List of Famous people born in January

Loïc Courteau is a French former tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, and has been the coach of Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams, since 2002. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 159 in November 1982. He won one double title in his career, in 1986 at Buenos Aires partnering Horst Skoff.

Kanae Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Hiroshima Prefecture and graduate of Kyoto University, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995, attending Istanbul University while in the ministry. In 2001, after leaving the ministry, she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Bernard Derome, CM, OQ is a Canadian broadcaster, who was news anchor for the weeknight editions of Le Téléjournal on Radio-Canada until December 18, 2008.

Patrick Küng is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialised in the speed events of Downhill and Super G and made his World Cup debut at Wengen in 2009.

Madawi al-Rasheed, is a Saudi Arabian professor of social anthropology. Al-Rasheed has held a position at the department of Theology and Religious Studies in King's College London and as a Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She gives occasional lectures in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. She is the granddaughter of Mohammed bin Talal al-Rasheed, the last prince of the Emirate of Ha'il. She has written several books and articles in academic journals on the Arabian Peninsula, Arab migration, globalisation, gender, and religious transnationalism. As of 2016, she is a Visiting Research Professor at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.

Marc Singer is a Canadian-born American actor best known for his roles in the Beastmaster film series, as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series V, and as Matt Cantrell in Dallas.

Maria Victòria Peña Carulla better known as Vicky Peña is a Spanish television, cinema, theatre, and voice actress.

Kosuke Takeuchi is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Link Tochigi Brex of the B.League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.

Ri Se-gwang is a North Korean artistic gymnast, representing the April 25 Sports Club. He can easily be considered a specialist on vault apparatus within the sport of men’s artistic gymnastics.

Suzanna Hamilton is an English actress. She played the role of Julia in the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Her other film roles include Tess (1979), Brimstone and Treacle (1982), Wetherby (1985), and Out of Africa (1985). On television, she starred in the ITV drama Wish Me Luck (1988), the BBC medical drama Casualty (1993–94), and the STV drama McCallum (1995–97).