List of Famous people born on January 1st
Walid Fitaihi
Walid Fitaihi is a Saudi-American physician and also a motivational speaker on Saudi television. In November 2017, a decade after returning from study and work in the United States, Fitaihi was arrested by Saudi authorities and taken to the Ritz Carlton hotel as part of the 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge, together with many prominent prisoners. He was later moved to al-Hair prison, south of the capital.
Angie Be
Angie Be pseudonym of Élodie Bouche, is a French singer and former candidate of Secret Story 2009 (France). Her single "Soundwaves" reached number 17 on the French charts in 2009 and remained on the chart for almost one year. In December 2009, a French version of Soundwaves was available digitally. This version was in the musical programming of Fun Radio during October 2009 – March 2010.
Michel Kilo
Michel Kilo is a Syrian Christian writer and human rights activist, who has been called "one of Syria's leading opposition thinkers."
Muhammed Gümüşkaya
Muhammed Gümüşkaya is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder at Fenerbahçe.
Abdullah Levent Tüzel
Abdullah Levent Tüzel is a Turkish politician who was one of the founders of the Labour Party (EMEP) in 1996. He was a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's third electoral district, had been elected as an Independent in the 2011 general election with the backing of the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc. He was with the parliamentary group of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Petra Joy
Petra Joy is an award-winning German feminist film director, film producer, TV producer, distributor, author, and photographer. She lives in Brighton, England. Along with Candida Royalle, Annie Sprinkle, Maria Beatty, and others, she is one of the pioneers of the movement to make pornography for women. Her genre is described as "art-core," meaning the focus is on sexuality from the female perspective, female pleasure, and creative, sensual play. Common themes in her erotic films include safe sex, men seen as sexual objects, female fantasies, and male bisexuality.
Sophie Renoir
Sophie Renoir is a French actress. She is the great-granddaughter of the French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), and daughter of the cinematographer Claude Renoir (1913–1993), granddaughter of actors Pierre Renoir and Véra Sergine, and grand-niece of film director Jean Renoir.
Wataru Matsumoto
Wataru Matsumoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Felipe Francischini
Luis Felipe Bonatto Francischini is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative in the lower house of the national legislature since 2019 and the state legislature from 2011 to 2019.
Fumiya Kurokawa
Fumiya Kurokawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.