List of Famous people born in January

Hugo Guillamón Sanmartín is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a central defender.

Hachiro Sugimoto is a Japanese chemist and pharmacologist, known for his discovery of Donepezil.

Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena, more commonly known as simply Tonny Vilhena, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Russian Premier League side FC Krasnodar.

Michel Siffre is a French underground explorer, adventurer and scientist. He was born in Nice, where he spent his childhood. At just 10 years of age, he explored the Imperial Cave Park, and discovered a passion for caving.

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Metkina is a Russian actress from Moscow. She is known outside Russia for playing the Czechoslovak reporter Lenka Janáček in the 2006 film Bobby. She is known in Hollywood under the name Lana Litvak.

Josep Maria Pou i Serra is a Catalan Spanish film, theatre and television actor.

Éric Serge Gagné is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. After signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) as a free agent in 1995, Gagné began his career as a starting pitcher. After he struggled in that role, the Dodgers converted Gagné from a starter to a reliever, where for three years (2002–2004) he was statistically the most outstanding closer in the game, winning the Cy Young Award in 2003. During that period, he set a major league record by converting 84 consecutive save opportunities. The phrase "Game Over" was heavily used by the Dodgers and the media in connection with his appearances to finish close games.

Kiyotaka Mitsugi is a Japanese actor. His career has centered on television tokusatsu and jidaigeki. He starred in the 1967–68 television series Kōsoku Esper and the 1973 series Shirojishi Kamen, and played a supporting role as the ninja Saizō in Series III, Episodes 1–57, of Abarenbō Shōgun. In NHK's eleventh Taiga drama, Kunitori Monogatari, Mitsugi portrayed Akechi Mitsuharu. He appeared regularly in Episodes 436–509 of Tokusō Saizensen. A frequent guest actor, he made six appearances on Ōedo Sōsamō and four on Zenigata Heiji, three on Taiyō ni Hoero!', and two on Happyaku Yachō Yume Nikki. Fans of the tokusatsu Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman know him as Dr. Hoshikawa. The producers of Abarenbō Shōgun selected him to reprise his role in the 500th episode special, and again to portray the daimyō Tokugawa Munenao in Series VI.

Paulo Sérgio Rosa, usually known as Viola, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He was given his nickname in his youth, which was a reference to the brand–name of his first pair of football boots.

Dylan Kussman is an American film and television writer and actor. He played the part of Richard Cameron in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society as well as Dr. Allen Painter in The Way of the Gun in 2000. He has also appeared in such films as Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Leatherheads, X2, Flight and Jack Reacher, and is the writer, director, and star of the online noir drama The Steps. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2017 Tom Cruise film, The Mummy. In 2019, he appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell.