List of Famous people born in January

Gu Shunzhang (1903－1934), also known as Gu Fengming, born in Baoshan, Shanghai, was a leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Natalia Toledo Paz is a Mexican poet who writes in Spanish and Zapotec. Her work helped to revive interest in the Zapotec language. Ida Kozlowska-Day states that Toledo is "one of the most recognized contemporary poets in the native languages of Mexico."

Marko Dmitrović is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar as a goalkeeper.

Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques is a Brazilian racing driver. He participated in 24 Formula One Grands Prix, all driving for the Minardi team, but scored no championship points in three separate seasons and never completed a full year in the sport.

Robert Alan Lopez, better known by his stage name El Vez, is an American singer-songwriter and musician, who performs and records original material and covers classic rock songs. Mixing the styles of Elvis Presley and many other American rock artists with his own Latin-American heritage and music, he is known for expressing revolutionary views through the satire and humor in his songs.

Lola Doillon is a French director and screenwriter.

Harold Seymour Shapiro was a professor of mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, best known for inventing the so-called Shapiro polynomials and for work on quadrature domains.

Pascal Aubier is a French actor, director, script writer, producer and editor, born in 1943 in Paris, France.

Khatia Dekanoidze is a Georgian government official who served as Georgia's Minister of Education and Science from 4 July 2012 to 25 October 2012. From 4 November 2015 until 16 November 2016 Dekanoidze served as Chief of Ukrainian National Police.

Ji Xiaobing is a Chinese actor.