List of Famous people born on January 1st

Joaquín Cosío Figueroa is a Mexican actor.

Emily Miller is an American political communications strategist, journalist and author. In August 2020, she was the Assistant Commissioner for Media Affairs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration until she was dismissed from her position after only 11 days.

Joel Corry is a British DJ, producer and television personality. He came to prominence in 2019 with the release of his single "Sorry", featuring vocals from Hayley May, which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 2020, Corry released the singles "Lonely" and "Head & Heart". The latter, which features MNEK on vocals, spent six weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart and also became Corry's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. Corry stated that he was influenced by UK garage growing up, and that it played a "huge role in his development as a DJ and a producer".

Akemi Masuda is a retired Japanese female long-distance runner. She competed for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, although she failed to finish the race. Masuda set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:30) in 1983.

Miss Platnum, formerly known as Platnum, is a Romanian-German singer, songwriter and musician, currently signed to Virgin Records Germany.

Murat Karayalçın is a prominent Turkish politician. He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He is the founder of the new Social Democratic People's Party.

Joanna Natasegara is a British film director and producer. She produced Virunga (2014) and The White Helmets (2016), for which she received nominations for Academy Award in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary, respectively; she won the latter. Both nominations were shared with director Orlando von Einsiedel. She also worked on The Price of Kings, a documentary film series with each film focusing on a specific world leader.

Madolyn Smith is an American former actress. She is known for her roles in the films Urban Cowboy (1980), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), and Funny Farm (1988).

Ekta Sohini, also known as Ekta, is an Indian film actress and the wife of the film actor Mohnish Bahl. She made her acting debut opposite Arbaaz Ali Khan in the coming-of-age romance film Solah Satra (1990) and starred as Aditya Pancholi's love interest in Naamcheen (1991) and Tahalka (1992).She is also mother of debutant Pranutan Bahl (Notebook).

Domenico "Italian Dom" Cefalù, also known as "Greaseball", "Dom and Cheese" and "Dom from 18th Avenue", is currently the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family and influential leader of the organization's Sicilian faction.