List of Famous people born on January 1st

Béatrice Casadesus is a French painter and sculptor, and professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.

Kanae Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Hiroshima Prefecture and graduate of Kyoto University, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995, attending Istanbul University while in the ministry. In 2001, after leaving the ministry, she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Hind Rafic al-Hariri is the youngest child of Lebanese businessman and politician Rafik Hariri. She graduated from the Lebanese American University in Beirut and campaigned for her half-brother Saad in Lebanese elections. In 2008, Forbes magazine listed her as "one of the world's youngest billionaires".

Tuğçe Kandemir is a Turkish singer-songwriter and literature teacher.

Madawi al-Rasheed, is a Saudi Arabian professor of social anthropology. Al-Rasheed has held a position at the department of Theology and Religious Studies in King's College London and as a Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She gives occasional lectures in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. She is the granddaughter of Mohammed bin Talal al-Rasheed, the last prince of the Emirate of Ha'il. She has written several books and articles in academic journals on the Arabian Peninsula, Arab migration, globalisation, gender, and religious transnationalism. As of 2016, she is a Visiting Research Professor at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.

Lin Wei-shan is a Taiwanese businessman. He is the present chairman and president of Tatung Company, which his grandfather Lin Shan-chih founded in 1918. He took over the presidency from his father Lin Ting-sheng on 17 March 2006. However, his wife Lin Kuo Wen-yen is widely considered as the de facto executor in Tatung.

Nikos K. Logothetis is a Greek biologist and neuroscientist. Logothetis studies visual perception and object recognition; he is well-known for his work demonstrating that BOLD fMRI data is related to neuronal activity. Logothetis directed the department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen from 1996 to 2020. He will co-direct the International Center for Primate Brain Research in Shanghai beginning in late 2020 or early 2021.

Masumi Oshima is a Japanese writer. She has won the Bungakukai Prize and the Naoki Prize, and her works have been adapted for television and film.

Mahir Çağrı is a Turkish individual who became an Internet celebrity in 1999. His picture-laden personal homepage, which exclaimed, in broken English, his love of the accordion, travel, and women. The site was visited by millions and spawned numerous fansites and parodies, one of which was featured on Fox's MadTV. He was also repeatedly parodied in 1999 on episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman wearing red Speedos and playing ping-pong. Çağrı was ranked #2 in CNET's Top 10 Web fads. The site was also included in PC World's "The 25 Worst Web Sites" list.

Erdem Başçı is a Turkish economist and the former Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey since April 2011.