List of Famous people born in January
Navin Kundra
Navin Kundra is a British singer-songwriter, who writes, composes and performs songs in Hindi, Punjabi and English.
Mehmet Müezzinoğlu
Mehmet Müezzinoğlu is a Turkish physician and politician, who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security between 2016 and 2017, and the Minister of Health from 2013 to 2016.
Jack Burke
John Joseph Burke Jr. is an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. The son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., he won two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Championship, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Wellington Silva
Wellington Alves da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fluminense as a winger.
Takumi Yamamoto
Takumi Yamamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.
Andris Liepa
Andris Liepa is a ballet dancer, director and producer of Latvian ethnicity. He is the son of former Bolshoi Ballet dancer Māris Liepa.
Hesham Seliem
Hesham Selim is an Egyptian actor and the son of Saleh Selim. He has made many movies and television series since his childhood. He has been married twice. Mervat El Nahas was his first wife which is the mother of his three children. Nadia Al Ghaleb is his second and they have been together since 2004. He began his acting career at age 13 but took his schooling seriously and did not act again until he had graduated. On 5 May, he spoke on television about having a 26-year-old transgender son, in a rare public show of support for LGBT+ rights in the conservative Muslim country.
Li Xiaoxia
Li Xiaoxia is a Chinese table tennis Grand Slam champion.
Beverly Peele
Beverly Peele is an American model and actress. Peele rose to fame in the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing mostly in Mademoiselle and Elle magazine. She appeared on over 250 fashion magazine covers.
Emily Eavis
Emily Rose Eavis is co-organiser of the annual Glastonbury Festival. She is the youngest daughter of the festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis and his second wife Jean. She grew up on Worthy Farm, Somerset, the site of Glastonbury Festival. In 1985, at age five, she performed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star on the Festival's Pyramid Stage immediately before The Style Council headlined. After graduating from Wells Cathedral School in 1997, she began a teaching degree at Goldsmiths University, London. When her mother became ill with cancer, Eavis deferred her course and returned home to care for her.