List of Famous people born in January

Klaus Gehrig is a German businessman, the CEO of Schwarz Gruppe, a private family-owned German retail group that owns Lidl and Kaufland, and is the second-largest retailer in Europe. Gehrig succeeded company owner Dieter Schwarz as CEO of Lidl in 2004.

Marcel Eric Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004. In 2010 he set four world records in four days, and at the 2011 World Championships he won a gold in the 10,000 metres and four silver medals, losing the gold in three events to long term rival David Weir. This rivalry continued into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where Hug won two silvers, in the 800m and the marathon. In the 2013 World Championships Hug dominated the field, winning five golds and a silver. During the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Hug was one of the most consistent competitors in the T54 class, winning two golds, in the 800 m and marathon, and two silvers medals, in the 1500m and 5000m.

Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa is a noted mathematician, scientist, author, professor, and expert on the history of science and Islam.

Mohammed Kabbaj was the Wali (governor) of Greater Casablanca, one of the old 16 Regions of Morocco. He was Minister of Economy and Finance from February 1995 to August 1997.

Louisa So Yuk Wa is a Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series. She is considered the "Cooking Mistress" of Hong Kong after winning the comedy cooking show Beautiful Cooking. In August 2009, she travelled by train across the United States, during which time she met Guardian journalist Douglas Rogers. After a brief break in 2009, she unexpectedly returned to acting in 2014 as the protagonist in the TVB drama Rear Mirror, a role that brought her wide critical acclaim, after the show received high viewership ratings.

Emily Margarethe Haber is a German diplomat. She served as State Secretary from 2011 to 2018: from 2011 to 2013, at the Federal Foreign Office and from 2014 to 2018, at the Federal Ministry of the Interior. She is currently serving as German Ambassador to the United States.

Rikako Morita is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yukiko Horiguchi is a Japanese animator and illustrator from Kyoto Prefecture, who used to work for the anime studio Kyoto Animation. When illustrating a light novel, she uses pen name "Shiromizakana" (白身魚). She is best known as being the character designer for the anime adaptations of Lucky Star and K-On!, the anime original Tamako Market and for being the illustrator of the light novel Kokoro Connect.

Vladlen Yuriyovych Yurchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Franz Tost is an Austrian former racing driver and current team principal of the Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula One team.