List of Famous people born on January 1st

Dina Katabi is the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the director of the MIT Wireless Center.

NCT (Korean: 엔시티) is a South Korean boy group formed by SM Entertainment. Since the group's initial introduction by their native label's founder in January 2016, the group consists of 23 members as of January 2021, ranging from their late-teens to mid-twenties and participating in a total of four different sub-units.

Yang Luyu is a former Chinese politician, who served as Mayor of Jinan, Shandong Province. He was dismissed from his position in April 2016 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She has reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in September 2015. She is a three-time finalist at the World Open, in 2014, 2016, and 2019/2020. She became the World Champion in 2017, after defeating Nour El Sherbini in the finals. El Welily announced her retirement from professional competition in June 2020.

Rania al-Baz is a Saudi Arabian television presenter, well known as the host of the programme "The Kingdom this Morning". She came to prominence after being badly beaten by her husband Muhammad Bakar Yunus al-Fallatta and hospitalized on April 13, 2004, when she was knocked unconscious and her face suffered 13 fractures. When photographs of her "bruised and swollen face" were published, they "sent shockwaves through her country and around the world", according to Guardian journalist Ed Vulliamy.

Ali Haydar Hakverdi is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since 7 June 2015. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in the snap election of November 2015.

Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi or Najifi is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three Vice Presidents of the country, from 2016 to 2018. As the Speaker of the Council of Representatives, the informal leader of the moderate Sunni al-Hadba party was the highest ranking Sunni politician of Iraq.

Erdal Ceylanoğlu is a retired Turkish General. He was Commander of the Turkish Army from 2010 to 2011.

Han Yuqun is a Chinese politician. He is vice-chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress. He was also governor of Shandong Province.