List of Famous people born in January

Klaus Florian Vogt is a German operatic tenor known for singing roles written by Richard Wagner.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist.

Kei Sanbe is a Japanese manga artist born in Tomakomai, Hokkaido and raised in Chiba Prefecture. He has formerly worked under the pseudonym Keisuke Kawara . He is married to illustrator Keishi Kanesada .

Jin Ki-joo is a South Korean actress. She made a breakthrough in 2018, landing her first lead role in television series with Come and Hug Me after she acted in that year's acclaimed series and film, Misty and Little Forest.

Yumi Hara is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Arts Vision. In December 2017, her management announced that she would put her singing career on hiatus and she will be focusing on her voice acting career. She announced her marriage on September 26, 2019. On July 17, 2020, she announced that she had given birth to a baby boy.

Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.

Jiang Tianyong is a human rights lawyer in the People's Republic of China. Based in Beijing, he is a prominent figure in the Weiquan movement, and has defended Tibetans, petitioners, Falun Gong adherents, HIV/AIDS victims, and other vulnerable groups. Jiang's human rights advocacy has drawn the ire of Chinese authorities; his applications for renewal of his legal license have been denied, and he has been detained on multiple occasions.

Carlos Henrique Schroder is a Brazilian journalist and chief executive officer (CEO) of Rede Globo.

Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist who has played in UFO and led the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of Scorpions, the band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead guitar. He left the band in 1978 to found the Michael Schenker Group. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar."

Julian Patrick Barnes is an English writer. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending (2011), and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005). He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories.