List of Famous people born in January

Ikumi Narita is a former Japanese volleyball player. Her maiden name was Ikumi Ogake .

Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, is a Turkish Cypriot psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Among his many other honours, he is the president emeritus of International Dialogue Initiative (IDI).

Artemiy Artemiev is a Russian composer of electronic and experimental music. Since 1988, he has composed music for more than fifty Russian feature films, and has contributed to several documentary films and television programs. He is the son of renowned composer Edward Artemiev, who is most recognized for his collaborations with film director Andrei Tarkovsky.

Ron Gilbert is an American video-game designer, programmer, and producer. His games are generally focused on interactive storytelling, and he is arguably best known for his work on several LucasArts adventure games, including Maniac Mansion and the first two Monkey Island games.

Mercedes Sampietro Marro is a Spanish actress. Her debut on stage was in 1979, and in cinema, seven years later, with Jaime Chávarri's A un dios desconocido. She has worked five times with Pilar Miró. In 1981 she won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven.

Meier Schwarz is an Israeli plant physiologist.

Iván Emiliano Borghello is an Argentine football striker who plays for Club Atlético Paraná.

Eloy Casagrande is a Brazilian drummer, best known as the current drummer of thrash metal band Sepultura and hard rock act Iahweh.

Mehmet Yozgatlı is a Turkish former footballer who played as a winger and currently an assistant manager of Fenerbahçe.

Corrado Augias is an Italian journalist, writer and TV host. He was also a member of the European Parliament in 1994–1999 for the Democratic Party of the Left.