List of Famous people born on January 1st

Tomás Alejandro Chancalay is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Racing on a loan from Colón.

Miyuki Ueta is a Japanese murderer and suspected serial killer, convicted of two murders in Tottori and possibly responsible for four others, starting from 2004 and lasting until October 2009.

Bernhard Pörksen is a German media scholar.

Claire McCardell was an American fashion designer of ready-to-wear clothing in the twentieth century. She is credited with the creation of American sportswear.

Demétrio Martinelli Magnoli is a Brazilian sociologist, PhD in human geography, writer and columnist. While in 2012, he was named by the Época magazine as one of the "New Right's shrill voices.", Magnoli considers himself a centre-left social-democrat.

Lütfullah Kayalar is a Turkish lawyer from profession and politician, who served twice as government minister. He graduated from the Law School of Ankara University with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He entered politics as a member of the Motherland Party, and was elected into the parliament as Deputy of Yozgat. Lütfullah Kayalar served in the cabinet of Turgut Özal and later of Yıldırım Akbulut as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs between 1989 and 1991, and in the cabinet of Mesut Yılmaz as Minister of Finance in 1996.

Osman Baydemir is a Turkish politician, lawyer and human rights activist of Kurdish descent. He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) until 2014 and HDP since 2014.

Germaine Ahidjo,, is a Cameroonian politician. She is the wife of the first president of the Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo. She was thus the First Lady of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982.

Shōko Hamada is a Japanese tarento, gravure idol and race queen. In addition, she has released several music CDs, mostly containing cover versions. She also worked for professional wrestling promotion Hustle in 2006, making her debut on September 7 along with fellow tarento Hitomi Kaikawa.

Thomas Holst is a German serial killer who became known as the Heidemörder.