List of Famous people born on January 21st

Andreas Bauer is a West German/German former ski jumper.

Joseph Andrew Wieland is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization. He previously pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Seattle Mariners. He also played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's NPB and the Kia Tigers of Korea's KBO League.

Jolette Guadalupe Hernández Navarrete is a Mexican singer and television presenter. She is best remembered for being part of the fourth generation from the reality musical talent show La Academia in 2005.

Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, commonly referred to by his alias El Mochomo, is a convicted Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. Beltrán Leyva was responsible for smuggling multi-ton shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine to the United States from Mexico and South America between the 1990s and 2000s. He worked alongside his brothers Héctor, Carlos, and Arturo.

René Ribière (1922–1998) was a French politician. He took part in the last ever duel in France in 1967 and lost when he was lightly injured by Gaston Defferre, after Defferre insulted Ribière at the French parliament. Defferre yelled ‘Taisez-vous, abruti!‘ at Ribière following an argument in the French National Assembly. Ribière demanded an apology, Defferre refused, so Ribière demanded satisfaction by duel with small swords. René Ribière lost the duel, having been wounded twice. He escaped relatively uninjured, however.

Dylan Kussman is an American film and television writer and actor. He played the part of Richard Cameron in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society as well as Dr. Allen Painter in The Way of the Gun in 2000. He has also appeared in such films as Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Leatherheads, X2, Flight and Jack Reacher, and is the writer, director, and star of the online noir drama The Steps. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2017 Tom Cruise film, The Mummy. In 2019, he appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell.

Nicolaas Johannes John 'Maks' van Dyk is a South African rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs. His regular position is prop.

Daniel James Heatley is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League (NHL) rookie of the year in 2002. However, after being responsible for a car crash in September 2003 that killed teammate and close friend Dan Snyder, he requested a trade away from Atlanta and was subsequently dealt to the Ottawa Senators.

María Laura Leguizamón is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She was a National Senator for Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2017 and for the City of Buenos Aires from 2003 to 2007. She also served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and in the Buenos Aires City Legislature.

Ahmed Hulusi is an Islamic author from Turkey, whose works focus on philosophical and religious ideas.