List of Famous people born on January 1st

Kyree Walker is an American basketball player who plays for the Washington Wizards of the NBA. At the high school level, he played for Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward, California before transferring to Hillcrest Prep Academy. A former MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year, Walker was a five-star recruit early in high school but left as a four-star recruit. He chose to forgo college to join a training program Chameleon BX in preparation for the 2021 NBA draft.

Mark Machin is a British investment banker who was the President and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board between 2016 and 2021.

Enock Mwepu is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion and the Zambian national team.

Michael Elko is a football coach who has been the defensive coordinator for Texas A&M Aggies football team since 2018.

Carolyn Dennis, sometimes known professionally as Carol Dennis or Carol Dennis-Dylan, is an American singer and actress best known for her work with and marriage to Bob Dylan.

Kattiannan Arjunan is an Indian politician of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).

Mark Tatulli is a comic strip writer/artist, animator and television producer, known for his strips Liō and Heart of the City and for his work on the cable reality television series Trading Spaces and A Wedding Story, for which he has won three Emmy Awards. His comics have appeared in hundreds of newspapers around the world.

Li Ganjie is a Chinese politician serving as Governor of Shandong province since July 2020. He has previously served as head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, deputy party chief of Hebei, and the Minister of Ecology and Environment from 2017 to 2020.

Xu Qiling is a general (Shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He is now the commander of the Western Theater Command. He formerly served as commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force, commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force, and commander of the 79th Group Army.

Géraldine Martineau is a French actress, originally from Nantes, France. She started acting when she was 8 years old. At the age of 17, she was accepted into the Cours Florent and started a course in the Classe Libre, before she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique two years later. She has acted on stage, on television and in movies.