List of Famous people born on January 1st

Ito Ogawa is a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator. She was born in 1973 in Yamagata, Yamagata.

Yamato Wakatsuki is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for Sion, on loan from Shonan Bellmare.

Lieutenant General Mahmoud Freihat is a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces. Freihat was appointed to this position on 2 October 2016 and served until 24 July 2019.

Tsukasa Kotobuki is a Japanese character designer for various games and anime series such as Saber Marionette J, VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire, Cyber Team in Akihabara and Battle Arena Toshinden. He also did the art for Sword of the Dark Ones. His real name is unknown; his title name is rather a pen name, majorly derived from animator Tsukasa Dokite.

Elie (Eli) Horn is a Brazilian businessman and philanthropist operating in Brazil, and president of Cyrela Brazil Realty.

Panai Kusui is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and social activist. Her parents are of the Puyuma and Amis tribes of southeastern Taiwan.

Ole Scheeren is a German architect, urbanist and principal of Büro Ole Scheeren Group with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Berlin and Bangkok and a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong since January 2010.

Romani Rose is a Romany activist and head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma. He lost 13 relatives in the Holocaust.

John Carney is an Irish film director, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who specialises in low-budget musical drama films. He is best known for his 2007 movie Once and the film Sing Street. He is also a co-creator of the Irish TV drama series Bachelors Walk.

Hua Qianfang is a Chinese essayist and blogger. He is now the vice president of Fushun Writers Association. His most well-known works are Our Armageddon and Our Journey Is The Ocean of Stars. He is a supporter of communist orthodoxy and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-western sentiments. He is noted for praising Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China at a conference on art and literature.