List of Famous people born on January 1st

Silja Vöneky is a German jurist, specializing in international law and philosophy of law. She is a professor of public law, international law, and ethics of law at the University of Freiburg.

Zhang Xinqi is a retired Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Shandong. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in February 2021. He is the second vice ministerial-level official in Shandong to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog since the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2017, after Ji Xiangqi, former vice governor of Shandong. He is also the second high-level official caught in the year of the ox, after Wang Fuyu, former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Nereu Florencio "Ned" Kock is a Brazilian-American philosopher. He is a Texas A&M Regents Professor of Information Systems at Texas A&M International University.

Robert Q. Lovett is a film editor who was nominated at the 57th Academy Awards in the category of Best Film Editing for his work on The Cotton Club. He also participated in the Festival De Cannes for A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro in 2011. He worked on over 30 films and TV shows from 1963 to 2006.

Nigel Austin is an Australian business and horse racing entrepreneur. Austin is the founder and majority owner of the Cotton On Group clothing and stationery group with brands including Cotton On, Supre, Factorie and Typo. Austin owns 90% of the company with a net worth that Forbes Asia estimates at $1.36 billion.

Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique is a French businessman. He was appointed CEO of the Danone group in May 2021. His family name is Bernard de Saint-Affrique, sometimes abbreviated to de Saint-Affrique, and his given name is Antoine.