List of Famous people born in January
Joe Morrell
Joseff John Morrell is a professional footballer who plays for the Wales national football team and Luton Town.
Malachi Richardson
Malachi Richardson is an American professional basketball player for the Canton Charge of the NBA G League. He played one season of college basketball for Syracuse before being selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 22nd overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Miroslav Raduljica
Miroslav Raduljica is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represents the Serbian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at 2.13 m, he plays at the center position.
Zeke Nnaji
Ezekiel Tobechukwu "Zeke" Nnaji is a Nigerian-American basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 22nd overall in the 2020 NBA draft. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Korey Wise
Korey Wise is an American activist who travels the United States advocating for criminal justice reform. Wise shares his stories of being wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case for the attack on Trisha Meili, a 28-year-old woman who was jogging in Central Park, as well as attacks on eight other people on the night of April 19, 1989. Wise spent approximately 14 years incarcerated, maintaining his innocence from 1989 until he was exonerated in 2002.
Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez Salom is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Sun of Peru.
Todd Herzog
Todd Herzog is a former reality TV personality who is best known for winning the 15th season of the American series Survivor, Survivor: China, in 2007.
Emina Jahović
Emina Jahović, recently also known as just Emina, is a Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman. Born and raised in Novi Pazar, she rose to prominence through music festivals. Jahović released her debut album in 2002, but acquired commercial success with her third record Vila in 2008. Arguably one of the most popular pop performers in the Slavic-speaking territories in the Balkans, she has been referred to as "Pop princeza".
Jedrick Wills
Jedrick Wills Jr. is an American football offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama and was drafted by the Browns in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Lionel Tate
Lionel Alexander Tate is the youngest American citizen ever sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In January 2001, when Tate was 13, he was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1999 battering death of six-year-old Tiffany Eunick in Broward County, Florida.