List of Famous people born on January 1st

Antauro Igor Humala Tasso is a Peruvian nationalist and a former army major.

March Tian Boedihardjo is a Hong Kong mathematician. He is a former child prodigy of ethnic Hokkien descent with ancestry from Anxi, Quanzhou, China.

Jay Shetty is a British author, former monk, and purpose coach. As the host of the podcast On Purpose, his guests have included Alicia Keys, Khloe Kardashian, and Kobe Bryant, resulting in 64 million downloads. He has appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, A Little Late with Lilly Singh and Today to discuss mental health and life purpose.

Kumiko Haba is a Japanese Professor of International Politics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Her research is International Relations, International Politics, International Sociology, Power Shift and National Anxiety, Immigrants-Refugee questions, Nationalism and Xenophobia in the European Union. She wrote a book, Division and Integration in Europe, Nationalism and Border in the Enlarged EU—Inclusion or Exclusion, Chuokoronshinsya, 2016.

John Sham Kin-Fun is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. His English name is sometimes written as John Shum. Whilst known primarily for his comedic acting roles in Hong Kong cinema, he also spent time as a political activist.

Ahmet Altay Cengizer is a Turkish diplomat and the current permanent delegate at the UNESCO for Turkey.

Holly Van Voast is an American artist, photographer, videographer, painter, and perceived topless activist mostly known for her topless appearances in public and in front of celebrities. These events tested New York City courts' interpretation of legal precedent from New York State, asserting that, on the basis of gender equality, women as well as men can walk topless in public.

Glenn Alan Fine is the former principal deputy Inspector General of the Department of Defense and former Acting IG of the Department of Defense. He joined the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General in June 2015.

Qi Xin is a member of the Communist Party of China, who also wrote various articles on her husband Xi Zhongxun and is the mother of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

Erdal Özyağcılar is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in films, on the stage and on television.