List of Famous people born on January 1st

Michéal Ó hUiginn was the Mayor of Galway on three separate occasions: from 1972–1973, 1979–1980, and 1995–1996.

Guy Reiss (1904–1964) was a French astronomer and discoverer of five asteroids, who worked at the Algiers Observatory in Algiers, North Africa, during the 1930s and later at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France.

S. Cofré is or was a Chilean astronomer of the University of Chile, and co-discoverer of 11 minor planets together with Chilean astronomer Carlos Torres from the Cerro El Roble astronomical observatory, Chile, in 1968. One of her co-discoveries is the 10-kilometer sized inner main-belt asteroid and member of the Eos family, 1992 Galvarino, named for the 16th century Mapuche warrior.

Wang Shucheng is a Chinese politician who served as minister of Water Resources from 1998 to 2007. He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress and a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.