List of Famous people born in January

Ursula Nerke-Petersen is a German actress and television presenter. She became well known as host of the monthly music television show Beat-Club that ran from 1965 to 1972 and as host of its successor Musikladen until 1978.

Cassandra Ciangherotti is a Mexican actress and producer, best known for her role in the 2015 Mexican drama film The Hours with You, film for which she was nominated in the Ariel Awards for Best Supporting Actress in that same year. The following year she was nominated in the same category at the Ariel Awards, for her participation in the film Tiempos felices (2014).

Blair Simon Kinghorn is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for Scottish-based Edinburgh Rugby in the Guinness Pro14.

Dato’ Eddin Syazlee bin Shith is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Works in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Fadillah Yusof since July 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Pilah since May 2018. He briefly served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the PN administration under Muhyiddin and Minister Takiyuddin Hassan from March 2020 to July 2020. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Saifuddin Abdullah from July 2018 to February 2020. He is a member and the State Chairman of Negeri Sembilan of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly PH coalitions.

Farheen is an Indian actress, who has primarily worked in Bollywood, Kannada cinema and Tamil cinema. She made her Bollywood debut with Jaan Tere Naam opposite Ronit Roy in 1992. She was famous as a look-alike of Madhuri Dixit.

Vinayagar Sundar Vel, also known as Sundar C., is an Indian film director and actor. He has directed over 32 films in Tamil and acted in over nine movies as the protagonist. Initially, he worked as an assistant director to Manivannan. His notable films include Ullathai Allitha (1996), Arunachalam (1997), Anbe Sivam (2003), Winner (2003), Giri (2004), Kalakalappu (2012), Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Aranmanai (2014) and Kalakalappu 2 (2018).

Jonathan Karl is an American political journalist. Karl has covered every major assignment in Washington, D.C., including the White House, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and the State Department, and has reported from more than 30 countries, covering U.S. politics, foreign policy, and the military. He has contributed to various ABC News programs, including Good Morning America and Nightline, and has interviewed many public figures, including Donald Trump, the 14th Dalai Lama and Republican Senator Ted Cruz.

Petra Gössi is a Swiss politician. She has served as a member of the Swiss National Council and has been the leader of the FDP.The Liberals party since 2016.

Auguste Corteau is the pen name of the Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos. He was born in Thessaloniki, in 1979.

Benjamin Bernard Haenow is an English singer. In 2014, he was crowned as the winner of the eleventh series of The X Factor UK after beating Fleur East. Following his win, his debut single, a cover of OneRepublic's "Something I Need", was released in December 2014. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2014 Christmas number one. Haenow released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2015, preceded by the single "Second Hand Heart", a duet with Kelly Clarkson.