List of Famous people born on January 1st

Angela Grant is a British actress best known for her appearances in 4 Carry On films including Carry On Up the Khyber and Carry On Girls. Before she began her acting career, she was a teenage fashion model for Michael Whittaker. She now does public speaking and work for charity. She lives in Knightsbridge, London.

Ayad al-Samarrai is a Sunni Arab Iraqi politician, who was the chairman of the Iraqi Accord Front parliamentary group, and since July 2011 is the Secretary-General of the Iraqi Islamic Party. He was elected as the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on April 19, 2009, and served until June 2010.

Chen Rugui is a Chinese politician who is the current vice chairman of Guangdong People's Congress. Previously he served as mayor of Shenzhen. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in June 2022.

Aubrey Kachingwe is a Malawian novelist and short-story writer. He was educated in Malawi and Tanzania. He is "famed for being the first Malawian writer to publish with the prestigious African Writers Series .. he published a political novel, No Easy Task, in 1966 just four years after African Writers Series was launched." It was his first and only novel. He has written many short stories published in local and international papers and magazines.

Nguyễn Đăng Quang is a Vietnamese billionaire businessman