| 3001 | January 7 | Birth | 1976 – Harish Raghavendra, Indian actor and singer |
| 3002 | January 7 | Birth | 1976 – Tomas Ražanauskas, Lithuanian footballer and manager |
| 3003 | January 7 | Birth | 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player |
| 3004 | January 7 | Birth | 1976 – Kierston Wareing, English actress |
| 3005 | January 7 | Birth | 1977 – Michelle Behennah, Singaporean-English model |
| 3006 | January 7 | Birth | 1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor, director, and producer |
| 3007 | January 7 | Birth | 1977 – John Gidding, American architect and television host |
| 3008 | January 7 | Birth | 1977 – Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright |
| 3009 | January 7 | Birth | 1977 – Marco Storari, Italian footballer |
| 3010 | January 7 | Birth | 1978 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian shooting victim (d. 2005) |
| 3011 | January 7 | Birth | 1978 – Asami Imajuku, Japanese model, actress, and singer |
| 3012 | January 7 | Birth | 1978 – Kevin Mench, American baseball player |
| 3013 | January 7 | Birth | 1978 – Emilio Palma, Argentinian citizen first person born on Antarctica |
| 3014 | January 7 | Birth | 1978 – Ryan Star, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 3015 | January 7 | Birth | 1979 – Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and singer |
| 3016 | January 7 | Birth | 1979 – Aloe Blacc, American singer-songwriter |
| 3017 | January 7 | Birth | 1979 – Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver |
| 3018 | January 7 | Birth | 1979 – Mariángel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Venezuela 2002 |
| 3019 | January 7 | Birth | 1980 – Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand rugby player |
| 3020 | January 7 | Birth | 1980 – Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999 |
| 3021 | January 7 | Birth | 1980 – Merritt Wever, American actress |
| 3022 | January 7 | Birth | 1981 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 3023 | January 7 | Birth | 1981 – Marquis Daniels, American basketball player |
| 3024 | January 7 | Birth | 1982 – Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 3025 | January 7 | Birth | 1982 – Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer |
| 3026 | January 7 | Birth | 1982 – Sho Tomita, Japanese actor |
| 3027 | January 7 | Birth | 1982 – Priit Viks, Estonian biathlete |
| 3028 | January 7 | Birth | 1982 – Ianina Zanazzi, Argentinian race car driver |
| 3029 | January 7 | Birth | 1983 – Marc Burns, Trinidadian sprinter |
| 3030 | January 7 | Birth | 1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player |