List of Famous people born on January 1st

Essaïd Belkalem is an Algerian footballer who plays as a defender for JS Kabylie and the Algeria national team.

Yasuhiro Matsuda is a Japanese professor of international politics at the University of Tokyo.

Luis Pío Moa Rodríguez better known as simply Pío Moa, is a Spanish writer and journalist. He has authored historical essays about the origins of the Spanish Civil War, the Second Republic in Spain, Francoism and the various political movements of that era.

Olivier Saladin is a French actor. He is best known for playing in the cult TV series Les Deschiens (1993-2002), in which he play alongside Yolande Moreau.

María Antonia Blasco Marhuenda, known as María Blasco, is a Spanish molecular biologist. She is the current director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre.

Perrine Simon-Nahum is a contemporary French historian.

Mikhail Emmanuilovich (Mendelevich) Plisetski was a Soviet diplomat.

Yang Jianli is a Chinese dissident with United States residency. He is the son of a Communist Party leader. Detained in China in 2002, he was released in 2007. He now lives in the United States, where he is a human rights activist.

Konrad Sioui was the Grand Chief of Wendake, a native reserve that is an enclave within what is now Quebec City, Canada. He succeeded Max Gros-Louis in 2008.

Germano Celant was an Italian art historian, critic and curator who coined the term "Arte Povera" in 1967 and wrote many articles and books on the subject.