Editing 1952 (section)

===January===
[[File:Esperanza Aguirre 32 (3941742274) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Esperanza Aguirre]]]]
[[File:Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Senate of Poland.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]]]]
[[File:SammoHung.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sammo Hung]]]]
[[File:Marek Belka NBP.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marek Belka]]]]
[[File:Asma Jahangir (33308430296).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Asma Jahangir]]]]
[[File:Moein_Live_in_Toronto_2023.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Moein (singer)]]]]

* [[January 1]] – [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]], [[Emir of Qatar]]
* [[January 2]] – [[Elvira Saadi]], Soviet gymnast
* [[January 3]] 
** [[Esperanza Aguirre]], Spanish politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Spain|publisher=Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company|year=1988|page=14}}</ref>
** [[Jim Ross]], American wrestling announcer<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Jim|url=http://www.jrsbarbq.com/2008/01/05/happy-new-year-everyone-lots-of-feedback-answered-today%e2%80%a6-life-goes-on%e2%80%a6-and-so-does-work%e2%80%a6/|title=J.R.'s Blog " Happy New Year Everyone! Lots of Feedback Answered Today... Life Goes On... and So Does Work..|access-date=2008-01-06|date=January 5, 2008|publisher=JRsBarBQ.com|quote=I was born on January 3, 1952, in [[Fort Bragg, CA]].|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044734/https://www.jrsbarbq.com/2008/01/05/happy-new-year-everyone-lots-of-feedback-answered-today%e2%80%a6-life-goes-on%e2%80%a6-and-so-does-work%e2%80%a6/|archive-date=March 30, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – [[Sammo Hung]], Hong Kong martial arts superstar, producer and director
* [[January 9]] – [[Marek Belka]], 11th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] 
* [[January 11]] – [[Belkisyole Alarcón de Noya]], Venezuelan physician and parasitologist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riggione de Zurdo |first=Flavia |title=Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya |url=http://www.cazadoresdemicrobios.com.ve/consulta_biografia.php?id_biografia=221 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914205006/https://www.cazadoresdemicrobios.com.ve/consulta_biografia.php?id_biografia=221 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |access-date=14 September 2018 |website=Cazadores de Microbios}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Walter Mosley]], American author
* [[January 14]] – [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]], 60th Prime Minister of Romania
* [[January 15]]
** [[Boris Blank (musician)|Boris Blank]], Swiss musician
** [[Muhammad Wakkas]], Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://sylhetreport.com/?p=22735|title=আলাপচারিতায়-জমিয়ত নেতা মুফতি মুহাম্মদ ওয়াক্কাস|language=bn|date=28 October 2017|work=Sylhet Report|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190831113906/https://sylhetreport.com/?p=22735|archive-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese electronic musician, composer, producer and actor (''[[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]'') (d. [[2023]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Moein (singer)]],Iranian Singer
* [[January 24]] – [[Raymond Domenech]], French [[Association football|football]] player, manager
* [[January 25]]
** [[Sara Mandiano]], French singer-songwriter
** [[Peter Tatchell]], Australian-born British human rights activist 
* [[January 27]]
** [[Brian Gottfried]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brian-gottfried/g029/overview|title= Brian Gottfried|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Asma Jahangir]], Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (d. [[2018]])
* [[January 29]] 
** [[Klaus-Peter Hanisch]], German footballer (d. [[2009]])
** [[Paul Tesanovich]], American politician from Michigan
* [[January 30]] – [[Valery Khalilov]], Russian military band conductor (d. [[2016]])