List of Famous people born in January

Lai Ching Lung is a Hong Kong medical physician. Lai studied at Diocesan Boys' School, and subsequently in the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1970. Asteroid 26743 Laichinglung, discovered by Bill Yeung in 2001, was named after him. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 April 2019.

Guilherme Machado Cardoso Fontes is a Brazilian actor and director.

Tessa Szyszkowitz is an Austrian Historian, journalist and author.

Johannes Brandrup is a German actor.

Japhet Isidro Amador Hernandez, nicknamed "El Gigante de Mulegé", is a Mexican professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. He previously played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Georges Blanc is a French chef and restaurateur, with three Michelin stars and four toques from the guide Gault et Millau.

Benito van de Pas is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Faisal bin Khalid Al Saud is the former governor of Asir Region and a member of House of Saud.

Éric Duhaime is a Canadian conservative columnist, radio host, and politician serving as leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec since April 17, 2021. He writes for the Journal de Montréal and the National Post and is also a blogger. He participated in various blogs such as Les analystes and also ran a blog on the pages of Journal de Québec. He hosts Le retour d'Éric Duhaime on FM93 in Quebec City. He also worked as part of public affairs programs broadcast on V, Tele-Quebec and 98,5 FM.

John Campbell McTiernan Jr. is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his action films, especially Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). His later well-known films include the action-comedy-fantasy film Last Action Hero (1993), the action film sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), the heist-film remake The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), and The 13th Warrior (1999). His last completed feature film was the mystery-thriller Basic, released in 2003.