List of Famous people born in January

Shohei Matsunaga is a former Japanese football player who played as an attacking midfielder. He was called Samurai Matsunaga by his fans because of his samurai-like playing spirit.

Frank "Frenkie" Schinkels is a former professional football midfielder and Austrian international team player and current coach.

Regula Stämpfli is a Swiss born political scientist based in Brussels.

Jérôme Pineau is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Bouygues Télécom, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and IAM Cycling squads. Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Pineau now works as the general manager for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM.

Boris Blank is a Swiss artist and musician known for his work in the musical duo Yello with Dieter Meier.

Yves Angelo is a French cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. Angelo has won the César Award for Best Cinematography three times: in 1990 for Nocturne indien, in 1992 for Tous les matins du monde, and in 1994 for Germinal.

Tam Shek-wing, pen name Wang Tingzhi, is a Buddhist scholar, painter, poet, writer and social critic, the founder of the Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Studies Association in North America, and a professor at Renmin University of China.

Rodrigo Manuel Gómez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek club Asteras Tripolis.

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, CBE, a member of the Sabancı family in third generation, is a Turkish businesswoman. She is currently chairperson of Akbank, as well as board member of Sabancı Holding.

Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay is an American decathlete who was the 2008 Summer Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.