List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, also known as Sir Alfred Mehran, is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004.

Marco Schreyl is a German television and radio host.

Dena Schlosser is a woman from Texas who, on November 22, 2004, used a knife to amputate the arms of her eleven-month-old daughter, Margaret, who died as a result. Plano police responded to a 9-1-1 call made by concerned workers at a local day care center who had spoken to her earlier that day. The operator testified that she confessed to her and that the gospel song, "He Touched Me" played in the background. When police arrived, they saw her calmly sitting down, covered in blood, holding the knife, and singing Christian hymns.

Pamela Susan Karlan is an American professor of law at Stanford Law School. A leading legal scholar on voting rights and political process, she served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the United States Department of Justice Civil Division from 2014 to 2015.

Émilie Caen is a French actress. She is known for playing the role of Ségolène in Serial (Bad) Weddings.

Rachael Blackmore is an Irish jockey who competes in National Hunt racing.

Ali Abbas Zafar is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films Sultan (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and Bharat (2019).

Phil Dunster is an English actor, known for his role as Lance Corporal Will Jensen on the Sky One drama series Strike Back (2017–2018), Tristan on the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans (2018), as Jamie Cole on the ITV comedy-drama series The Trouble with Maggie Cole (2020), and as Jamie Tartt on Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso.

David John “DJ” Uiagalelei is an American football quarterback for the Clemson Tigers.

Youmi Kimura is a Japanese singer and lyre performer. She was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and became famous in 2001 for her song "Itsumo nando demo", which served as the closing theme to the popular 2001 anime film Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki.