* January 5 – Max Baldry, English / Russian actor

* January 10 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer ( d. 2007 )

* January 21 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, heir to the Bavarian Royal House

* January 19 – Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor ( b. 1903 )

* January 23 – Max Nordau, Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader ( b. 1849 )

* January 6 – Max Bruch, German composer ( d. 1920 )

On 29 January 2008 they were pictured on vacation together at Mammoth Ski Resort in California, accompanied by Max Beesley.

Dry centrifugal clutches are now used in many categories ( Rotax Max is one example ) and have become the norm as the top international classes have switched to 125 cc clutched engines as of January 2007.

* Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Nazi leader, born 21 January 1884 in Riga.

The die was engraved by Max Zietler of the Philadelphia firm of Baily Banks & Biddle in 1903 ( and is thus sometimes called the 1903 die ), but final delivery was delayed until January 1904 due to issues with the press.

In the November 2011 general election, Max Arnowitz was re-elected to a four-year term of office, while Douglas E. Frank and newcomer Rod Capawana won three-year terms on the Borough Council, all with terms that will take effect in January 2012.

Max Christian Friedrich Bruch ( 6 January 18382 October 1920 ), also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertory.

Maxwell Lemuel " Max " Roach ( January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007 ) was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

* January 10 – Max Roach, jazz drummer ( d. 2007 )

* January 26-Première of the opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, in Dresden ; the librettist is Hugo von Hoffmansthal and the director is Max Reinhardt.

Max Simon Nordau ( July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923 ), born Simon Maximilian Südfeld in Pest, Hungary, was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.

* A Fields wax figure is brought to life by KAOS agents in a Get Smart episode titled House of Max, Part II, which first aired January 16, 1970.

Max Cavalera guested on the Apocalyptica single " Repressed " with Bullet For My Valentine vocalist Matt Tuck during a visit to Germany, went to Russia in January 2007 to guest on the album Circus Dogs by Russian hardcore band FAQ and played on Saint-Petersbourg with Radiohead album sound producer Nike " Naik " Groshin, played a surprise jam session in Serbia with Dan Lilker of Brutal Truth and S. O. D., and spent time in Arizona writing for future releases.

In January, Herbert and violinist Max Bendix were the soloists in the American premiere of the challenging Double Concerto, Op.

* January 6 – Max Bruch, composer

* Max Whitlock, ( born 13 January 1993 ) member of Britain's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

* January 11 – 13 – Max Anderson and Don Ida make a failed attempt to circumnavigate the world by balloon, although their craft, the Jules Verne, makes a flight of 2, 900 miles ( 4, 667 km ) from Luxor, Egypt, to New Delhi, India, in 48 hours before they give up.

Wolfgang Köhler ( January 21, 1887 – June 11, 1967 ) was a German psychologist and phenomenologist who, like Max Wertheimer, and Kurt Koffka, contributed to the creation of Gestalt psychology.

A figure of Guts was released by Max Factory in its Figma line in January 2012.

* January 19 – Carl Perkins, American guitarist ( b. 1932 )

Perkins resigned the county attorney's office on January 1, 1948 to become counsel for the Kentucky Department of Highways.

Perkins unseated Meade and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his death.

Carl Lee Perkins ( April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998 ) was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954.

During January 1947, Buck Perkins moved his family from Lake County to Madison County.

During January 1953, Perkins married a woman he had known for a number of years, Valda Crider.

Perkins died four months later, on January 19, 1998 at the age of 65 at Jackson-Madison County Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee from throat cancer after suffering several strokes.

On January 14, 2011, while talking about the recording of the new album, drummer Stephen Perkins mentioned that although Sitek was a " stabilizing force " for Jane's Addiction, and was to appear on the upcoming album, he was not the band's full-time bassist as was previously reported.

Al Perkins ( Born January 18, 1944 ) is a Texas-born American guitarist.

On 18 January 1965, Carlos " Morocho " Herández wins his first scepter, facing the American Eddie Perkins giving Venezuela its first world champion.

Simeon Eben Baldwin ( February 5, 1840 – January 30, 1927 ), jurist, law professor and the 65th Governor of Connecticut, was the son of jurist, Connecticut governor and U. S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins.

On January 13, 1587, Perkins preached a sermon denouncing the practice of kneeling to receive Communion, and was ultimately called before the Vice-Chancellor as a result.

Long-time sports director Gil Santos retired after 38 years with the station on January 30, 2006 ; after a week-long fill-in by Bob Lobel, Walt Perkins took over as morning sports anchor on February 7.

In January 1995, Vinod Khosla ( a former Stanford student ), a partner at the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, arranged a USD $ 250, 000 " first round " backing for the project, with USD $ 1. 5 million provided over a ten month period.

However, prompted by Kleiner Perkins, @ Home Network's Chairman and CEO, Thomas Jermoluk met with Excite ’ s chairman and CEO George Bell on December 19, and Excite was subsequently acquired by @ Home Network, on January 19, 1999.

He is the founder of residential solar financing start-up Clean Power Finance, Inc. which raised $ 6. 9m from investors in January 2010, $ 25m for Kleiner Perkins and $ 75m from Google in September 2011.

George Clement Perkins ( August 23, 1839February 26, 1923 ) was a U. S. Republican politician, who was the 14th governor of California from January 8, 1880, to January 10, 1883, and a United States senator from 1893 until 1915.

Perkins resigned the county attorney's office on January 1, 1948 to become counsel for the Kentucky Department of Highways.

Perkins unseated Meade and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his death.

Gen. Frederick Perkins ( 13 January 1918 ), Brig.

On January 13, 2010, returned to D. C. United in a complicated pre-draft trade deal in which United traded midfielder Fred, its 2010 first round SuperDraft pick, plus allocation money, to Philadelphia Union in order to exchange places with the Union in the allocation order, which allowed United to re-acquire Perkins.

Perkins has also played for the United States National Team, receiving his first cap against Sweden on January 21, 2009.

Elisha Perkins ( January 16, 1741 – September 6, 1799 ) was a United States physician who created his own therapy, Perkins Patent Tractors.