List of Famous people born in January

Cuco Valoy is a singer, songwriter, percussionist, Guitarist, who is versatile in salsa, son montuno, Guaracha and merengue musician. He began performing Cuban son with his brother Martín, under the name Los Ahijados. Cuco is the father of Ramón Orlando with whom he formed the band Los Virtuosos, changed to La Tribu. He is widely known for the song Juliana, which was covered by the group DLG; a cover that featured Valoy's vocals.

Maria Jepsen is the former bishop of Hamburg in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church. On 4 April 1992 the synod of the Hamburg Ambit elected her bishop, the first Lutheran woman to be a bishop worldwide, and since then she has been re-elected for a second ten-year period.

Helga Nowitzki is a German former international basketball player. She is the mother of Dirk and Silke Nowitzki.

Wolfgang Böhmer is a German politician (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doctor.

Susana Dosamantes is a Mexican actress.

Sergio Ezequiel Araujo, commonly known as Chino Araujo or El Chino, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Las Palmas.

Isabel Franco may refer to:

• Isabel Franco Sánchez, Spanish journalist and politician
• Isabel Franco Carmona, Spanish Podemos politician

Ricardo Hausmann is the former Director of the Center for International Development currently leading the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab and is a Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also a former Venezuelan Minister of Planning and former Head of the Presidential Office of Coordination and Planning (1992–1993). He co-introduced several regularly used concepts in economics including original sin, growth diagnostics, self-discovery, dark matter, the product space, and economic complexity.

Sumito Yamashita is a Japanese playwright and writer.

Tomás Alberto Costa is an Argentine footballer who plays as a central midfielder.