List of Famous people born on January 1st

Camila Batmanghelidjh, CBE is an Iranian-born author and former charity executive in the United Kingdom. She is best known as the founder of Kids Company, a charity which worked with marginalised children and young people in the UK.

Sanjaya Baru is a political commentator and policy analyst. He served as Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) until his resignation in April 2018. Prior to this, he was Director for Geo-Economics and Strategy at the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's media advisor and chief spokesperson (PMO) from May 2004 until August 2008. He has also served as associate editor at The Economic Times and The Times of India, and then chief editor at Business Standard. His father B. P. R. Vithal was Finance and Planning Secretary during Dr. Manmohan Singh's tenure as Secretary of Finance in the Government of India.

Denis Ménochet is a French actor. Ménochet is known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds.

Kōsei Yoshida is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Cooper Hoffman is an American actor. He is the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mimi O'Donnell. He will make his film debut for the 2021 film Licorice Pizza written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Kishwer Merchant is an Indian television actress and model. Merchant is well known for acting in the shows Hip Hip Hurray, Ek Hasina Thi, Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar, Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal and Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani. She was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss 9 in 2015.

Sardar Azmoun is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Iran national team as a forward.

Obadiah Richard "Obi" Toppin Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Dayton Flyers. Listed at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), he plays the power forward position.

Vidya Balan is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014.

Moriah Rose Pereira, known professionally as Poppy and formerly That Poppy, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and YouTuber. In 2014, she rose to prominence by starring in performance art videos that presented her as an uncanny valley-like android entity who commented on and satirised internet culture and modern society. The videos achieved viral fame. In 2013, she signed a recording contract with Island Records and released Bubblebath, her debut EP.