List of Famous people born on January 1st

Miyuki Kitagawa is a Japanese manga artist. She was born on January 1, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan.

Günther "Jim" Rakete is a photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, writer and producer based in Berlin.

Hakan Karahan, also known with his pseudonym Sinan, is a Turkish writer and songwriter. He wrote several songs for Candan Erçetin and was producer for the movies Kaptan Feza and Gölgesizler.

Juan Manuel Sánchez Miño is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata as a left back or a left winger.

Eston Kohver is an Estonian officer of the Estonian Internal Security Service who was detained by the Russian FSB on 5 September 2014 under disputed circumstances, creating a major political rift in Estonia–Russia relations. In Russia, Kohver was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but in September 2015 was returned to Estonia in a prisoner exchange.

Mathilda Karlsson is a Sri Lankan born Swedish equestrian athlete. Mathila hails from Sri Lanka and was adopted by her Swedish parents when she was three months old. She competed for Sweden until 2018, when she switched to her native country. In 2021 she qualified as an individual rider for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, being the first Sri Lankan equestrian at the Olympic Games. She also became the first Sri Lankan to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Her horse is named as Chopin VA.

Natsuko Imamura is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated three times for the Akutagawa Prize, and won the prize in 2019. She has also won the Dazai Osamu Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and the Noma Literary New Face Prize.

Au Ka-wang is the current Director of Immigration of Hong Kong since July 2020. He began service in the Immigration Department in 1988.

Carlos Agustín Ahumada Kurtz is an entrepreneur of dual Argentine-Mexican nationality. His main areas of business are mining, construction and football. He founded the El Independiente newspaper in Mexico and was a partner and founding member of Colegio de Imagen Pública A.C.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist.