List of Famous people born in January

Samih Onsi Sawiris is an Egyptian-Montenegrin businessman and billionaire and second of three sons of Onsi Sawiris, the other two being Naguib Sawiris and Nassef Sawiris. He is the executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Orascom Development Holding AG. As of 2011 his net worth was estimated at $1.4 billion, making him the 879th richest person in the world. Sawiris is a member of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority

Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, or Bismillah Khan, was Defense Minister of Afghanistan. From 2002 to 2010 and from 19 June 2021 to 15 August 2021 he served as Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army and from 2010 to 2012 he held the post of Interior Minister of Afghanistan. He has an anti-Taliban background and once served as a senior commander under Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Mathieu Guidere is a full professor at the University of Paris and research director at the French National Institute of Health (INSERM). A scholar of Linguistics as it applies to Translation Studies, he has held other professorships at prestigious institutions including the School of Translation and Interpretation (ETI) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Guidere is the founder of the Swiss NGO Multilingual International Mediators, and has been awarded King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation due to his individual efforts in translating from Arabic. He has been also awarded a Fulbright Prize in 2006 to advance his research on the psychology of translation. He has been also editor-in-chief of the French Journal of Languages' Professors, Les Langues Modernes, from 2001 to 2003. In 2015, he was also Team Leader of the European Union Research Program in West Africa and the Sahel Region.

Javier Fernández Fernández is a Spanish politician, mining engineer, and civil servant. He is the secretary general of the Federación Socialista Asturiana, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Zhenli Ye Gon is a Chinese-Mexican businessman currently under suspicion of trafficking pseudoephedrine or ephedrine precursor chemicals into Mexico from Asia. He is the owner and legal representative of Unimed Pharm Chem México, as well as various other Mexican corporations. From 2002-2004, Unimed had been legally authorized by the Mexican government to import thousands of metric tons of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products into Mexico, as a part of its vast importation business. Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products at the time were widely used in over-the-counter cold medications such as Sudafed, but could also be used by manufacturers of methamphetamine.

Nicolas de Roussel de Préville is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux.

Kirk James Hinrich is an American former professional basketball player. He has also been a member of the USA National Team.

Adrian Hall is a former English actor and co-director. He is best known for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), in which he played the part of Jeremy Potts. He was previously Principal of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) until he resigned in 2021.

Shōta Ōno is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.

Nancy Marie Lopez is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.