List of Famous people born in January

Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah is an Omani politician. He was the Sultanate of Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. It is important to clarify that "Ministers in Responsibility" were previously appointed as the Sultan was intended to hold the official position of "Minister of Foreign Affairs" himself.

Carlos Aguiar Retes is a Mexican cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Mexico City. He has served as an officer of the Mexican Episcopal Conference and the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) and been president of both. He helped draft the landmark mission statement CELAM issued at the close of its 2007 conference in Aparecida. He is the former archbishop of Tlalnepantla, and before that, served as the Bishop of Texcoco. David Agren of the Catholic News Service calls him a "longtime ally" of Pope Francis who combines "intellectual finesse with a pastoral passion".

Jorge Iván Ospina is a former Colombian Senator and current mayor of Santiago de Cali, the third largest city in Colombia and the economic hub for Southwestern Colombia. Ospina is also a doctor who has worked in the hospital located in the University of Valle, known as the Hospital Universitario del Valle Evaristo Garcia. Ospina's father, Ivan Marino Ospina, was a guerrilla fighter and co-founder of the revolutionary group 19th of April Movement (M-19).

Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov is a Russian football coach and a former player. He last worked as the manager of FC Arsenal Tula.

Tadashi Sawamura is a Japanese former kickboxer whose real name is Hideki Shiraha . He was one of the first popular participants in the sport, and enjoyed great fame throughout his career. He is sometimes credited for sustaining the early boom in the popularity of kickboxing. He has an exceptionally high knockout percentage of 94.60% in combat sports. For comparison, in heavyweight boxing the two highest knockout percentages are 87.76% by Rocky Marciano and 87.23% by Vitali Klitschko. Mike Tyson who became famous for his knockout power retired with a knockout percentage of 75.86%. Sawamura's knockout prowess earned him the nickname "The Demon of Kickboxing".

Enzo Mari was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers.

Park Sol-mi is a South Korean actress.

Atomu Mizuishi , is a Japanese actor represented by STRAIGHT entertainment

Nicolas Dupuis is a French football manager and former player who manages Madagascar and Fleury.

Ivan Rocha Limas, known as Rocha, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but also as a left back.