List of Famous people born on January 1st

Neville Duarte de Almeida, known as Neville d'Almeida, is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, objects of art and performance.

Randas José Vilela Batista is a Brazilian medical doctor and cardiac surgeon. He graduated in medicine at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in 1972. After that, he moved to United States to do residency. Twelve years later, after passing through Canada, England and France, he would end up with a postgraduate degree in cardiac surgery. Then he returned to teach medicine in Brazil.

Ayça Damgacı is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her role in the 2008 movie My Marlon and Brando , which earned her the Best Actress award at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Toujan al-Faisal is a human rights activist and a former TV journalist, who was Jordan's first female member of parliament.

Bilge Demirköz is a professor of high energy physics at Middle East Technical University. She coordinates the Particle Radiation Tests Creation Laboratory, the first collaboration between Turkey and CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Wang Su-yun is a Taiwanese politician.