List of Famous people born in January

Kadir Çermik is a Turkish stage, film, television, and voice actor.

Köksal Toptan is a Turkish lawyer, politician and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He earlier served as government minister in three cabinets. He was the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey between August 2007 and August 2009.

Nelson Rafael Cuevas Amarilla is a Paraguayan former footballer and current singer.

Sumire Kikuchi is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed in the women's 500 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Akira Hiramoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of Prison School, which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha Awards, and Me and the Devil Blues, which has won the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards for the Best Reprint Publication.

Ahmet Alpay Nazikioğlu, better known simply as Alpay, is a Turkish singer. He began his musical career in 1960, and has experimented with a number of styles, from romantic folk to rock. He also has covered a number of French and Italian songs.

Elias Nicolas Bou Saab is a former Lebanese Minister of National Defense and Advisor to the President of Lebanon Michel Aoun on International Cooperation, former Minister of Education and Higher Education in the Government of Lebanon, former President of the municipality of Dhour El Choueir municipality in the Maten region of Mount Lebanon, the founder and Executive Vice President of the American University in Dubai, and is a shareholder in AlMada.org news site, Fame FM and Sawt El Mada radio station. He was also a member of the founding board of directors of television station OTV.

Alejandra Bogue Gómez is a Mexican actress, comedian, television host, and vedette.

Chu Yiu-ming is the minister of Chai Wan Baptist Church in Hong Kong. He is one of the founders of the Occupy Central Campaign for universal suffrage in the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election.

Angelo Parisi is a French judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. At his Olympic debut in 1972 he represented Great Britain.