List of Famous people born on January 1st

Li Shixiang is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in Beijing. He served as Executive Vice Mayor of Beijing and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He entered the workforce in August 1978, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1982. In September 2018, he was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Communist Party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

Hou Jianguo is a Chinese chemist and politician. He has been party secretary of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine since 2017. An accomplished research scientist, Hou is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He formerly served as President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and has extensive international work experience.

Gülden Ayşe Arslan is a Turkish pop music artist. Her breakthrough came with the song "Unutamam Dedin", which became a hit in Turkey.

Su Xiaokang is an influential intellectual, writer, journalist, political activist and in 1989 was named one of China's seven most-wanted dissident intellectuals. His most notable work River Elegy paved the way to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and his participation in the protest also forced him into the exile in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Su currently resides in Delaware, in the United States.

Horace Jackson Brown Jr. was an American author who was best known for his inspirational book, Life's Little Instruction Book, which was a The New York Times Best Seller (1991–1994). Its sequel Life's Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it to the same best seller list in 1993.

Tariq al-Hashimi is an Iraqi politician who served as the general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) until May 2009. He served as the Vice President of Iraq from 2006 to 2012. As a Sunni, he took the place of fellow Sunni politician Ghazi al-Yawar.

Khnata Bennouna is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories.

Önder Çakar is a screenwriter and producer from Turkey.

Lin Wu is a Chinese politician and the current Governor of Shanxi province. Previously, he served as the deputy governor and the chief of the CPC Organization Department of Jilin province.