List of Famous people born on January 1st

Jean François Mbaye is a French politician representing La République En Marche! (LREM). He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Val-de-Marne.

Hiroshi Fujiwara is a Japanese musician, producer, and designer.

Michael Roy Bates, also known as Prince Michael of Sealand, is a British businessman and self-published author. He operates a micronation called the Principality of Sealand, which he inherited from his parents Paddy Roy Bates and Joan Bates. He has claimed the title "Prince of Sealand" since 2012.

Michel Duflo is a French mathematician working in the representation theory of Lie groups.

Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Nihat Zeybekci is a Turkish economist, politician, a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the current Minister of the Economy.

Masaru Kaneko is a Japanese Marxian economist specializing in Institutional economics, public finance and local government finance. He is best known for appearance in TV shows such as Sunday Morning or Asamade nama terebi and authoring several books and newspaper articles. Since 2000, he has been a professor at Keio University.

Babsie Steger is an Austrian television actress, dancer, singer and television presenter.

Ali Al Hajj is the former major general and director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces.

Banu Güven is a Turkish journalist. She worked at NTV for 14 years (1997–2011), presenting programmes such as Gecen Hafta – Bu Hafta and 24 Saat. She has been a foreign correspondent for Milliyet, and writes for Radikal.