List of Famous people born in January

Hirofumi Ryu is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Shōko Ieda is a Japanese writer of non-fiction. She is known for titillating novels replete with interracial sex scenes, and has aroused a great deal of controversy in Japan; her works have been accused of "demonising female sexuality". She rose to public prominence through her 1986 book Gang Wives, about the girlfriends and spouses of yakuza. She spent nearly a year getting to know her subjects, and had also been shot at during the course of writing the book. It was later adapted as a television series by Tōei starring Shima Iwashita, and as a series of Gokudo no Onna-tachi movies starring Reiko Takashima. Her books continued to receive a good popular reception and be made into movies; her 1990 Hug Me, Kiss Me was awarded the 22nd Ohya Non-fiction Prize in 1991. Hug Me, Kiss Me was an account of her time volunteering in organization offering assistance to AIDS patients while living in Savannah, Georgia in 1987, along with an epilogue about the risk AIDS posed to Japanese tourists in Hawaii; its cinematic adaptation was the first film in Japan to openly address AIDS. However, her descriptions of the African American community were accused of making AIDS seem "alien" and "distant" to her Japanese target audience.

Kenan Çoban is a Turkish actor who is known for playing the role of Abdülhey Çoban in the Valley of the Wolves.

Nikolaus Brender is a German journalist. He was the commissiong editor of the German public broadcasting station ZDF between 2000 and 2010.

Nadine Gonska is a German sprinter. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships.

John Roderick Graham is an American film composer. He is best known for his film scores to Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV and the score for the taiga drama Kirin ga Kuru. He is also known for the scores to Alleged, Bitch Slap, Lange Flate Ballær 2, and American Strays. He won first prize for Best Original Score for his music in "Alleged" at the Michigan Film Festival, and won Best Soundtrack Album for his score for Long Flat Balls II at the Just Plain Folks awards.

John Wyman is a British actor probably best known for his role as Erich Kriegler in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

Adam Piotr Bodnar is a Polish lawyer, educator, and human rights activist. He was the Polish Ombudsman for Citizen Rights from 2015 until being ousted by a decision of the Constitutional Court on 15 April 2021.

Ali Haydar Şen is an ex-president of Fenerbahçe SK.

Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ is a Turkish businesswoman and chairwoman of the Doğan Holding industrial conglomerate.