List of Famous people born in January

Koji Fukada is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer, curator and writer. He is a graduate of Musashino Art University. Hara employed by Musashino Art University as professor, and teaches Communication Design and Design Theory in Science on Design Faculty since April 2003.

Alfredo Ferrari (1932–1956) was an Italian automotive engineer and the first son of automaker Enzo Ferrari. He had Duchenne muscular dystrophy and died at the age of 24. After his death, Ferrari named the car fitted with the engine that Alfredo was working on at the time of his death "Dino" in his honour.

Wang Chen is a Chinese journalist and politician. He served as Director of State Council Information Office from 2008 to 2013, and currently serves as the Secretary-General of the 12th National People's Congress Standing Committee.

Hazi Aslanov was an Azerbaijani major-general of the Soviet armoured troops during World War II. Aslanov was one of the youngest ever Soviet generals when he promoted to the rank of major general at the age of 34 years and a month on March 13, 1944. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title twice. The second Hero title was posthumously awarded on July 12, 1991, by Mikhail Gorbachev, at the constant recommendations by Heydar Aliyev.

Can Maxim Mutaf is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball League (BSL).

Cherif Ndiaye is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Süper Lig club Göztepe, on loan from HNK Gorica.

Maximilian "Maxi" Kleber is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 2.08 m, he plays at the power forward or center position.

Mohamed Al-Mady was the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).

Mohammed Shia' Sabbar al-Sudani is an Iraqi politician was the Human Rights Minister of Iraq in the Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 2010 until October 2014. He was the Governor of Maysan Province between 2009 and 2010.