List of Famous people born in January

Jesús Abad Colorado is a Colombian photojournalist. His work focuses on human rights and armed conflict.

Thierry Tusseau is a former football defender from France. As a player of French side Girondins de Bordeaux (1983–1986), he was a member of the French team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and the team that won the European Championship in 1984.

Natacha Valla is a French economist and Dean of the Sciences Po School of Management and Innovation. She was Deputy Director General for monetary policy at the European Central Bank from May 2018 to January 2020. She is also chair of the SUERF, European Money and Finance forum, editorial board.

Parviz Abdullayev — professional Azerbaijani kickboxer, honored Sport Master of Azerbaijan, six-time world champion in professional kickboxing.

Mark Edward Kozelek is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer and occasional actor. He is known as the vocalist and primary recording artist of the indie folk act Sun Kil Moon, and founding member of the indie rock band Red House Painters, with whom he recorded six studio albums from 1989 until 2001.

Fuuka Nishihira is a Japanese actress. Until 2016, she was represented by Platinum Production.

Çağla Akın is a Turkish female volleyball player who won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.

John Carney is an Irish film director, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who specialises in low-budget musical drama films. He is best known for his 2007 movie Once and the film Sing Street. He is also a co-creator of the Irish TV drama series Bachelors Walk.

Samsul Arif Munip is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang. He made his debut for Indonesia national football team in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Iran on November 15, 2011 and gave one assist on the match.

Jung Woo is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the drama Reply 1994 (2013) and You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin (2013).