List of Famous people born on January 1st

Zhao Zongqi is a general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China and the current Commanding Officer of the Western Theater Command.

Qin Hui is a Chinese historian and public intellectual. He previously held the position of Professor of History, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is now an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani is a Qatari businessman, politician and a member of the royal family, Al Thani.

Hamood Sultan Mathkoor is a former Bahraini football goalkeeper. He spent his career at Muharraq Club and was a key member of his team's successes in the 1980s and 1990s.

Liu Fangren was a Chinese politician. He was born in Wugong County, Shaanxi. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary (1993–2001) and People's Congress Chairman (1998–2002) of Guizhou. He was CPPCC Committee Chairman of Jiangxi (1993–1994). He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress. He was expelled from the party for corruption and sentenced to life in prison.

Ji Baocheng is a Chinese educator, and the former President of Renmin University of China.

Li Guoying is a Chinese hydraulic engineer-turned-politician, currently serving as governor of Anhui province. Li worked in his early career as a technician and administrator in the national ministry of water works, the Yellow River Commission, and in Heilongjiang province. He was transferred to Anhui in 2015 to serve as deputy party chief before becoming acting governor in 2016.

Liang Bin is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. He spent most of his career working in his home province, successively serving as the Party Secretary of the cities of Shuozhou and Xinzhou, before being transferred to Hebei province in June 2008 to head the party's provincial Organization Department. Liang was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in November 2014.

E Jingping is a Chinese engineer and politician currently serving as Minister of Water Resources.