List of Famous people born on January 1st

Yang Keng is a Chinese billionaire whose fortune derives from his stake in Sichuan Languang Development. He began in auto parts before transitioning into real estate. He resides in Chengdu, and attended Sichuan University.

Peter James Bryant is an American actor best known for his roles as Bling in the television series Dark Angel and Waldo Weatherbee on the television series Riverdale.

Elham Manea is of dual nationalities, Yemeni and Swiss. She works as a Privatdozentin and specialized on the Middle East, a writer, and a human rights activist. She has been a vocal advocate for the separation of state and religion in Islamic countries, freedoms of expression and belief, and the defence for civil, human, women's, and minorities rights in the Arab MENA region. She is also known as a harsh critic of the ideologies and policies of Islamist movements in its two forms, Societal Islamism and political Islamism.

Dan O'Keefe is an American television writer and producer, who has worked on such shows as Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, The League, Silicon Valley, and Veep.