Editing 1978 (section)

=== January ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Philip Mulryne]], Northern Irish footballer
* [[January 2]] – [[Karina Smirnoff]], Ukrainian-American dancer
* [[January 3]]
** [[Liya Kebede]], Ethiopian model, clothing designer and actress
** [[Park Sol-mi]], South Korean actress
* [[January 4]] – [[Karine Ruby]], French snowboarder (d. [[2009]])
* [[January 5]]
** [[Franck Montagny]], French Formula One driver
** [[January Jones]], American actress
* [[January 7]] – [[Emilio Palma]], Argentine citizen, first human born in Antarctica
* [[January 9]]
** [[Chad Johnson]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chad Johnson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnCh01.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
** [[AJ McLean]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|last=Netter|first=Matt|title=Backstreet Boys * Aaron Carter|publisher=Pocket Books|date=January 1999|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/46 46–47]|isbn=978-0-671-03539-6|url=https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/46}}</ref> 
** [[Gennaro Gattuso]], Italian football player
* [[January 10]] – [[Kanako Mitsuhashi]], Japanese voice actress
* [[January 11]] – [[Emile Heskey]], English footballer
* [[January 12]] – [[Hannah Gadsby]], Australian comedian
* [[January 13]]
** [[Ashmit Patel]], Indian actor
** [[Mohit Sharma (soldier)|Mohit Sharma]] Indian Army Officer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm|title=Mohit Sharma, SM|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322144836/http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm|archive-date=2018-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ssbtosuccess.com/major-mohit-sharma/|title=Inspiring Story of Major Mohit Sharma - 1st PARA (Special Forces)|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2018-03-26|work=SSBToSuccess|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818052219/https://www.ssbtosuccess.com/major-mohit-sharma/|archive-date=2018-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Shawn Crawford]], American sprinter
* [[January 15]]
** [[Eddie Cahill]], American actor<ref>Trongo, Rachel (January 15, 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130204060746/https://www.csifiles.com/content/2013/01/happy-birthday-eddie-cahill-4/ "Happy Birthday, Eddie Cahill!"]. CSI Files. Archived from [https://www.csifiles.com/content/2013/01/happy-birthday-eddie-cahill-4/ the original] on February 4, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2019.</ref>
** [[Franco Pellizotti]], Italian cyclist
* [[January 16]] – [[Vijay Sethupathi]], Indian actor
* [[January 17]]
** [[Susanne Schaper]], German politician
** [[Ricky Wilson (singer)|Ricky Wilson]], British vocalist ([[Kaiser Chiefs]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Thor Hushovd]], Norwegian cyclist
** [[Katja Kipping]], German politician
* [[January 20]] – [[Omar Sy]], French actor and comedian
* [[January 24]] – [[Kristen Schaal]], American actress, comedian, and writer<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Patterson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview|title=Kristen Schaal: The toast of American comedy|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 15, 2010|access-date=June 6, 2013|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822022601/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], Ukrainian politician and comedian, President of Ukraine<ref>{{cite book|author1=Andrew L. Urban|author2=Chris McLeod|title=Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2022|isbn=9781684513789|page=94}}</ref>
* [[January 28]]
** [[Gianluigi Buffon]], Italian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/|title=Convocazioni e presenze in campo|date=August 5, 2020|website=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio}}</ref>
** [[Jamie Carragher]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/277|title=Liverpool career stats for Jamie Carragher - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!|website=www.lfchistory.net}}</ref>
** [[Papa Bouba Diop]], Senegalese footballer (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{NFT player|5826}}</ref>
** [[Sheamus]], Irish professional wrestler
** [[Vanessa Villela]], Mexican actress