- Jan 2 Lucy Davis, British actress
- Jan 2 Will Kirby, American actor
- Jan 3 Paula Knoll, Moorhead Minnesota, Miss America-Minnesota (1996)
- Jan 3 Dan Harmon, American voice actor, producer and writer (Rick and Morty, Community), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jan 4 Harmony Korine, American film director and artist
- Jan 10 Ryan Drummond, American voice actor
- Jan 11 Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress (Magma M. and Kasia i Tomek), born in Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland
- Jan 11 Rockmond Dunbar, US actor (Earth 2, Prison Break), born in Berkeley, California
- Jan 12 Greg Morton, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jan 12 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang), born in Chicago (d. 2015)
- Jan 13 Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
- Jan 16 Josie Davis, American actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge) [or Jun 19], born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 16 Josie Davis, American actress (Two and a Half Men, Sonny), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 17 Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg SC, Miss America-SC (1996)
- Jan 19 Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity
- Jan 23 Lanei Chapman, American actress
- Jan 25 Chris Guy, American professional wrestler
- Jan 27 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place (Trinidad & Tobago, 1997)
- Jan 31 Portia de Rossi, Australian actress