List of Famous people born in January
Lucas Mugni
Lucas Andrés Mugni is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Kai Kazmirek
Kai Kazmirek is a German track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He holds a personal best of 8580 points for the event achieved in Rio 2016, as well as an indoor heptathlon best of 6173 points. He is a member of LG Rhein-Wied athletics club.
Emily J. Miller
Emily Miller is an American political communications strategist, journalist and author. In August 2020, she was the Assistant Commissioner for Media Affairs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration until she was dismissed from her position after only 11 days.
Ayo Akinola
Grant "Ayo" Jesus-Sultan-Akinola Ogundimu is an American-Canadian soccer player who currently plays as a forward for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
Miguel Torres
Miguel Angel Torres is a retired American mixed martial artist. He is a former WEC Bantamweight Champion and has also formerly competed for the UFC and Ironheart Crown. Torres received his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from Carlson Gracie Jr. in September 2008.
Joel Corry
Joel Corry is a British DJ, producer and television personality. He came to prominence in 2019 with the release of his single "Sorry", featuring vocals from Hayley May, which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 2020, Corry released the singles "Lonely" and "Head & Heart". The latter, which features MNEK on vocals, spent six weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart and also became Corry's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. Corry stated that he was influenced by UK garage growing up, and that it played a "huge role in his development as a DJ and a producer".
Jack Roslovic
John Roslovic is an American professional ice hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 25th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
Akemi Masuda
Akemi Masuda is a retired Japanese female long-distance runner. She competed for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, although she failed to finish the race. Masuda set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:30) in 1983.
Sergio León
Sergio León Limones is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante UD as a forward.
Bernard Thévenet
Bernard Thévenet is a retired French bicycle racer. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though both feats are tarnished by Thévenet's later admission of steroids use during his career. He also won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1975 and 1976.