List of Famous people born on January 1st

Park Sung-hyun is an archer from South Korea who competed in two Olympic Games, winning three gold medals. Park made her international archery debut in 2001, winning the women's recurve title at that year's World Archery Championships. Her Olympic debut came at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won gold medals in both the women's individual and women's team events. She won two further medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, achieving her third Olympic gold in the women's team event before earning the silver medal as the runner-up in the women's individual event.

Brett L. Helquist is an American illustrator best known for his work in the children's books A Series of Unfortunate Events. As such, his illustrations for that series have appeared in multiple media, including the books, the audio book covers, and the calendars.

Kamil Okyay Sındır is a Turkish politician who has served as the General Secretary of the Republican People's Party (CHP) since 24 January 2016. He has been a Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district since 7 June 2015, having been elected in the June 2015 general election and re-elected in the November 2015 election. Between 2009 and 2014, he served as the Mayor of Bornova, a district in metropolitan İzmir.

Kenn Navarro is a Filipino Mexican, animator known for creating the popular internet cartoon Happy Tree Friends. He did a one-time role as a green derby-hatted man from the Dick Figures episode "Kitty Amazing".

Abdelouahab Aissaoui is an Algerian writer. He was born in Djelfa and studied engineering at Zayan Ashour University. He has written a series of critically acclaimed novels, the most recent of which, The Spartan Court, won the IPAF Prize, recognized as the Arab world's most important fiction prize.