List of Famous people born in January

João Pedro Pais is a singer and musician from Portugal.

Alexandra L. Wubbels is an American nurse and former Olympian. As an alpine ski competitor, she was the national champion in both the Slalom and Grand Slalom in 1999, and competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics as Alex Shaffer.

Ángelo Giovanni Araos Llanos is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Brazilian Série A club Corinthians.

Mayuko Watanabe is an award-winning Japanese journalist and media scholar specialized in media literacy, gender and sexuality. She has been a Senior Researcher at Keio University Research Institute. Her research interest through nearly 20 years of career including as a TV news reporter has been the way of regulatory policy of obscene expressions. She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of media communication and literacy of Japanese obscene content.

Hoda ElMaraghy is an Egyptian-Canadian professor and director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Center at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario which she founded together with her husband Prof. Waguih ElMaraghy in July 1994. In 1994, she was the first woman to serve as dean of engineering at a Canadian university. She is also the first Canadian woman to obtain a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. She was appointed as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in manufacturing systems in 2002. She has published more than 450 articles. She received the order of Ontario in 2015.

Shawn Thomas, also known by his stage name C-Bo, is an American rapper.

Hashim Djojohadikusumo is an Indonesian entrepreneur and politician.

Mehdi Jean Tahrat is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Abha and the Algeria national team. He can play as either a centre-back or a defensive midfielder.

Ariadna Vsevolodovna Shengelaya is a Soviet actress. She appeared in 33 films between 1957 and 1997. She was married to the Georgian film director Eldar Shengelaya from 1957 to 1980.

Megumi Tachimoto is a Japanese female judoka. She won the bronze medal in the Openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships.