List of Famous people born on January 1st

Ron Jones is an American writer and formerly a teacher in Palo Alto, California. He is internationally known for the adaptation of his The Third Wave classroom exercise, which inspired the made-for-TV movie The Wave and other works, including a theatrical film in 2008. The original TV movie won the Emmy and Peabody Awards. His books The Acorn People and B-Ball have also been made into TV dramas. Jones lives in San Francisco, California where he regularly performs as a storyteller.

Tihomir "Tim" Orešković is a Croatian Canadian businessman who was Prime Minister of Croatia from January to October 2016.

Oceana Wu is a Taiwanese actress under Enjoy Entertainment Co. She is best known for her role in the television series, Hello Again!

Erdem Moralioglu is a British fashion designer.

Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova is a Russian-born Israeli pianist and musical director.

Mukhtar Rabatuly Aymakhanov is a Russian cosmonaut; he was originally a Kazakhstani cosmonaut.

Cheng Lai-king is a Hong Kong politician who serves as District Councillor for the Castle Road constituency, and as chairwoman of Central and Western District Council. She is a member of the Democratic Party and a registered social worker.

Yasuhisa Toyota is an acoustician who has been chief acoustician for over 50 projects worldwide, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Bard College Performing Arts Center in New York, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. He is the company director and U.S. Representative of Nagata Acoustics of Tokyo.

Cristian Zúñiga is a Colombian footballer husband of Guido Villalta Morante and first cousin of Colombian player Camilo Zúñiga who currently plays for San Francisco F. C. in Panama.

Mariam al-Mansouri, , is the first female fighter pilot of the United Arab Emirates. She was one of the first women to join the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) academy, graduating in 2007. She flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon and led UAE mission airstrikes against ISIS over Syria.