List of Famous people born on January 1st

Hasan Israilov was a Chechen nationalist, guerrilla fighter, journalist, and poet who led Chechen and Ingush resistance and a rebellion against the Soviet Union from 1940 until his death in 1944. Israilov is regarded as the most influential Chechen resistance leaders during World War II, and he is considered by many Chechens to be a national hero. He was infamous to the Soviets, and to many Russians, for his 1940-1944 uprising, which many Russians connected to an abortive German plot to undermine Soviet control over the North Caucasus. His name is also sometimes transliterated to Latin alphabet as Hassan Izrailov.

Liang Chow is a Chinese former artistic gymnast. He is the founder, owner, and head coach of Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa. He is notable for being the coach of 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson and 2012 Olympic individual all-around champion Gabby Douglas. He coached senior US gymnasts Norah Flatley and Rachel Gowey and junior US gymnast Victoria Nguyen. He is currently the head coach of China's national female gymnastics team.

Yalçın Ayaslı is a Turkish-American business executive.

Zhang Zhaozhong is a Chinese military theorist at the PLA National Defense University. He held the rank of rear admiral in the People's Liberation Army Navy prior to his retirement.

Mine Şenhuy Teber is a Turkish Cypriot actress.

Leonardo de Lozanne is a Mexican model, fashion designer and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of the Mexican rock band Fobia. He was born in Mexico City on 19 December 1970. In 2014 he married actress Sandra Echeverria, with whom he has a son.

Tatsuji Sugimoto is a Japanese politician. He currently serves as governor of Fukui Prefecture since 2019.

Mehmet Bekaroğlu is a Turkish human rights activist, a scientist, professor, a psychiatrist, a writer, and a politician of Laz origin. He was well known in the Turkish Parliament by his actions against tortures at jails. He took part in the Human Rights Commission in the parliament.

Kamel Mohammed Saleh Ajlouni, M.D. is a physician in the field of endocrinology. He earned a doctor of medicine degree from the Heidelberg University School of Medicine in 1967. Ajlouni became professor of endocrinology in the Department of Internal medicine at the University of Jordan in 1985. Professor Ajlouni has written more than 120 professional papers in the field of endocrinology. In recognition of his contributions, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists presented him with the International Clinician Award in 2008.

Mohammed Al-Mutair is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the second district. Born in 1969, Al-Mutair earned a BA in business administration and worked for an investment company before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003.