List of Famous people born on January 1st

Cheung Wing-sing was the wife of Wing Chun master Yip Man.

María Dueñas Vinuesa is a Spanish writer and professor.

Nedim Şener is a Turkish writer and journalist who has written for the Milliyet and Posta newspapers. He has received a number of journalism awards, including the Turkish Journalists' Association Press Freedom Award, the International Press Institute's World Press Freedom Heroes award, and PEN Freedom of Expression Award. He is particularly known for his 2009 book on the assassination of Hrant Dink, which showed the role of Turkish security. He is under indictment in the Odatv case of the Ergenekon trials because, he believes, his 2009 book alleged that police officers responsible for the Ergenekon investigation were responsible for the Dink murder.

Phoebe Philo OBE is a British fashion designer. She was the creative director of Céline from 2008 to 2018 and creative director of Chloé from 2001 to 2006.

Nilay Deniz is a Turkish actress.

Paul Higgins is a Scottish actor, best known for appearing in the British television series The Thick of It, Utopia and Line of Duty.

Soslan Lyudvikovich Ramonov is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He is a 2016 Olympic gold medalist. In 2014 he won a national and a world title in the -65 kg category. He is coached by Anatoly Margiyev and his uncle, Stanislav Ramonov. His elder brother Alan and cousin Hamlet are also competitive wrestlers. In the final match of the Alexander Medved International tournament he beat the current World Champion Frank Chamizo of Italy. At the 2016 Olympics he beat Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan in the final match.

Christina Marie Hoff Sommers is an American author and philosopher. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Sommers is known for her critique of contemporary feminism. Her work includes the books Who Stole Feminism? (1994) and The War Against Boys (2000). She also hosts a video blog called The Factual Feminist.

Kenny A. Troutt was the founder of Excel Communications, a Texas-based telecommunications company that offered long distance phone service. Troutt became a billionaire in 1998 when Excel was sold to Teleglobe for $3.5 billion. As of 2014, his net worth was approx. US$1.5 billion.

Marco Dimitri was an Italian atheistic Satanist, the president of the cultural association "Bambini di Satana".