List of Famous people born in January

Billy Syahputra is an Indonesian actor, presenter, and comedian. Syahputra had garnered fame for appeared on the Trans TV television show Yuk Keep Smile.

Philipp Schörghofer is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He represented Austria at two Winter Olympics and four World Championships.

Filiz Kerestecioğlu Demir is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament since the June 2015 general election.

Edmundo Novillo Aguilar is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and Governor of Cochabamba. His political career includes serving on the Departmental Council, as Mayor of Totora, and as a Deputy in the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies. He was Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies for four years from 2006 to 2010. He is affiliated with the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), and was the first MAS-IPSP member to serve a President of the Chamber of Deputies.

Yalçın Koşukavak is a Turkish former association football player and current coach who most recently managed Süper Lig side Denizlispor.

Kao Sheng-mei, also known as Sammi Kao, is a Taiwanese pop singer of Bunun and Han Chinese descent. She won "Best Mandarin Artist" at the 1992 4th Golden Melody Awards.

Hindi Zahra is a Moroccan singer and actress. When coming up with a stage name, she simply inverted her birth name. Her songs are mostly in English but some lyrics as in the song "Imik Si Mik" are in the Berber language.

Wei Fenghe is a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as commander of the PLA Rocket Force, formerly known as the Second Artillery Corps. He is Minister of National Defence and the first-ranked State Councilor in Li Keqiang Cabinet II from March 2018, and also the first-ranked ordinary Member of the Xi Jinping-chaired Central Military Commission.

Isaki Lacuesta is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art.

Ousman Sonko is a former Gambian politician. He served as Interior Minister between 2006 and 2016 under the Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh. During this period he is suspected of taking part in acts of torture, including in detention centers.