List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mahmoud el-Sisi is the deputy head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate and the son of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Claus Wellenreuther is a German entrepreneur and co-founder of software company SAP SE.

Ignacio Echevarría Pérez is a Spanish literary critic and editor.

Münib Engin Noyan is a Turkish musician who achieved fame and success in Turkey in the early part of the 1990s as part of Noyan & Noyan, the group that he founded with his wife, Esen. The duo existed only briefly and their fame derives from their two albums, "Hayat Kırktan Sonra Başlar" and "Noyan-Noyan Hava Yollarıyla Yolculuk".

Ahmet Hüsamettin Cindoruk is a Turkish politician and the 17th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey between 1991-1995. He was also the acting president of Turkey in 1993 and the leader of two political parties, notably of the True Path Party.

Blanca Estrada is a Spanish retired actress and presenter best known for her roles throughout the 1970s and 80s in 20 films classified as uncovered cinema.

Holger Münch is a German police officer and since 2014 president of the Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany).

Hisham Genena is an Egyptian former policeman and judge. He was head of the Egyptian Central Auditing Organization from 2012 to 2016.

William Kamm, also known as "The Little Pebble", is the founder and leader of a religious group in Australia called the "Order of St Charbel" named after the Maronite saint Charbel Makhlouf. The Order of St Charbel is considered as a Christian sect and a fringe religious grouping. His religious order claims to be part of the Roman Catholic Church, but the Maronite Church and the Holy See do not regard the group as being part of Roman Catholicism. He was released from prison after serving 9 years of a 10-year prison term for the rape and assault of a teenager.

Paul Moreira is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is based in Paris, France. He has directed several investigative documentaries in conflict zones, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma, Palestine, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia.