List of Famous people born on January 1st

Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming, is the provincial secretary general of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (HKSKH) and a chaplain of HKSKH St John's Cathedral. He is also a member of the Election Committee and 13th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Ryusei Kawano is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Roland Tombekai Dempster (1910–1965) was a Liberian writer and literary figure. He was born in Tosoh, Grand Cape Mount County in the Republic of Liberia. He wrote The Mystic Reformation of Gondolia in 1953. On January 4, 1960, he wrote A Song Out of Midnight: Souvenir of the Tubman-Tolbert Inauguration. He also wrote the poem "Africa's Plea".

Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering numerous asteroids and a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman–Skiff and 140P/Bowell–Skiff.

Sahar El Hawari was a promoter of Women's football in Egypt. Sahar El Hawari became the first female member of the Egyptian Football Federation, the first women's referee in Africa, and a member of FIFA.