List of Famous people born in January

Nicolaas Johannes John 'Maks' van Dyk is a South African rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs. His regular position is prop.

Kō Machida is a Japanese author, punk rock singer, poet and actor.

Alexandra Blanca Vela Puga is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician originally from El Salvador. She is currently a dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Americas Ecuador.

Tété-Michel Kpomassie is an explorer and writer from Togo, and the author of An African in Greenland.

Marta Minujín is an Argentine conceptual and performance artist.

Daniel James Heatley is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League (NHL) rookie of the year in 2002. However, after being responsible for a car crash in September 2003 that killed teammate and close friend Dan Snyder, he requested a trade away from Atlanta and was subsequently dealt to the Ottawa Senators.

Nassim Ben Khalifa is a Swiss footballer who plays for Espérance Sportive de Tunis and the Switzerland national football team.

Ilya Andreyevich Kablukov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kablukov was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 5th round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Riko Simanjuntak is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national team. Before he joined Persija, he had changed clubs four times. He is sometimes called Ucok and is often a mainstay player for the team in Indonesian competitions.

Pablo Soto Bravo is a Spanish software developer. He was municipal councillor of Madrid from 2015 to 2019.