List of Famous people born on February 1st
Jocelerme Privert
Jocelerme Privert is a Haitian accountant, bureaucrat, and a former provisional President of Haiti.
Eleanor Laing
Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping Forest constituency since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, she has served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since 2020.
Therese Brandl
Therese Brandl was a Nazi concentration camp guard.
Risa Wataya
Risa Wataya is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.
Mario Pelchat
Mario Pelchat is a Canadian Francophone singer from Quebec. He received the Felix Award in 1990 and 1992.
Moisés Henriques
Moises Constantino Henriques is a Portugese-Australian professional cricketer who currently plays for New South Wales. He is the first cricketer born in Portugal to play for Australia in an international match.
Sara Jacobs
Sara Josephine Jacobs is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 53rd congressional district. Her district includes central and eastern portions of the city of San Diego, as well as eastern suburbs such as El Cajon, La Mesa, Spring Valley, and Lemon Grove. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the youngest member of the California congressional delegation.
Ryō Horikawa
Ryō Horikawa is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Osaka. He is married to fellow Japanese voice actress Hitomi Oikawa since 1988, whose birth name is also Horikawa (堀川). His former stage name is also Ryō Horikawa , which uses the kanji of his given name, though pronounced "Ryō". He is best known for his role as Vegeta from the Dragon Ball series, Reinhard von Lohengramm from Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Andromeda Shun from Saint Seiya, Heiji Hattori from Detective Conan, and Captain Falcon in the Super Smash Bros. series.
Koyuki Higashi
Koyuki Higashi is a Japanese LGBT activist, stage actress and writer. From 2005 to 2006 she was an otokoyaku member of the Takarazuka Revue Hana-gumi under the name Aura Maki (あうら真輝). From the fall of 2010 she became involved in LGBT issues.
Shobha Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor is an Indian television, film and web series producer. She is the Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms Limited, a film, TV and web series production house in Mumbai, India, run by her and her daughter Ekta Kapoor.