List of Famous people born on January 1st

Field Marshal Saleh Al-Muhaya, is the former Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Army and the Vice-Commander of the Saudi Armed Forces. Beside the Field Marshal-Prince Khalid bin Sultan, Al-Muhaya led the Saudi Arabian Army in the Gulf War with the Allied Forces. He later commanded Saudi Forces during the Shia insurgency in Yemen before retiring in 2011.

Parviz Sayyad is a celebrated actor, director, translator and screenwriter of Iranian cinema.

Khaled Toukan is the current chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, he served previously as the Minister of Energy for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2011), Minister of Education (2000-2008), and as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (2001–2002).

Patrice Brun, is a French historian, a specialist of ancient Greece and epigraphy. His research focuses on the history of classical and Hellenistic Greece. He was president of the Bordeaux Montaigne University between 2009 and 2012.

Thanaa Debsi is a Syrian actress.

Peter Zimmermann is a German painter, sculptor, object artist and university professor.