List of Famous people born in January

Valerie June Hockett, known as Valerie June, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Her sound encompasses a mixture of folk, blues, gospel, soul, country, Appalachian and bluegrass. She is signed to Concord Music Group worldwide.

Román "Rocky" Martínez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former WBO junior lightweight champion, having held the title three times between 2009 and 2016.

Sergei Anatolievich Gavrilov is a Russian politician who is a Deputy of the State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He was born in Tula, during the time period of the Soviet Union; and would go on to receive a Candidate of Science in Economics, considered a PhD equivalent, from Moscow State University in 1989.

Sarah Elizabeth Pitlyk is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Rondae Jaquan Hollis-Jefferson is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.

Tim Macartney-Snape is a mountaineer and author. On 3 October 1984 Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They reached the summit, climbing without supplementary oxygen, via a new route on the North Face. In 1990, Macartney-Snape became the first person to walk and climb from sea level to the top of Mount Everest. Macartney-Snape is also the co-founder of the Sea to Summit range of outdoor and adventure gear and accessories, a guide for adventure travel company World Expeditions and a founding director and patron of the World Transformation Movement.

Adam Bousdoukos is a German actor with Greek ancestry. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1995.

Marvelous Nakamba is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Zimbabwe national team.

Anshul Tewari is the founder and editor-in-chief of Youth Ki Awaaz a user-generated content publishing platform aimed at the youth of India and centered around social issues, which is also the largest youth-based media platform in India.

Phagu Chauhan is an Indian politician serving as the 29th and current Governor of Bihar. He is a former member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Ghosi, a seat he won for a record six times, representing various parties like Lok Dal, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Bharatiya Janata Party.