List of Famous people born in January

Aurélien N'Zuzi Zola, better known by the mononym Zola, is a French rapper of Congolese descent. Cicatrices, his debut album was released in 2019. His song "California Girls" was featured in the soundtrack of the film Taxi 5.

Alice Winocour is a French screenwriter and director.

Mouloud Hamrouche was the head of government of Algeria from 5 September 1989 to 5 June 1991.

Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda, commonly known as Léo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Chapecoense.

Paul Bastien Lasne is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois 29. He plays as a midfielder.

Shuntaro Furukawa is a Japanese businessman and executive. He is the sixth and current president of the video game company Nintendo in Japan. He took over as company president in June 2018, succeeding Tatsumi Kimishima.

Frank D. Wuterich is a former United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant who pleaded guilty to negligent dereliction of duty as a result of his actions during the Haditha killings. As a result of the plea agreement, he was reduced in rank to Private. He was given a general discharge in February 2012.

Dževad Karahasan is a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded with Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings.

Hisham al-Khashin born in 14 July 1963, is an Egyptian author and novelist. He has published two short story collections and seven novels so far. In 2014, his novel “Graphite” was nominated in the long list for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. His novel “7 Days of Tahrir” has also been converted into a TV series entitled “Wa Yaati Al nahaar” which was produced by the Cairo voice company. 

Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee is a politician, barrister, writer and columnist in Hong Kong. She was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2012.