List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mark Bradford is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.

Danielle Denise O'Toole-Trejo is a former collegiate All-American, pro left-handed softball pitcher originally from Upland, California, US. She graduated from the University of Arizona Wildcats in 2016-2017. She was a starting pitcher for two years after transferring from San Diego State Aztecs from 2013-14. She graduated and was selected #8 overall in the National Pro Fastpitch draft by the Chicago Bandits, which she has played with on and off for three seasons. She has also played for Team USA before joining Team Mexico and helped them earn a bid to play in 2020 Tokyo Olympics. O'Toole has also coached for the San Diego Toreros. Currently, she is playing in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited.

Valentino Talluto is an Italian man who was charged in 2017 for the criminal transmission of HIV to at least 30 women and sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment.

Akinfayoshe Daniel Oturu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Joseph-Achille Mbembe, known as Achille Mbembe, is a Cameroonian philosopher, political theorist, and public intellectual.

Xie Zhenhua is a Chinese politician who served as vice-chairman of China's top economic development body, the National Development and Reform Commission. He is China's special climate envoy.

Leila Abouzeid is a Moroccan author. She writes in Arabic and is the first Moroccan woman writer of literature to have her works published in English-language translation.

Agathe de La Boulaye is a French film and television actress. She played Adele Rousseau in 2004 science fiction film Alien vs. Predator. In 2008 she played quadriplegic psychiatrist Claire Etxebarra in television series Disparitions, retour aux sources.

Silvia Bottini is an Italian actress and model. She has frequently collaborated with Silvio Raffo.

Kentaro Iwata is a Japanese physician, professor and infectious diseases expert at Kobe University.