List of Famous people born in January

Mary Dagen McDowell is an American anchor and analyst on the Fox Business Network and a business correspondent for the Fox News Channel. She was also a former business contributor on the Imus In The Morning radio show, and was a regular guest on FNC's Hannity.

Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden is a newsreader, radio news reporter and presenter. She has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live weekday breakfast show since 2011. She is also one of the main weekend presenters of BBC Breakfast.

Bas Balkissoon is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2005 to 2016 who represented the riding of Scarborough—Rouge River. From 1988 to 1997 he was a municipal councillor in Scarborough and from 1998 to 2005 he was a councillor in the amalgamated city of Toronto.

Balli Durga Prasad Rao was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the YSR Congress Party.

Pandit Niladri Kumar is an Indian sitar player and music composer.

Cheryl D. Miller is an American former basketball player. She was formerly a sideline reporter for NBA games on TNT Sports and also works for NBA TV as a reporter and analyst, having worked previously as a sportscaster for ABC Sports, TBS Sports, and ESPN. She was also head coach and general manager of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.

Stephen Leo Poizner is an American businessman, technology entrepreneur and former Republican California Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate. Poizner also ran as an independent candidate at November 2018 race for Insurance Commissioner of California to reclaim his seat for second term as well as to be first independent state officeholder in California, only to lose against Democrat Ricardo Lara.

Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri is a Malaysian Islamic ulama and mufti. He has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Senator since March 2020. Prior to his appointment as a Minister, he served as the 7th Mufti of the Federal Territories from June 2014.

Payton Turner is an American college football defensive end for the New Orleans Saints. He played college football for the Houston Cougars.

Omar Khribin is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Emirati Shabab Al Ahli and the Syrian national team. He can be deployed as a left winger or second striker.