List of Famous people born on January 1st

Carme Ruscalleda i Serra is the renowned Catalan chef of the restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She also owns and manages the restaurant Sant Pau de Tòquio in Japan.

Luiz Frias is the chairman of the board of directors for both Grupo Folha and Universo Online based in São Paulo, Brazil. He is an economics graduate from University of São Paulo, with a master's degree from the University of Cambridge, England, and the Université de Paris (Sorbonne), France. He joined Group Folha in June 1981, and was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) in 1989 and chairman in 1991. He has been president of UOL since it was founded and is also the president of Group Folha. Luiz is the son of Octávio Frias, president of Grupo Folha until his death in 2007, and the younger brother of Otávio Frias Filho, editorial director of both Grupo Folha and its main newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo.

Raya El Hassan is a Lebanese politician who held the office of the interior and municipalities ministry, and the finance ministry. She is the first woman in Lebanon to be appointed to these and equivalent posts in the government.

Ali Yasak, better known as Drej Ali, is one of Turkey's most renowned criminals. He was involved in the Susurluk scandal.

Matthias Schranner is a consultant and ex-hostage negotiator, who worked for the German police. He is CEO and founder of the Schranner Negotiation Institute in Switzerland, and of Schranner Negotiation LLC in the United States. He is the author of the books Negotiations on the Edge and Costly Mistakes, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Gallen and the University of Warwick.

Boubou Cissé is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines and Industry.

Mitsuaki Iwagō is a prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

Thomas Shun-Kuei Chan is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. He was deputy minister of the Environmental Protection Administration between 20 May 2016 and 8 October 2018.

Isaki Lacuesta is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art.

Martin Moszkowicz is a German film producer. Moszkowicz is the Chairman of the Executive Board at Constantin Film. On March 6, 2019, Martin Moszkowicz was appointed Honorary Professor at University of Television and Film Munich.