List of Famous people born on January 1st

Nicho Hynes is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or fullback for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL.

Motomu Toriyama is a Japanese game director and scenario writer who has been working for Square Enix since 1994. He initially worked on cutscenes in Bahamut Lagoon and Final Fantasy VII before serving as one of the 3 directors on Final Fantasy X under Yoshinori Kitase where he was incharge of events.

Son Seok-koo or Son Suk-ku is a South Korean actor under SBD Entertainment. He starred in the Korean television series Matrimonial Chaos (2018) and Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019).

Murray Langston, who frequently performed using the stage name "The Unknown Comic", is a Canadian actor and stand-up comedian best known for his performances on The Gong Show, during which he usually appeared with a paper bag over his head.

Rachid Talbi Alami is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents party. He was Minister of Trade, Industry and Telecommunication and Delegate-Minister for General and Economic Affairs in the cabinet of Driss Jettou. He was also Mayor of Tetouan. He was the President of the House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017.

Becky Lam is a Hong Kong actress. She won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards.

Rusi P. Taleyarkhan is a faculty member in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University since 2003. Prior to that, he was on staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He obtained his Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1977 and MS and PhD degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1978 and 1982 respectively. He also holds an MBA from RPI. He was judged guilty of research misconduct for "falsification of the research record" by a Purdue review board in July, 2008.

Rainer Zitelmann is a German historian, author, management consultant and real estate expert.

Ronald Owen Perelman is an American banker, businessman and investor. MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, his company, has invested in companies with interests in groceries, cigars, licorice, makeup, cars, photography, television, camping supplies, security, gaming, jewelry, banks, and comic book publishing. Perelman holds significant shares in companies such as Deluxe Entertainment, Revlon, SIGA Technologies RetailMeNot, Merisant, Scantron, Scientific Games Corporation, Valassis, vTv Therapeutics and Harland Clarke. He previously owned a majority of shares in AM General, but in 2020 sold the majority of his shares in AM General along with significant works of art, in light of the impact of the economy on the high debt burdens many of his companies have from leveraged buyouts. In early 2020, Revlon, acquired by Perelman in the 1980s, undertook a debt deal. Previously worth 19.8 billion in 2018, Perelman is, as of September 2020, worth 4.3 billion.

Semih Tufan Gülaltay is the founder of the militant Turkish Revenge Brigade, and the National Unity Party.