List of Famous people born on January 1st

Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist best known for his paintings which explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II is a recurring theme in his work. He is a key figure of the generation of European figurative painters who gained renown at a time when many believed the medium had lost its relevance due to the new digital age.

Ali Kaya is a Turkish serial killer. Nicknamed "The Babyface Killer", Kaya is responsible for ten murders.

Zoe Telford is an English actress.

Patrice Vermette is a Canadian production designer/art director who has won three awards for his work on C.R.A.Z.Y., the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and a Jutra Award for Best Art Direction. His other work includes 1981, La Cité, Café de Flore and The Young Victoria. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for his work in the film The Young Victoria. He was nominated again in the category Best Production Design for his work in the film Arrival at the 89th Academy Awards.

Hikmet Sami Türk is a Turkish academic and politician. He was at the faculty of law of Ankara University from 1967 until 1995. Elected to parliament from 1995 to 2002 for the Democratic Left Party, he was Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice. He joined the faculty of Bilkent University in 2005. In 2009 he survived an assassination attempt by Dev-Sol.

Tamrat Layne Admassu is an Ethiopian former politician and a converted born-again Christian. He had served as 1st Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the transitional government of the EPRDF after the end of the Derg regime. Previously during the 1980s, he was a leader of the Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement, one of the groups that fought against Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in the Ethiopian Civil War.