List of Famous people born on January 1st

Toea Wisil is an athlete from Papua New Guinea who specializes in sprints. She was selected as her nation's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. In her race, she impressed American TV announcer Ato Bolden by running an eased up 11.60 into a strong headwind, the number one qualifier from the preliminary round of the 100 m. She was equally impressive in the quarterfinal, beating the field including Allyson Felix out of the blocks and coming within .05 of qualifying to the semi-final round, finishing ahead of athletes that did not need to run in the preliminary round. During the Pacific Games, she won a triple-triple individual gold, 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, during 3 different editions, 2011, 2015 and 2019.

Marie-Françoise Leclère was a French journalist at Elle and Le Point. She was also the co-writer of José Pinheiro's film, Les Mots pour le dire, released on 12 October 1983. She was jury at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

Ayman Odeh is an Arab Palestinian citizen of Israel, lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Israeli parliament and leader of the Hadash party and Joint List alliance.

Marilyn Galsworthy is a British actress, who acted for 15 years in the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing opposite Patrick Stewart and Alfred Molina. She is also had number of television and film roles including a small one in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me as the secretary/assistant to the villain Karl Stromberg. In the film, Stromberg requests her to leave the dining room where he shuts off the lift, which has a hidden trap door where a section of the lift shaft extends into his aquarium containing a captive shark to which she is fed.

Glyn Dillon is a British costume designer, as well as a comics and film storyboard and concept artist, best known for his work on the Star Wars films The Force Awakens and Rogue One, as well as his 2012 graphic novel The Nao of Brown.