List of Famous people born in January

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with The Pictures Generation. Most of her work consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. The phrases in her works often include pronouns such as "you", "your", "I", "we", and "they", addressing cultural constructions of power, identity, consumerism, and sexuality. Kruger lives and works in New York and Los Angeles. Kruger is a Distinguished Professor of New Genres at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

Kamal Keilany (1897–1959) was an Egyptian writer. He was born in Al Qala'a district in Cairo, Egypt.

Azzam Tamimi (sometimes spelled Azam Tamimi; born 1955, Hebron, Jordan is a British Jordanian academic and political activist affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He is currently a freelance presenter at Alhiwar TV Channel. He headed the Institute of Islamic Political Thought until 2008. Tamimi has written several books on Middle Eastern and Islamic politics, including "Power-Sharing Islam", "Islam and Secularism in the Middle East", Rachid Ghannouchi, Democrat within Islamism and Hamas: A History from Within.

Sebastian Knauer is a German classical pianist.

Christine Belford is an American television and film actress. She has sometimes been credited as Christina Belford.

Bu Xiaolin is a Chinese female politician of Mongol descent. She has served as Chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government since March 2016. She is the daughter of Buhe, a former chairman of Inner Mongolia, and the granddaughter of Ulanhu, the founding chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a Vice President of China.

Keiko Ochiai is a Japanese author, bookstore owner, radio personality, and feminist.

Marie Oteiza is a French modern pentathlete.

Earl Rashad Clark is an American professional basketball player for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the University of Louisville and was drafted 14th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2009 NBA draft.