List of Famous people born on February 1st

Zade Dirani, is a Jordanian pianist, composer, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa, whose genre blending songs are inspired by Arabic, Latin, pop, and classical music. He has performed before thousands around the world including Queen Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela, amongst others.

Kevin Dallas Martin Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Western Carolina University, where in his junior year, he averaged 24.9 points per game, which ranked second in the nation. After three years at Western Carolina, he entered the 2004 NBA draft and was selected with the 26th overall pick by the Sacramento Kings.

Li Jingjing is a Chinese slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2002 to 2013. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K1 event, finishing in 18th place. Four years later in Beijing, Li was eliminated in the semifinals of the same event. She was classified in 13th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she was once again eliminated in the semifinal of the K1 event, finishing in 11th place.

Elsa Zgheib is a Lebanese actress, born on February 1, 1981 in Amsheet, Lebanon.

Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi is a Turkish footballer who plays as a right back for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.

Seyit Torun is a Turkish economist and politician from Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Ordu since 7 June 2015.

Kristian Adelmund is a Dutch footballer who most recently played for SC Feyenoord, the amateur branch of Feyenoord.

Tsai De-sheng is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Director-General of the National Security Bureau (NSB) from 2009 to 2014.

Li Changchun is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Communist Party of China. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the Communist Party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012. He also served as Chairman of the CPC Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, de facto head of propaganda and media relations. Li had a widely varying political career spanning three provinces, first as Governor of Liaoning, then Party Secretary of Henan, and then Party Secretary of Guangdong, before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002. He retired in 2012.