List of Famous people born in January

Hanna Gabriels Valle, known as Hanna Gabriels, is a Costa Rican professional boxer. She has held world championships in four weight classes, having held the WBA female light middleweight title since 2016; the WBA female light heavyweight and WBC female heavyweight titles since April 2021; the WBO welterweight title in 2009; and the WBO light middleweight title twice between 2010 and 2018. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's third best active light middleweight by The Ring and BoxRec.

Yan Gymnastiar, better known as Abdullah Gymnastiar or Aa Gym, is an Indonesian Islamic preacher, singer, author, businessman and founder of the Da'arut Tauhiid Pondok Pesantren in Bandung. Gymnastiar became popular by introducing a unique way of preaching by theatrical style with practical messages of Islamic propagation that can be commonly applied to everyday life.

María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governor Jorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also presides the provincial Senate. She is the sister of politician Rafael Bielsa and of football coach Marcelo Bielsa. From 2019 to 2020 she served as Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández.

Park Ji-yoon is a South Korean pop singer, actress, and model, who debuted as a Haitai model at age 13. She received her BA from Kyunghee University in Postmodern Music, and holds an MA from Kyunghee University in Entertainment and Culture.

Philippe Vercruysse is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Yehoshua Kenaz was an Israeli novelist who studied at the Hebrew University and at the Sorbonne. Kenaz is best known for his novel Infiltration, published in 1986. He died in October 2020.

Andreas Görlitz is a former German footballer.

Rolando Carlos Schiavi is a retired Argentine football defender, most recognized for his time spent playing for Boca Juniors. Schiavi is currently the coach of the reserve team at Boca Juniors.

Selwa Al-Hazzaa is a Saudi ophthalmologist and head of the ophthalmology department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital. She served as the personal ophthalmologist for the late King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. She is one of the first Saudi women to achieve international success academically and professionally. On January 11, 2013, per a Royal Decree from King Abdullah, Al-Hazzaa became one of the first ever female members of the Saudi Arabia Shoura Council.

Carme Ruscalleda i Serra is the renowned Catalan chef of the restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She also owns and manages the restaurant Sant Pau de Tòquio in Japan.