List of Famous people born in January

Paul Pfeiffer is an American sculptor, photographer and video artist. Described by peer artist Gregory Volk as a clever manipulator of popular media, images and video technology, Pfeiffer is stated as one 'who excels at recasting well-known athletic and entertainment events with surprising open-ended nuances.'

James Gaius Watt is a public servant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983. Often described as "anti-environmentalist", he was one of Ronald Reagan's most controversial cabinet appointments. Watt's pro-development views played an instrumental role in ending the Sagebrush Rebellion.

Kohei Otomo is a Japanese vocalist, actor, and tarento represented by Iehokku. His maternal uncle is Naoki Prize writer Hideo Osabe. His wife is model Keiko Kinoshita.

Mehmed "Meho" Kodro is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the manager of Swiss Challenge League club Stade Lausanne Ouchy.

Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu is a Turkish diplomat and politician.

Roy Charles Waller is an American serial rapist. He was arrested in September 2018 as a suspect in a series of more than ten rapes and kidnappings committed between 1991–2006 in six Northern California counties. DNA evidence from crime scenes were matched on the online DNA-matching service, GEDmatch, to a relative of Waller, and he was identified through genetics-based genealogy.

Prakashi Tomar, nicknamed Revolver Dadi, from Johri village of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district is one of the oldest sharpshooters in the world. She is an iconoclast in the world of shooting.

Sir Robert John Parker is a former New Zealand broadcaster and politician. He served as Mayor of Christchurch from 2007 to 2013.

Riccardo Orsolini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Bologna and the Italy national football team.

John Henshaw is a British actor, best known for his roles as Ken Dixon the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. Often associated with characters who are "hard men", he played John Prescott in ITV drama Confessions of a Diary Secretary. In 2008 he appeared in an episode of Heartbeat.