List of Famous people born in January

Oscar Fredrick Dronjak is a Swedish guitarist and founder of the heavy metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age.

Sumire Kita is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Asian Junior all-around champion and two-time Japanese National Junior champion.

April Ann McIntosh is an American actress and model known professionally as April Scott. She has appeared on television programs such as CSI: Miami and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as well as films such as The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, I Do... I Did, The Penthouse and Living Will. She is currently the host of the TV show Model Turned Superstar on the 4K Universe Channel and Dragonborn Gaming on YouTube.

Douglas Augusto Soares Gomes, simply known as Douglas Augusto, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek club PAOK.

Saddil Ramdani is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Malaysia Super League club Sabah and the Indonesia national team.

Camilo José Arcadio Cela Conde, 2nd Marquess of Iria Flavia, is a Spanish writer. He is the son of Nobel Prize winning writer Camilo José Cela and is currently a Professor of Philosophy of law, Morality and Politics at the University of the Balearic Islands.

Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish female water polo goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is 5 ft 7 inches tall.

Fabien Centonze is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club FC Metz as a right back.

Samuel Muk Man Chu is a Hong Kong-born American activist and community organizer. Samuel is the founding and managing director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), the first and only DC-based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Hong Kong's basic freedoms, the rule of law, and autonomy. Launched in 2019, HKDC has successfully passed landmark legislation such as the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and numerous other policies supporting Hong Kong. HKDC and Chu also successfully pushed for economic sanctions and visa bans by the US on Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for the erosion of Hong Kong's basic freedoms and autonomy. In direct response, Hong Kong authorities issued arrest warrants against Samuel in July 2020, making him the first foreign citizen to be targeted under the Hong Kong National Security Law.

Emil Holst is a Danish badminton player.