List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mustapha Ghorbal is an Algerian association football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2014.

Thamer Enad Al-Enazi is a Kuwait football manager, currently managing Kuwait.

Korhan Abay is a Turkish actor, author, film director and producer.

Saad Hayel Srour is a Jordanian politician. After entering the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament he held stints as Minister of Water and Irrigation and later Housing and Works during the early 1990s. He served terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives during the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Parliaments. Between November 2010 and July 2011 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.

Li Xueyong is a Chinese politician. He served as Governor of Jiangsu Province from 2010 to 2015. An academic-turned-politician, Li served for many years in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Ali Abdülselam Yılmaz, better known as Fester Abdü, is a Turkish YouTuber and the owner of Deli Mi Ne? YouTube channel. Yılmaz's channel is the 9th most-subscribed Turkish YouTube channel as of June 2020.

Khaled El Sayed is a Lebanese actor and voice actor.

Li Shiqun was a politician in the Republic of China. During the Japanese occupation, he was the head of the secret police Tèwu of Wang Jingwei's collaborationist regime.

Abdelkader Fassi Fehri is a Moroccan linguist specialized in the generative syntax of Arabic. He was Professor of Arabic and Comparative Linguistics at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and Director of the Institute for Study and Research on Arabization at Mohammed V University, and founding President of the Linguistic Society of Morocco.