List of Famous people born on January 1st

Baekuni, also known as Babe, is an Indonesian serial killer who mutilated and sexually abused several boys.

Joshua A. Fogel is a Sinologist, historian, and translator who specializes in the history of modern China, especially on the cultural and political relations between China and Japan. He has held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada since 2005. He holds dual American and Canadian citizenship.

Kamil Chadirji, also spelled Kamil al-Chadirji or Kamel al-Chaderji, was an Iraqi politician, photographer, lawyer, activist, and founder of the National Democratic Party in Iraq. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq in the 1920s and 1950s. He was the father of Rifat Chadirji.

Kazuhisa Uekusa, known by the stage names of Wes-P or Mr Uekusa, is a Japanese entertainer who has gone viral on Twitter and TikTok. He is known for performing risque prop comic versions of the tablecloth trick.

Zhang Zhongsheng is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Shanxi. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in May 2014. Previously he served as vice mayor of Lüliang, and before that, magistrate and then party secretary of Zhongyang County, the coal-rich county where he worked for over 34 years. Zhang was sacked for graft in May 2014 and was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes worth 1.04 billion yuan.