List of Famous people born on January 1st

Christian Sievers is a German journalist and news presenter.

Noritoshi Furuichi is a Japanese sociologist currently studying for a Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Tokyo.

Gregory Heisler is a professional photographer known for his evocative portrait work often found on the cover of magazines, such as Time, for which he has produced a number of Man, Person, and People of the Year covers.

M. K. Muthu is an Indian actor, singer and politician.

Simay Barlas is a Turkish actress.

Vanessa Schneider is a French political journalist and writer.

Tilly Smith is an English woman who has been credited with saving the lives of about 100 beachgoers at Maikhao Beach in Thailand by warning them minutes before the arrival of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Smith, who was ten years old at the time, had learned about tsunamis in her geography class.

Hans von Dohnanyi was a German jurist of Hungarian ancestry, Righteous Among the Nations, and German resistance member against the Nazi régime.

Matthew Spencer Petersen is an American attorney who served as a member of the United States Federal Election Commission. In 2017, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, but his nomination was withdrawn after receiving criticism for his poor performance during his confirmation hearing. On August 26, 2019, Petersen announced his resignation from the FEC, effective August 31. No reason was given for the resignation.

Diahnne Abbott is an American actress and singer. She played supporting roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including Taxi Driver (1976).