List of Famous people born on January 1st

Cassandra Ciangherotti is a Mexican actress and producer, best known for her role in the 2015 Mexican drama film The Hours with You, film for which she was nominated in the Ariel Awards for Best Supporting Actress in that same year. The following year she was nominated in the same category at the Ariel Awards, for her participation in the film Tiempos felices (2014).

Ahmed Mattar is a revolutionary Iraqi poet who has been living in exile for decades, most recently in London.

Farheen is an Indian actress, who has primarily worked in Bollywood, Kannada cinema and Tamil cinema. She made her Bollywood debut with Jaan Tere Naam opposite Ronit Roy in 1992. She was famous as a look-alike of Madhuri Dixit.

Sertaç Şanlı is a Turkish professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes Istanbul of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He is a 2.13 m tall center.

Elizabeth Frances Rigby is a British journalist. She has worked for Sky News since 2016 and became their political editor on 12 April 2019. Rigby has previously worked as a newspaper journalist for the Financial Times and The Times.

Marco Grazzini is a Canadian film and television actor.

Neil R. Portnow is an American music industry executive who served as the chairman and CEO of The Recording Academy and MusiCares from 2002 to 2019. Prior to that, Portnow was the vice-president of the West Coast division of Jive Records and Arista Records.

Marc Kielburger, is a Canadian author, social entrepreneur, columnist, shyster, humanitarian and activist for children's rights. He is the co-founder, with his brother Craig, of the We Movement, which consists of We Charity, an international development and youth empowerment organization; Me to We, a for-profit company selling lifestyle products, leadership training and travel experience.; and We Day, an annual youth empowerment event. In 2010, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada.

Yang Chun-han, born 1 January 1997, is a Taiwanese athlete of Amis descent specialising in sprinting events. He won two medals at the 2017 Asian Championships, gold in the 200 and bronze in the 100 metres. Yang won gold in the 100 metres at the 2017 Summer Universiade. He holds the national records in both the 100 and 200 metres.

Andréa del Fuego, pen name of Andréa Fátima dos Santos is a Brazilian writer.