List of Famous people born on January 1st

Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi is an Iraqi football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA.

Saif al-Rahbi is an Omani poet, essayist and writer. He was born in Oman in a village called Suroor. In 1970, while he was still in his early teens, al-Rahbi was sent to school in Cairo. Afterwards, he lived and worked abroad for many years, in Cairo, Damascus, Algeria, Paris and London among others.

Li Jinzao is a former Chinese politician. As of July 2020 he was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-graft body. Previously he served as vice-minister of Culture and Tourism of China.

Mao Anlong was born as the third son of Mao Zedong in 1927 and died in 1931 at the age of 3 or 4. He was the youngest child of Yang Kaihui to die.

Chang Ping, whose real name is Zhang Ping, is a Chinese writer and journalist, one of China's best-known commentators on contemporary affairs. He won the Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong in 2014 and the CJFE 2016 International Press Freedom Award in Canada.

Chidozie Collins Awaziem is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Portuguese club Boavista FC.

Xu Kuangdi KmstkNO FREng is a Chinese politician and scientist, best known for his term as Mayor of Shanghai from 1995 to 2001. He supervised the transformation of Shanghai during his administration into a center for international investment and trade that helped lead the intensive development of China's economy. Between 2003 and 2008, Xu served as Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Cheng Zhifan is a Chinese-French musician, painter, collector, and political activist. She has run for the President of France three times. She has held a number of personal exhibitions in Paris. Her works are collected in the Paris Oriental Museum and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

General Aydoğan Babaoğlu is a retired Turkish military officer. He was the 27th Commander of the Turkish Air Force.