List of Famous people born in January
Princess Dina Mired of Jordan
Princess Dina Mired is a Jordanian humanitarian and health activist. She is a leading global advocate for Cancer Control and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). She was the President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) from 2018 to 2020, and was the first Arab Muslim elected to lead in such a prestigious global post. Princess Dina is the former Director-General of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation.
Philippe Faucon
Philippe Faucon is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Veaceslav Platon
Veaceslav Platon is a Moldovan businessman and former member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He also holds Russian citizenship.
Reinhard Erös
Reinhard Alois Erös is a medical doctor and former Colonel of the German army. Since 1998 he has been running the Kinderhilfe Afghanistan a German NGO dedicated to helping the children of eastern Afghanistan. The organization builds and runs local and high schools, orphanages, medical centers, computer education centers and professional schools. He is helped by his wife Annette and his five children, and lives in Mintraching in Bavaria, and he spends large parts of the year in Afghanistan.
Chiang Hsiao-chang
Chiang Hsiao-chang is the only daughter of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. Her mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. She had one older brother, Hsiao-wen, and two younger brothers, Hsiao-wu and Hsiao-yung. She is the only living member of Chiang Ching-kuo's legitimate children, and was the only one among the siblings who could converse in Russian with their mother. She also has twin half-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom she shares the same father. She attended Mills College and was featured in LIFE during her college years. She was married to Yu Yang-ho until his death in 2010; he was the son of former Taiwan defense minister Yu Ta-wei. She and Yu have one son, Theodore Yu Tsu-sheng.
Ana Ortiz
Ana Ortiz is an American actress and singer. Having pursued a career in ballet and singing from a young age, she eventually attended University of the Arts. Ortiz began her acting career in theatre, in early 2000s starred in the short-lived NBC sitcoms Kristin (2001) and A.U.S.A. (2003), and had recurring roles on Over There and Boston Legal.
Bernd Grimm
Bernd Grimm is a German product designer, architectural model builder and artist. He became known through the creation of architectural models of historical and antique buildings. Ten of his models belong to the collection of the architectural icons of the architect Oswald Mathias Ungers.
Nazik Hariri
Nazik Hariri is the widow of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. She married him in 1976. Nazik is of Palestinian origin.
Mai Lan
Mai-Lan Aquarella Morgane Chapiron is a French-Vietnamese artist. She released her first solo album Mai Lan in 2012. In 2016, she appeared on M83's album Junk, contributing with vocals on four tracks, including the single "Go!". In 2017, she released her next major work, the Vampire EP. Her next full-length album, Autopilote, debuted on January 19, 2018.
Fodé Ballo-Touré
Fodé Ballo-Touré is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ligue 1 club Monaco. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team.