List of Famous people born in January

Adam Masina is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Watford and the Morocco national team.

Daniele Del Giudice is an Italian author and lecturer. He lives in Venice, where he teaches Theatrical Literature at the University Iuav of Venice.

Katrin Himmler is a German author. She is the granddaughter of Ernst Himmler (1905–1945), who was the younger brother of Heinrich Himmler, one of the leading figures of Nazi Germany. Therefore, she is the great-niece of Heinrich Himmler. She is the author of Die Brüder Himmler: Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte, published in English as The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History.

Bernard Charnwut Chan GBS JP, is a Hong Kong politician and businessman, the incumbent Non-official Convenor of the Executive Council.

Teresa Präauer is an Austrian writer and visual artist.

Johannes Soodla was an Estonian military officer during World War I, Estonian War of Independence and World War II, serving in Kuperjanov's Partisan Battalion and the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. In 1944 he was promoted to Brigadeführer, which was the highest rank ascribed to any Estonian officer in the German army during World War II.

Joseph Calleja is a Maltese operatic tenor.

Luciano Sebastián Goux is an Argentinian football player, who plays for Defensores de Belgrano.

Ricardo Prado is an Olympic and former World Record holding medley swimmer from Brazil. He was one of the greatest swimmers in the history of Brazil and the best Brazilian swimmer in the 1980s.

Leonardo Lima da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Madureira. He has played for teams such as Vasco da Gama, CSKA Sofia, Marítimo, Porto, Flamengo and Al-Nasr (Dubai).