List of Famous people born in January

Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although born in Madrid proper, he has spent all his youth in the neighbouring city of Alcalá de Henares.

Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu, is a Kurdish politician and lawyer in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party party from June 2013 to May 2018.

Dame Margaret Mary Beckett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. She was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith from 1992 to 1994, and briefly served as interim Leader of the Labour Party after Smith's sudden death. She later served in the Cabinet under Prime Minister Tony Blair in a number of roles, becoming Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006.

Naveen Kasturia is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series - Pitchers. He started his career working as an assistant director on the film Jashnn and then assisted Dibakar Banerjee on Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Shanghai. He also appeared as the lead actor in the critically acclaimed film Sulemani Keeda.

James Pearson is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Blanca Padilla is a Spanish model. She was the face of Dolce & Gabbana. In October 2017, she became the new face of Givenchy Beauty.

Jack Thomas Andraka is an American scientist, inventor, and cancer researcher. As a high school student, he won the grand prize at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a method to possibly detect the early stages of pancreatic and other cancers. His work has been questioned by some scientists and writers because it has not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. As of 2018 he was enrolled at Stanford University as a junior majoring in anthropology and in electrical engineering.

Louis René Fernand Gallois is a French businessman. He was the CEO of EADS, the European aeronautic defense and space company, from 2007 to 2012.

Alimzhan Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov is a Russian businessman, suspected criminal, and former sportsman. He is accused in relations with organized crime and bribing of figure skating judges in the 2002 Winter Olympics. His nickname is thought to be "Taiwanchik", which refers to his distinctly Asiatic, as opposed to European, facial features.

Gunther von Hagens is a German anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. He has organized numerous Body Worlds public exhibitions and occasional live demonstrations of his and his colleagues' work, and has traveled worldwide to promote its educational value. The sourcing of biological specimens for his exhibits has been controversial, but he insists that informed consent was given before the death of donors, and extensive documentation of this has been made available.