List of Famous people born on January 1st

Wen Guodong is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in northwest China's Qinghai province. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in September 2020. Previously he served as vice governor of Qinghai. He entered the workforce in July 1987, and joined the Communist Party of China in August 1995.

Irene Ryder was a popular Eurasian Hong Kong English pop singer and actress in Hong Kong during the 1960s.

Abdul-Rahman bin Nasir al-Barrak is a Saudi Salafi cleric.

Nouriya Al-Subaih is a former education minister of Kuwait. In January 2008, she survived a no confidence vote by MPs. After the 2009 general election, she was replaced as education minister by Moudhi Humoud.

Dai Xu is a Chinese author, social commentator, and the president of Marine Institute For Security And Cooperation (海洋安全与合作研究院). He is also a professor at the PLA National Defense University. He holds the rank of Senior Colonel in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he is a supporter of communist orthodoxy and has expressed strong nationalist sentiments.

Nuray Mert, born in Trabzon, Turkey (1960), is a Turkish columnist and political scientist. She is a columnist for Hurriyet Daily News. Mert is also a Bilderberg participant.

Osama Hamdan is a senior representative of Hamas in Lebanon and is a member of the organization's politburo. He is a member of the Arab National Congress and of the Arab Islamic Conference of the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem Institute in Lebanon.