List of Famous people born in January

Simon Rolfes is a retired German footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Tetsuzo Fuwa is the pen name of Kenjiro Ueda a member and the former chair of the Japanese Communist Party. He is a graduate of Tokyo University. He joined the Communist Party in 1947.

Martine Aliana Rothblatt is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur. Rothblatt graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with J.D. and M.B.A. degrees in 1981, then began to work in Washington, D.C., first in the field of communications satellite law, and eventually in life sciences projects like the Human Genome Project.

Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and thirty-five No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.

Zach Charbonnet is an American football running back who plays for the UCLA Bruins. He played for the Michigan Wolverines in 2019 and 2020. In January 2021, he entered the NCAA transfer portal. He played high school football at Oaks Christian School in California and was variously ranked as the No. 3, No. 4, or No. 6 running back prospect in the country.

Rodney Jay Soward is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft, but only played one season after multiple suspensions derailed his career. He was indefinitely suspended by the NFL in 2002.

Chaley Rose is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Zoey in the ABC drama series Nashville.

Pascal Behrenbruch is a German decathlete. He is a member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletics team and placed tenth at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Dov Charney is a Canadian-American entrepreneur, clothing manufacturer and advocate for immigration reform in the United States. He is the founder of American Apparel, which until its bankruptcy in 2015, was one of the largest and most influential garment manufacturers in the United States. Charney exited American Apparel in 2014 and subsequently founded Los Angeles Apparel.

Patricky Freire, known professionally by his ring name Patricky Pitbull, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator's Lightweight division, where he is the current Bellator Lightweight World Champion.