- Jan 2 Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer (Hamilton), born in San Jose, California
- Jan 2 Taye Diggs, American actor (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Best Man), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Jan 4 Jeremy Licht, American actor (Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family), born in Los Angeles, California
Jeremy Renner (53 years old)
Jan 7 American actor (The Hurt Locker; The Town; The Avengers), born in Modesto, California
- Jan 8 Brook Lee, American actress and model (Miss Hawaii 1997, Miss USA 1997, Miss Universe 1997), born in Pearl City, Hawaii
Mary J. Blige (53 years old)
Jan 11 American R&B singer-songwriter ("Be Without You") and actress (I Can Do Bad All By Myself), born in New York City
- Jan 13 John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director
Regina King (53 years old)
Jan 15 American actress (Southland, If Beale Street Could Talk), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jan 16 Josh Evans, American actor (Ricochett, The Doors), and film producer, born in New York City
Kid Rock (53 years old)
Jan 17 American rapper, songwriter, and hip-hop and country-rock musician ("All Summer Long"; "Picture"). and actor (Devil Without a Cause), born in Romeo, Michigan
- Jan 17 Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress, born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
- Jan 18 Seamus O'Regan, Canadian politician and television personality, born in St. John's, Canada
- Jan 19 Shawn Wayans, American actor (In Living Color), born in New York City
- Jan 20 Questlove [Ahmir Thompson], American drummer, producer bandleader (The Roots), and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker (Summer of Soul), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jan 21 Tommy Puett, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10), born in Gary, Indiana
- Jan 24 Andrea Mackris, American television producer, born in Missouri, United States
- Jan 24 Saalman Raelyn, American actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold), born in Fostoria, Ohio
- Jan 24 Tonya Crowe, American actress (Olivia-Knots Landing), born in Long Beach, California
- Jan 25 Ana Ortiz, American actress (Ugly Betty - "Hilda"), and singer, born in Manhattan, New York
- Jan 25 China Kantner, American actress and daughter of Grace Slick, born in San Francisco, California
- Jan 26 Bryan Callen, American actor, born in Manila, Philippines
- Jan 26 Dorian Gregory, American actor, born in Washington, D.C.
- Jan 30 Darren Boyd, British actor, born in Hastings, United Kingdom
- Jan 31 Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jan 31 Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian, born in Dundrum, United Kingdom
About January 1971
How Old? 53 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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