List of Famous people born in January

Jasmine Paolini is an Italian tennis player. On 14 June 2021, Paolini reached her best singles ranking of World No. 87. On 19 July 2021, she peaked at World No. 122 in the doubles rankings. Paolini has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She has also won one singles WTA Challenger title as well as eight singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.

Deborah Chow is a Canadian filmmaker, television director and screenwriter. Two of her first short films, Daypass (2002) and The Hill (2004) have both won awards at various international film festivals. She is best known for her first feature film, which she wrote and directed, The High Cost of Living. Chow directed various projects for television, including the TV movie adaption of Flowers in the Attic and episodes of the series Copper, Murdoch Mysteries, Reign, Beauty and the Beast, and Mr. Robot. Chow is also a director on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian and the Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney+.

Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass, is a Northern Irish politician and life peer. Since December 2020, he has been suspended from the House of Lords, where he formerly sat for the Ulster Unionist Party. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1983 to 2001.

Alexandra Stréliski is a Canadian neo-classical composer and pianist based in Quebec. She has released two albums: Pianoscope (2010) and Inscape (2018).

Sam Thomas Winnall is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Oxford United.

Syesha Raquel Mercado is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Mercado was the third-place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Mercado was on The One: Making a Music Star and she won Florida Super Singer. Her musical influences are Whitney Houston, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Zap Mama, Lauryn Hill, and Aretha Franklin.

Stephen Moore is an Australian former rugby union footballer, who played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and Queensland Reds and won 129 caps for Australia internationally, including 24 tests as captain.

Tamara Vrooman,, is a Canadian businesswoman. From 2007 until July 2020, she served as the CEO of Vancity Credit Union. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vrooman left Vancity to accept a position as the President and CEO of Vancouver International Airport and the 12th Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. Vrooman has previously served as British Columbia's first and youngest female deputy Minister of Finance.

Samira Koppikar is a music director, composer, singer and songwriter who has been singing and creating music since 2010. In 2015, she made her debut as a Bollywood music composer with the song "Maati Ka Palang" for the film NH10. As a Bollywood playback singer she made a big bang entry into Bollywood playback singing in 2014 with two back to back songs Aaj Phir Tum Pe for the film Hate Story 2 which was number 7 in the top 10 Bollywood songs of 2014, and "Mohabbat Barsaa Dena tu" for the film Creature 3D. Co-sung with Arijit Singh, both the voice and the songs were an instant hit. Special non-film achievements: she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival at a young age alongside the likes of Louiz Banks and Joe Alvarez.

Daniel Grimaldi is an American actor and mathematics professor who is known for his roles as twins Philly and Patsy Parisi on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, and Various Characters on Law & Order (1991-2001). and Donny Kohler in Don't Go in the House (1979), Larry in The Junkman (1983), Carmine in Men of Respect (1990), and Executive One in The Yards (2000).