List of Famous people born on January 1st

Alex Law Kai-Yui is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer.

Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri, is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Al-Hilal.

Osman Zolan is a Turkish politician and lawyer who is the current Denizli Metropolitan Municipality of Turkey.

Sureyya Ciliv is a business executive who is currently Chairman of System Capital, System Morgan and Kuika Inc. Between 2007 - 2015, Ciliv was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Turkcell Group - the leading technology and communications company in Turkey, a NYSE listed company with 72 million subscribers in 8 countries. Previously, he held executive positions at Microsoft Corporation between 1997 - 2007. Sureyya Ciliv received the Global CEO of the Year Award at World Communication Awards in 2009.

Keyu Jin is a Chinese economist, associate professor of economics at the London School of Economics and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, specialising in international macroeconomics and the Chinese economy. Her research focuses on global trade imbalances, global asset prices and China's economic growth model.

Talal El Merhebi, born in the end of 1946, is the son of Khaled Beik Abdulkader El Merhebi, politician and leader in the North Lebanon district of Akkar. Khaled Beik had eight children, six daughters and two sons, Khaldoun and Talal.

Abdullah Eida al-Ruzami was the military leader of Zaidi rebels, known as the Houthis, who fought against the government of Yemen during the Houthi insurgency in Yemen.

Zhang Songwen is a Chinese actor and acting coach. He is known for starring in the 2018 film The Shadow Play and the 2020 drama The Bad Kids.

Dr. Hao Ping is a Chinese politician and historian currently serving as Communist Party Secretary of Peking University. He formerly served as Vice Minister of Education.

Ali Haydar, known as the "father of the Syrian Special Forces", was the commander of the Syrian Special Forces for 26 years and a close confidant to President Hafez al-Assad. He was also one of the members of his inner circle.