List of Famous people born in January

Hugo James Rifkind is a British journalist who has been, since 2005, a columnist for The Times. Since July 2020 he has presented a Saturday morning programme on Times Radio. He has been a regular guest on The News Quiz, on BBC Radio 4.

Peter Sobotta is a retired Polish-born German professional mixed martial artist, who fought in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2004, Sobotta has also formerly competed for KSW.

Yumiko Hara is a Japanese marathon runner. She has represented Japan at two World Championships in Athletics and had won marathons in Nagoya, Osaka and Hokkaido.

Yume Shinjo is a Japanese gravure idol and actress who is known for portraying Sena Hayami in Mashin Sentai Kiramager. She is represented by A-Plus.

Wakaba Higuchi is a Japanese figure skater competing in the ladies' singles discipline. She is the 2018 World silver medalist, a two-time World Junior bronze medalist, the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a four-time Japan senior national medalist. She also won three medals on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating circuit.

Jeffrey Wayne Richmond is an American composer, actor, director, and producer. He composed the music for, and directed multiple episodes of 30 Rock, a sitcom created by and starring his wife, Tina Fey. He also executive produced and composed the music for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, another sitcom created by his wife. Richmond has won three Emmy awards for his production of the first three seasons of 30 Rock. He has also been nominated for an Emmy for his composition of 30 Rock's theme song. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2018 for Mean Girls.

Scott Kuggeleijn is a New Zealand international cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Northern Districts.

Richard Martin Lloyd Walters, better known as Slick Rick, is a British-American rapper and record producer.

Ally Maki is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Jess Kato in the TBS comedy series Wrecked and the voice of Giggle McDimples in Toy Story 4.

Dong Fangzhuo is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward.