List of Famous people born in January

Bryan Leung Kar-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor and film director who has played roles in numerous acclaimed martial arts films. He is affectionately known as "Beardy" due to his trademark facial hair. He also has characteristic hyper-extendable fingers, which can be observed when he has his palms open and his fingers outstretched. Despite being one of the most well-known faces in Hong Kong action cinema, he had no formal martial arts training, relying on his talents at mimicry to imitate the moves shown to him by the action directors.

Pacôme Rupin is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of Paris since 2017. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), his constituency covers the 4th arrondissement, as well as parts of the 11th and 12th arrondissements.

Mauricio Affonso Prieto is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for South African side Mamelodi Sundowns FC.

Leyla Piedayesh is a German fashion designer and founder of the Lala Berlin fashion label. She was born in Teheran.

Cheng Shao-chieh is a badminton player from Taiwan.

Siti Masitha Soeparno is an Indonesian businesswoman and politician. She served as the mayor of Tegal in Central Java from 2014 to 2017.

Jihae Kim, better known by the mononym Jihae, is a South Korean singer and actress living in the United States. She debuted as a singer in 2007 and has since released four full-length albums. As an actress, she has appeared in the miniseries Mars (2016), the film Mortal Engines (2018) the Netflix series Altered Carbon, and the HBO series Succession.

Chihiro Anai is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group HKT48. She was a member of HKT48's Team H.

Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır for Democratic People's Party in 2002. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2011 for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was again elected as an MP in 2018.

Yoshikazu Shirakawa is a Japanese photographer. He is particularly well known for his book Himalayas, published by Harry N. Abrams in 1971.