon winning the WBC title in 2017, he became the first Latvian to hold a world boxing title. He was awarded the Order of the Three Stars in 2017. As a professional, he has fought world champions Oleksander Usyk, Marco Huck, Krzysztof Głowacki, Manuel Charr, and Yuniel Dorticos. As of September 2020, he is ranked as the world's best active cruiserweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Gillian Chung
Gillian Chung Yan-tung is a British Chinese Hong Kong film actress and singer. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins, along with Charlene Choi.
Belit Onay
Belit Nejat Onay is a German politician of Turkish origin for the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was elected Mayor of Hanover in 2019, and took office on 22 November.
Juan Ignacio Zoido
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez is a Spanish former judge and politician of the People's Party, who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. In Parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
José de Jesús Corona
José de Jesús Corona Rodríguez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Mexico national team.
Gonzalo Montiel
Gonzalo Montiel is an Argentine football player who plays as defender for River Plate in Argentine Primera División and the Argentina national football team.
Mark Wood
Mark Andrew Wood is an English cricketer. Wood is a right-arm fast bowler who also bats right-handed. He represents England internationally in all forms of the game, and plays domestic cricket for Durham. Wood was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Pat Haden
Patrick Capper Haden is the former athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles from August 2010 to June 2016. He played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 through 1981. He also played in the World Football League (WFL) for the Southern California Sun in 1975.
Raquel González
Victoria González is an American professional wrestler of Mexican descent. She is signed to WWE and performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Raquel González and is the current NXT Women's Champion in her first reign.