List of Famous people born on January 1st

Poul B. Jensen is a Danish astronomer and a discoverer of 98 minor planets while working at Brorfelde Observatory. Between 1967 and 1969 he assisted in positional observations with the observatory's 7" transit circle. He is also a co-discoverer of the Comet Jensen-Shoemaker (1987g1). As of 2004, he is still publishing in the Minor Planet Circulars.

Afnan Al-Shuaiby is a Saudi national who is the former Secretary General and Chief Executive of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in London, England. She has held various positions in Saudi Arabia in education, and foreign companies in the USA. She sits on the boards of many organizations.

Mehmet Selim Çürükkaya ,2007/> is a founding member and later dissident from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and a Kurdish writer and International PEN member.