List of Famous people born in January

Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff was a German engineer who led the Volkswagen company as it was rebuilt after World War II.

Beth Gibbons is an English singer and songwriter. She is the singer and lyricist for the band Portishead.

Mario Eduardo Firmenich is a former Argentinian urban guerrilla leader and political terrorist. He was one of the commanders of Montoneros group and the most significant figure in the Argentinian guerrillas in the 70s. In 1987, He was sentenced to life in prison for killing a businessman and attempting to murder multiple politicians in Argentina, but was pardoned by president Carlos Menem in 1990.

Shizue Ukaji is an Ainu activist, artist, and poet.

Raymond Kwok Ping Luen JP is the chairman and managing director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong. He is the chairman of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. and SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited. He is the youngest son of Kwok Tak Seng, and the youngest brother of Walter Kwok, and Thomas Kwok.

Haruo Wakō was a member of the armed militant group, the Japanese Red Army.

Ismail Kadare, also spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French, is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright. He has been a leading literary figure in Albania since the 1960s. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him a leading literary figure in Albania and famous internationally. In 1996, France made him a foreign associate of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of France.

Simon John Lilly FRS is a Professor in the Department of Physics at ETH Zürich.

Humood Othman AlKhudher, commonly known as Humood Alkhudher, is a Kuwaiti singer and music producer.

Koichi Mizushima (水島公一, Mizushima Kōichi, born January 30, 1941) is a Japanese researcher known for discovering lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO₂) and related materials for the lithium-ion battery (Li-ion battery). He was affiliated with the University of Tokyo, before he went on to work for Toshiba.