List of Famous people born in January

Peter Franklin Kurland is an American production sound mixer.

Erdal Erzincan is a Turkish folk music musician, composer, and singer. In 1981, he moved to Istanbul and studied bağlama at the Arif Sağ music school in 1985. Since 1989, he has been studying music at Istanbul Technical University. He has conducted research on the selpe method, which is a method for playing bağlama without a plectrum, similar to the tapping method on guitar.

Lenora Isabella Crichlow is a British actress. She became known for her starring roles as Maria "Sugar" Sweet in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Sugar Rush, Annie Sawyer in the BBC Three supernatural drama series Being Human, and Shania Andrews in the 2012 sports drama film Fast Girls. In 2013, Crichlow portrayed Chen Sam in the television film Burton & Taylor and Victoria Skillane in the episode titled White Bear of the dystopian sci-fi series, Black Mirror. She has since had regular roles in the ABC sitcom Back in the Game and the NBC comedy series A to Z.

Fabiana Marcelino Claudino is a Brazilian volleyball player who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Chang Ya-juo was the mistress of Chiang Ching-kuo and bore twin sons for him, John Chiang and Winston Chang in 1942. She met Chiang when she was working at a training camp for enlistees in the fight against Japan while he was serving as the head of Gannan Prefecture.

Emil J. Freireich was an American cancer biologist. He was recognized as a pioneer in the treatment of cancer and use of chemotherapy and is often known as the father of modern leukemia therapy.

Clarissa Stadler is an Austrian journalist, moderator and writer.

Noriko H. Arai is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence, known for her work on a project to develop robots that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo. She is a professor in the information and society research division of the National Institute of Informatics.

Pía Belén Soto Infante, best known as Belén Soto, is a Chilean actress, Writer and model. Her role debut was in Papi Ricky.

Alexander Stanislavovich Romanov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Romanov was selected by the Canadiens with the 38th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.