List of Famous people born in January
Tatiana Golovin
Tatiana Golovin is a Russian-born French professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open mixed-doubles event, partnering with Richard Gasquet, and reached the singles quarterfinals at the 2006 US Open, losing to the eventual champion Maria Sharapova. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 12. In 2008, she was diagnosed with lower back inflammation and was forced to stop playing competitive tennis.
Julian Sands
Julian Richard Morley Sands is an English actor known for his roles in films such as The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, Warlock, Arachnophobia, Boxing Helena and Vatel. On television, he is known for playing Vladimir Bierko in 24, Jor-El in Smallville, and as Yulish Rabitov in Banshee.
Akil Thomas
Akil Thomas is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Los Angeles Kings. Prior to the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Thomas was projected as a top eligible draft pick. He was eventually drafted in the second round, 51st overall, by the Los Angeles Kings.
Ben Te'o
Ben Te'o is a rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Queensland in the State of Origin series and represented Samoa at international level before switching to rugby union, where he represented England.
Nick Anderson
Nelison "Nick" Anderson is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Orlando Magic, Sacramento Kings, and Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
David Chipman
David Howland Chipman is an American former law enforcement officer and gun control advocate who is the nominee to serve as the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Biden administration.
Michael Costello
Michael Costello is an American fashion designer and reality television personality. He appeared on the eighth season of Project Runway and the first season of Project Runway All Stars.
Vincent Herbert
Vincent Herbert is an American songwriter, record producer, record executive, and founder of Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. Vincent attended Cambridge Christian School for his middle and high school years. He earned the nickname "the water bottle", from his peers and was also senior class president.
Fathima Babu
Fathima Babu is a South Indian actress, former newsreader and socialite based out of Chennai who hails from Puducherry. Born in a Muslim family, Fathima began her public career as a newsreader for more than 25 years with DD Podhigai, the Tamil version of Doordarshan news, and later worked for Jaya TV. She later converted to Hinduism for her husband. She subsequently moved on to work in television serials, films and theatre performances, operating in the Tamil and Malayalam languages.
Hibla Gerzmava
Hibla Gerzmava is an Abkhazian-Russian operatic soprano who currently resides in Moscow.