List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mariam Eqeal Al-Saied Hashem Al-Aqeel is a Kuwaiti accountant and politician who was the country's Minister of Finance from December 2019 to February 2020.

Terrence John O'Shaughnessy is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who previously served as the commander of United States Northern Command and as the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command.

Wang Hao is a Chinese politician who is the current Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, in office since September 3, 2019. Wang entered the workforce in July 1982, and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1984.

Tie Ning is a Chinese author based in Beijing, China. She has, since 2006, been the president of the China Writers Association and is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Her works include short stories, "Ah, Xiangxue", The Red Shirt Without Buttons, "June's Big Topic", Wheat Straw Stack, Cotton Stack, "The Village Road Takes Me Home", Rose Door, "How Long is Forever" and Da Yu Nü.

Jay Walder is the CEO of Virgin Hyperloop One, an American transportation technology company. He has been the CEO of Motivate, a bike sharing company, and of the Hong Kong transit company MTR Corporation (MTRC), before resigning from that position in July 2014.

Latife Tekin is one of the most influential Turkish female authors. She was born in 1957 in Kayseri, Turkey. She continued her education in Istanbul. In 1983, her famous novel Sevgili Arsız Ölüm was published. The magic realism in the book was drawn from the Anatolian folklore and traditions. Latife Tekin's childhood in Kayseri, a multicultural city at a central point in Anatolia, influenced both her first book and the others in this aspect.

His Excellency Abdullah al-Roumi is Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait and Minister of Justice. Kuwait has never appointed a Deputy Prime Minister outside the Royal Family until April 2021 when Abdullah al-Roumi was appointed. Although the al-Roumi family do not rule Kuwait; they are one of the most high level and wealthy families in the oil rich country. Prior to 2021; he was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from the first district. Born in 1949, al-Roumi worked as a lawyer before being elected to the National Assembly in 1985. Al-Roumi is considered an independent, liberal-leaning member.

Hüseyin Özer is a Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur, who owns a restaurant chain based in London.

Necati Bilican is a retired Turkish civil servant. He was governor of the OHAL state-of-emergency region from 1995 to 1997, and served three terms as Chief of the General Directorate of Security. Bilican was retired in 1999, after his son's gang connections were exposed and the "tele-ear" wire-tapping scandal had seen him go on sick leave for two months. He had also been governor of Denizli Province and Edirne Province.

Huang Runqiu is a Chinese geologist and politician currently serving as Minister of Ecology and Environment. He is the third minister from a non-Communist party since the reform and opening-up in late 1970s.