List of Famous people born in January

Nouria Yamina Zerhouni is an Algerian politician who served as governor of Boumerdès Province between 2015 and 2018.

Joana Benedek is a Romanian-born Mexican actress.

Malika Belbey is an Algerian actress.

Mona Ratuliu is an Indonesian actress and presenter. She appeared in the soap operas Lupus Milenia and Pelangi Di Matamu. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Design of Tarumanegara University.

Thomas Ebbesen is a franco-norwegian physical chemist and professor at the University of Strasbourg in France, known for his pioneering work in nanoscience. He received the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience “for transformative contributions to the field of nano-optics that have broken long-held beliefs about the limitations of the resolution limits of optical microscopy and imaging”, together with Stefan Hell, and Sir John Pendry in 2014.

Makate Asai is a Japanese writer of historical fiction. She has won the Naoki Prize and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and two of her novels have been adapted for television by NHK.

Yousef Al Otaiba is the current United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States and Minister of state. Previously Al Otaiba served as non-resident ambassador to Mexico. His father is Petroleum magnate Mana Al Otaiba, who served as the president of OPEC a record six times.

Albertina Carri is an Argentine screenwriter, movie producer, movie director and audiovisual artist.

Musaid Al Aiban is a Saudi Arabian Minister of State and member of the Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia. He serves in both the Saudi Council of Political and Security Affairs (CPSA), and the Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA). He is a graduate of Harvard University in the United States. He was appointed as the new Chairman of National Cybersecurity Authority on 31 October 2017 by King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. National security adviser since 2018.

Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 31 and he has reached as high as No. 33 in doubles the same month.