List of Famous people born on January 1st

Ali Bardakoğlu served as the president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey between 2003 and 2010.

Michael Herz is a German businessman, co-owner of the German coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo.

Hans-Jörg Koenigsmann is a German aerospace engineer who was Vice President of Mission Assurance for SpaceX until his retirement in 2021.

Kazumasa Nagai is a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer. He attended the University of the Arts in Tokyo to study sculpture, but had to stop due to health problems.

Lilia Katri Moritz Schwarcz is a Brazilian historian and anthropologist. She is a doctor in social anthropology at the University of São Paulo, full professor at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas in the same institution, and visiting professor at Princeton University.

Mohamed El Ouafa was a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party. He was Minister of Education in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet.

Turgay Ciner is a Turkish industrialist whose investments are located in Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Ciner Group is a conglomerate which carries out its activities in four main groups; Energy and Mining, Glass and Chemicals, Shipping and Maritime, Media.

Anwar al-Bunni is a Syrian human rights lawyer who has defended clients such as Riad al-Turk, Riad Seif, the owner of The Lamplighter,, Kurdish protesters, and "dozens of others."

Kenzo Fujisue is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, he graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology and received master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United States. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 when he left assistant professorship at the University of Tokyo.

Levin Zhu Yunlai is a Chinese businessman. He is the eldest son of Zhu Rongji, a former Premier of the People's Republic of China. In 1994, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin, studying atmospheric science.