List of Famous people born in January

Igor Stanislа́vovich Ashmа́nov — Russian entrepreneur specializing in information technology, artificial intelligence, software development, project management. He directed development of the linguistic module ORFO of the Russian edition of Microsoft Office, a family of Multilex electronic dictionaries, Spamtest spam filter etc.

Harald Jähner is a German journalist and author. Since 2011 he has been an honorary professor of cultural journalism at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Nicolás Mazzola is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greek club Panetolikos.

Wesley Wong is a Hong Kong actor.

Murat Özçelik is a Turkish politician, civil servant and diplomat from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's third electoral district since 7 June 2015. He served as the Deputy Leader of the CHP responsible for foreign relations between 3 November 2014 and 11 November 2015. He was part of the CHP delegation during coalition negotiations with the Justice and Development Party following the June 2015 general election. Before entering politics, Özçelik served as the Turkish Consul General at Shanghai from 1997 to 1998, as the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq from 2009 to 2011 and as the Undersecretary of Public Order and Security from 2011 to 2012.

Ömer Ali Şahiner is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir. He made his Süper Lig debut on 17 August 2013 against Fenerbahçe.

Yurie Nagashima is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist working predominantly in the genres self-portraiture, portraiture, street photography and still life.

Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Sánchez has written and directed his own screenplays for short films such as Temporada baja (2003) and 7337 (2000).

Hasan Cuneyd Zapsu is a Turkish businessman of Kurdish and Balkan origins. He was a co-founder of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey as well as the founder of Balsu, one of the world's leading hazelnut producers.

George Morikawa is a Japanese manga author known for the long-running series Hajime no Ippo. Born in Tokyo, Morikawa was inspired to become a manga artist upon reading Tetsuya Chiba's Harris no Kaze in elementary school.