List of Famous people born in January

Siem Stefan de Jong is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen as an attacking midfielder or striker.

John Mallory Asher is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for his performance as Gary on the USA Network's series spinoff of the movie Weird Science.

Steven T. Huff is an American multi-millionaire astrophysicist, inventor and philanthropist, who after his careers in the United States Army and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) founded defense intelligence related companies he eventually sold using the money to build one of the largest homes in the United States named Pensmore, and who is now retired and runs his private independent Pensmore Foundation dedicated to philanthropy, voluntarism and grant making.

Dan Finnerty is an American actor, comedian and singer.

Victor Wembanyama is a French professional basketball player for Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A. A 2.18 m power forward, he is considered one of the best European prospects of his generation.

Tomiko Van , is a Japanese pop singer and occasional actress. She is as a member of the band Do As Infinity (DAI), along with Ryo Owatari and Dai Nagao, that has resumed activities after their 2005 split.

Tsuneo Horiuchi is a former professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, and a politician. A right-handed pitcher, in 2008 he was voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

Peter Michael McCartney, known professionally as Mike McGear, is an English performing artist and photographer who was a member of the groups The Scaffold and Grimms. He is the younger brother of former Beatles co-lead vocalist and bassist Paul McCartney.

Ashton Chen Xiaolong, also known by his stage name Shi Xiaolong, is a Chinese actor and martial artist. He is also credited as Xiaolung, Tommy Sik, Shi Xiao-Lung, Shi Xiao-Long, Shi Shao-Long, Shieh Shiao-Long, Xi Xiao-Long, Sik Siu-Loong, and S. L. Sik on some of his films. He has been a disciple of Shi Yongxin, the current abbot of Shaolin Temple, since he was two years old. Originally named "Chen Xiaolong", Chen was given a dharma name—Shi Xiaolong—by the abbot. He was taught martial arts by his father and Shi Yongxin at a young age. He gained attention in the entertainment industry after his performance at the International Shaolin Kung Fu Festival in Zhengzhou at the age of four. He became a child actor in China and achieved great success in films such as the 1994 martial arts comedy Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple (新乌龙院). In 2003, he stopped acting and went to study in the United States. In 2005, he returned to China and starred as Zhan Zhao in the television series Young Justice Bao III. In 2007, he continued his studies in the United States and graduated from high school in 2008 from the prestigious Performing Children's School (PCS) in New York City. He has continued his acting career in China since then. In 2010, Chen played one of Ip Man's students in the martial arts film Ip Man 2.

Christina Malone is an English actress, best known for playing Mimi Maguire in the Channel 4 series Shameless. She also played Mo McGee in Brookside. She made a reality appearance in Celebrity Big Brother 6 in January 2009.