List of Famous people born in January

Juan José Sánchez Maqueda is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a manager.

Chiang Chieh-an is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2018 to 2020.

Yamato Wakatsuki is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for Sion, on loan from Shonan Bellmare.

Rosario "Sal" Gambino is an Italian mobster in the Gambino crime family. He became nationally known when he and his brothers set up a multimillion dollar heroin cartel during the 1970s and 1980s. At the turn of the century he made headline news again when members of his family were suspected of trying to get him a presidential pardon through bribery.

Juan Carlos García Pajero is a Venezuelan actor and model known for starring in various protagonist roles in telenovelas for RCTV and Venevisión.

Wakana Nagahara is a Japanese badminton player. She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara who educated at the Aomori Yamada High School, was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 2014 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the 2014 Smiling Fish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Mayu Matsumoto. In national events, she plays for the Hokuto Bank team. Nagahara was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Mayu Matsumoto. They obtained the honour after winning the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world. On 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as the women's doubles world No. 1.

Helmut Dieser is a German Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen.

Liu Wei-ting is a Taiwanese taekwondo athlete, born in Changhua County.

Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos, known as Carlos Manuel, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a manager.

Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy.